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The study concerns a comprehensive analysis of a multistage hot-die forging on hammers, in order to produce a yoke-type forging, used as a component of excavator power transmission systems. The investigations were conducted with the aim to analyze and identify the sensitive areas in the process and then improve the currently implemented forging technology by using finite element (FE) simulation. QuantorForm (the developer of the QForm program) has developed a thermomechanical numerical model for the production of forked forging. The software Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA) was used to develop and build Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models of forging tools. As a result of the numerical simulations, the plastic deformations and temperature distributions for the forgings and tools were obtained, and the force courses during the forging process were analyzed. The obtained results enabled a thorough analysis of the forging process, including identification of potential forging defects (laps) as well as those tool areas that are the most loaded and exposed to damage. On this basis, changes were implemented in the production process, which allowed for the improvement of the currently implemented technology and obtaining the corrected forgings.

The study discusses the subject of lubrication in the processes of hot die forging with the consideration of the durability of forging tools and instrumentation. It presents a literature research as well as the authors’ own investigations of the effect of the use of cooling and lubrication agents, the amount of the dosage as well as the direction of its application, and also the factors influencing the tribological conditions. The lubrication devices and systems currently applied in the industry have been analyzed as well. On this basis, making use of their knowledge and experience, the authors have developed and constructed a lubricating device. The elaborated system, implemented into the industrial process, makes it possible to select and ensure the optimal tribological conditions of the process by way of controlling the amount and frequency of the applied lubricant dosage. It can constitute an alternative for the manual method of lubricant application, which is dependent on the human factor, or the fully automated, yet expensive, lubrication systems. The obtained test results point to potential possibilities of a permanent introduction of the constructed device also into other forging processes, through its integration with a manipulator. The proposed solution ensures more stability and higher repeatability of the lubrication conditions as well as increases the efficiency of the production process, thus significantly reducing the unit costs of the production of forgings

This article proposes an indirect measurement method based on a dimensional and shape analysis of forgings for the evaluation of the manufacture and the proper operation of the key elements of the crank press, in which after modernization, a quick tool assembly based on SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) was implemented. As a result of the introduced changes aiming at improving the forging aggregate and increasing the production efficiency, errors were observed on the manufactured products-forgings in the form of twists and joggles. In order to solve the problem, a lot of advanced methods was used, including: dynamic system of deformation analysis, numerical modeling and as well as dimensional and shape analysis by 3d scanning. Despite the above, this approach (classic way) did not solve the problem. A proprietary method with the use of 3D reverse scanning was proposed, which allows to solve the problem of forgings errors. Based on the measurement results and analyses for a few variants of production cycles, the necessary changes were obtained, making it possible to minimize the errors and obtain proper products in respect of geometry and quality.

Article citation info: (*) Tekst artykułu w polskiej wersji językowej dostępny w elektronicznym wydaniu kwartalnika na stronie www.ein.org.pl HAWRYLUK M, KONDRACKI P, KRAWCZYK J, RYCHLIK M, ZIEMBA J. Analysis of the impact of forging and trimming tools wear on the dimension-shape precision of forgings obtained in the process of manufacturing components for the automotive industry. Eksploatacja i

The article refers to an analysis of the multi-operation process of manufacturing a hub type forging used to transmit power in motorcar gear boxes, by way of die forging on a crank press. The investigations were performed in order to improve the currently realized production technology, mainly with the use of numerical simulations. Through the determination of the key parameters/quantities during forging, which are difficult to determine directly during the industrial process, an in-depth and complex analysis was performed by way of FE (Finite Element) modelling. A thermomechanical model of producing a hub forging with deformable tools was developed with the use of the Qform 9.0.9 software. For the elaboration and construction of the forging tool CAD (Computer Aided Design) models, the Catia V5R20 program was applied. The results of the performed numerical modelling made it possible to determine the material flow and the properness of the filling of impressions, as well as the temperature field distributions and plastic deformations in the forging; it was also possible to detect the forging defects often observed in the industrial process. On this basis, the changes in the process were determined, which enabled an improvement of the presently realized technology and the obtaining of proper forgings, both in respect of quality and dimensions and shape.

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