Effect of Si Content on Mechanical Properties of a Mo and V Free Low Alloy Cast Steel for Automobile Cold Pressing Die

The effects of Si content on combinations of important properties such as hardness, hardenability, and weldability in addition to strength increment were systematically investigated to develop a Mo and V free low alloy cast steel for automobile cold pressing die insert. For the evaluation of the applicability as the die insert, the mechanical properties were measured after spheroidization annealing （SA）, quenching and tempering （Q/T）, and flame hardening （FH） treatments, respectively. The developed 0.8%-1.6%Si containing Mo and V free alloy cast steels showed excellent matrix strengthening effect, hardenability, and weldability, fulfilling the industrial criterion of the mechanical properties for the die insert.

Visualization Simulations for Cold Press Die

Pressing process is a manufacturing method that obtained work piece with certain dimension, shape and capability through die forcing roughcast to produce plastic deformation or separate. This paper focuses on the key problems of visualization simulation in pressing die. The final aim is that numerical simulation system can simulate the process of processing forming technique, which can supply some necessary and accurate key parameters for die design. The detail description of mechanical characteristic and key technique of sheet forming technique is discussed. Pressing forming method is one of the most important forming techniques of metal forming, which has special mechanical characteristics. The character of sheet pressing forming is that the deformation of thickness direction is very small in contrast to other directions. The deformation mode of sheet forming mainly has the following kinds: bi-directional stretch, plane stress, stretches, depths extend, bending and counter-bending. The essence of press forming is the transferring course that the transferring region of rough comes to deformation by outside force, which is main researching principle in forming and the transferring field. The analysis of pressing forming course, disclose the feature of stress-strain and their changing rule, then pressing process and forming parameters could be obtained. So the states of force and deformation of transferring region is key to determine character about the varieties of pressing transferring. The paper analyzes these factors, which may influence forming precision in pressing process. In traditional methods, some key parameter such as spring-back, bending radius for die design are calculated by experience formula or select from data table. The paper brings forward the calculation methods of key parameter in the case of drawing finite element method and numerical simulation into pressing die design. In order to calculate the value of key parameters based on data supplied by FEM, a numerical simulation application is finished combined with two descriptions of work piece deformation NURBS and discrete piece. The numerical simulation is programmed on Microsoft Visual C++ with OpenGL as the graphics tool. It establishes numerical simulation program, dynamically simulates the process of sheet pressing figuration, and gets good effects.