A pilot prototype production line for the hot-forming of aluminium alloy sheets with fast contact-cooling and multi-point tooling
Yang, Song and Zhao, Jie and Tian, Yankang and Qin, Yi (2024) A pilot prototype production line for the hot-forming of aluminium alloy sheets with fast contact-cooling and multi-point tooling. MATEC Web of Conferences, 401. 01010. ISSN 2261-236X (https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202440101010)
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Abstract
This paper reports the study of the process chain for sheet metal forming using multi-point tooling for stamping at elevated temperatures and developing a complete production line integrating heating, intermediate fast-cooling, forming and aging. It aims to deliver a high-efficient and cost-effective sheet-metal forming technology with improved process capability and flexibility for the forming of high-strength sheet metal parts. Multi-point tooling sets are employed to test the flexibility of hot/warm-forming the lightweight high-strength metal sheets with fast tooling reconfigurability. The intermediate cooling with high cooling rates was achieved with a contact cooling system recently developed at the University of Strathclyde. With this pilot line, the aluminium sheets heated to the solution heat treatment (SHT) temperature were subjected to the intermediate cooling prior to forming with multi-point tooling. The cooling step is fast and controllable, with different cooling rates tested. The tests conducted on the pilot line demonstrated significant enhancement of the forming limit and manufacturing flexibility.
ORCID iDs
Yang, Song ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8920-9457, Zhao, Jie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0136-3642, Tian, Yankang and Qin, Yi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7103-4855;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 90622 Dates: DateEvent27 August 2024Published1 August 2024AcceptedSubjects: Technology > Manufactures Department: Faculty of Engineering > Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management
Technology and Innovation Centre > Advanced Engineering and ManufacturingDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 20 Sep 2024 14:57 Last modified: 22 Sep 2024 22:08 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/90622