Microforming and investigation of parameter interactions
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Manfred Geiger; Ulf Engel; Bernd Eichenhüller
- Source
- Production Engineering. 4:135-140
- Subject
- Work (thermodynamics)
Materials science
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgy
Process (computing)
Forming processes
Mechanical engineering
Formability
Extrusion
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Language
- ISSN
- 1863-7353
0944-6524
Microforming processes are significantly influenced by several process parameters. The research work covered in this paper investigates the interactions of some of these parameters and their impacts on the forming process. The impairment of formability and cavity filling are some typical results caused by miniaturizing the geometrical dimensions of the extruded form feature. The impact of an interaction on the forming result will be shown exemplarily with the temperature—pin diameter-interaction in more detail for a backward extrusion process. Additionally, the hardness distribution within the forming area will be investigated.