Abstract
To produce high-performance, low-cost, lightweight automobile wheel, aluminum alloy material is widely used. In order to further reduce the weight of components, topology optimization technology is applied to the product design stage. The traditional wheel casting process can improve the performance of the components, but the improvement of microstructure and mechanical properties is not obvious. The components can be produced by integrated casting and forging process with less casting defects and high performance. Using this technology, aluminum alloy automobile wheel can achieve high quality and light weight. The mechanical properties of aluminum alloy automobile wheel are close to that of the forging wheel. Compared with the forging process, this technology is relatively cost-effective. In this paper, integrated casting and forging process of 17 inches alloy automobile wheels is studied by combining the finite element simulation with the experiment. The forming processes under different processing parameters were simulated by FORGE software to investigate the influence of mold temperature, pressure of injection pistons and forging speed on the integrated casting and forging process.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-6 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Suxing Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Plasticity Engineering |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Aluminum alloy
- Automobile wheels
- FORGE
- Integrated casting and forging process