A novel methodology for in-process monitoring of flow forming

Appleby, Andrew and Conway, Alastair and Ion, William (2017) A novel methodology for in-process monitoring of flow forming. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1896 (1). 080022. ISSN 1551-7616 (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5008102)

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Abstract

Flow forming (FF) is an incremental cold working process with near-net-shape forming capability. Failures by fracture due to high deformation can be unexpected and sometimes catastrophic, causing tool damage. If process failures can be identified in real time, an automatic cut-out could prevent costly tool damage. Sound and vibration monitoring is well established and commercially viable in the machining sector to detect current and incipient process failures, but not for FF. A broad-frequency microphone was used to record the sound signature of the manufacturing cycle for a series of FF parts. Parts were flow formed using single and multiple passes, and flaws were introduced into some of the parts to simulate the presence of spontaneously initiated cracks. The results show that this methodology is capable of identifying both introduced defects and spontaneous failures during flow forming. Further investigation is needed to categorise and identify different modes of failure and identify further potential applications in rotary forming.

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Appleby, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-3234, Conway, Alastair ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1317-307X and Ion, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-5942;
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