The latest stamping technology
Stamping processing is the production technology of product parts with certain shape, size and performance by means of the power of conventional or special stamping equipment, so that the sheet metal in the die is directly subjected to the deformation force and deformation. Sheet metal, mould and equipment are the three elements of stamping. Stamping is a cold metal deformation machining method. Therefore, it is called cold stamping or sheet metal stamping, referred to as stamping. It is one of the main methods of metal plastic machining (or pressure machining) and also belongs to material forming engineering technology.
Compound stamping
The compound stamping involved in this paper does not refer to the compound of blanking, drawing, punching and other stamping processes, but the compound of stamping process and other processing processes, such as the compound of stamping and electromagnetic forming, the combination of stamping and cold forging, the compound of stamping and mechanical processing and so on.
Composite process of stamping and electromagnetic forming
Electromagnetic forming is high speed forming, and high speed forming can not only extend the forming range of aluminum alloy, but also improve its forming performance. With the method of the compound stamping forming aluminum alloy cover the specific method is: use a set of convex concave die in aluminum alloy cover Angle and difficult forming contour in mount solenoid, electromagnetic method for forming, and then with a pair of mould in press forming covering parts forming part of the easily, and then to preform a high-speed deformation using electromagnetic coil to finish the final shape. It has been proved that the aluminum alloy coating which is difficult to be obtained by a single stamping method can be obtained by this compound forming method.
The latest research shows that magnesium alloy is a kind of metal with high specific strength, good rigidity and strong electromagnetic interface protection performance. Its application prospect in electronics, automobile and other industries is very promising, and it has a tendency to replace traditional ferroalloy, aluminum alloy and even plastic material. At present, magnesium alloy parts used in automobile include instrument bottom plate, seat frame, engine cover, etc., and magnesium alloy tube parts are also widely used in aircraft, missiles, spaceships and other cutting-edge industrial fields. However, the dense hexagonal lattice structure of magnesium alloy determines that it cannot be formed in normal temperature. At present, a kind of die which combines heating and forming has been developed to press magnesium alloy products. The forming process of the product is as follows: in the falling process of the press slider, the upper die and the lower die are clamped to heat the material, and then the product is formed in the appropriate motion mode.
This method is also applicable to the joint of forming products and the compound forming of various products in the press. Many refractory materials, such as magnesium alloys and titanium alloys, can be formed by this method. Due to the stamping requirement punch block has the function of pause in the process of decline to provide time for material heating, so the people working on a new concept of punch - type servo motor punch press, CNC crankshaft using the punch can be realized in the stamping die also includes tapping screw, rivet, composite processing, thus effectively expand the scope of stamping processing, for magnesium alloys are widely used in plastic processing industry laid a solid foundation. [1]
Combination of stamping and cold forging
In general, sheet metal stamping can only form the parts with the same wall thickness. However, in the production of automobile parts, some parts with thin walls but different thickness are often encountered. It is very easy to form them by the compound plastic forming method that combines stamping with cold forging. Therefore, the processing range of sheet metal can be extended by combining stamping with cold forging. The method is preforming by stamping and then forming by cold forging. The advantages of cold stamping forming are as follows: first, raw materials are easy to be purchased cheaply, which can reduce the production cost; The second is to reduce the single cold forging required by the large forming force, is conducive to improve the life of the mold.
Micro stamping
Now the micro machining refers to the micro parts processing technology. The definition of a micro part usually means that the size of at least one direction is less than 100 m, which has an unparalleled application prospect compared with conventional manufacturing technology. Made with the technology of micro robot, the micro plane, miniature satellites, satellite gyroscope, micro pump, micro instruments and meters, miniature sensors, integrated circuit and so on, many lead in the modern science and technology have good application, he can bring new development and breakthrough, to many areas will no doubt on the future of our country and had a profound influence on national defense science and technology, the world is incalculable role in promoting the development of science and technology. For example, micro-robot can complete complex operations such as optical fiber leads, adhesion and butt joint, as well as the detection of tiny pipes and circuits, as well as the production and assembly of integrated chips. It is not difficult to see the attractive charm of micro-machining.
Developed industrial countries attach great importance to the research and development of micro-processing and have invested a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources. Some famous universities and companies with foresight have also joined this group. China has also done a lot of research work in this regard, and it is reasonable to believe that in the 21st century, micro-processing will bring great changes and profound impacts to the whole world, just like micro-electronics technology.
For the die industry, due to the miniaturization of stamping parts and the continuous improvement of precision requirements, the die technology has put forward higher requirements. The reason is that micro parts than traditional parts forming is much more difficult, the reason is: (1) the smaller the parts, the surface area and volume ratio increase rapidly; (2) the workpiece and tool adhesion, surface tension and other significant increase; (3) the impact of grain size is significant, is no longer isotropic uniform continuum; (4) the workpiece surface storage lubricant is relatively difficult. One of the important aspects of micro stamping is punching small holes. For example, there are many small holes which need to be punched in micro machinery and micro instruments. So it is very important to research on small hole stamping. The research of punching holes focuses on: one is how to reduce the size of punch; The second is how to increase the strength and stiffness of the micro punch (in this aspect, in addition to the materials and processing technology involved, the most commonly used is to increase the guide and protection of the micro punch). Although there are still many problems to be studied in punching holes, many gratifying achievements have been made. Some data show that foreign developed micro-stamping machine is 111mm long, 62mm wide, 170mm high, equipped with an ac servo motor, which can produce 3kN of pressure. The machine is equipped with a continuous stamping die, which can achieve blanking and bending.
The university of Tokyo in Japan has made a micro stamping punch and die using a WFDG technology. The die can be used for micro stamping. Non-circular microholes with a width of 40 m can be punched out on a polyamide plastic sheet with a thickness of 50 m. Tsinghua university has made a good start in drawing ultra-thin metal cylindrical parts. The key of ultra-thin wall drawing technology is the high precision forming machine. They developed a microcomputer controlled precision forming testing machine in the forming of ultra-thin-walled metal cylinder with the wall thickness of 0.001mm ~ 0.1mm, so that the precision of punch and die can reach 1m in the process of machining, effectively solving the problem that the ultra-thin-walled drawing is prone to wrinkle and fracture and cannot be operated normally. This machine is used for a series of thinning and deep processing of brass and pure aluminum with initial wall thickness of 0.3mm, and a series of ultra-thin-walled metal cylinders with inner diameter of 16mm, wall thickness of 0.015mm ~ 0.08mm and length of 30mm are processed. It is found that the thickness difference of the ultra-thin wall cylinder is less than 2 m and the surface roughness is Ra0.057 m, which greatly improves the precision of the ultra-thin wall cylinder and the performance of the machine.
Intelligent stamping
Sheet metal stamping from manual operation to semi-mechanization, mechanization, automation, are stamping development to each stage of the symbol, and now the sheet metal stamping has entered the intelligent stage, therefore, it can be said that intelligent stamping is the inevitable trend of sheet metal stamping technology development. The research on sheet metal forming intellectualization originated from the United States in the early 1980s. During the first ten years of the research on this technology, all the efforts were focused on the forming control of bending and springback. It was not until 1990 that the research on this technology was extended to the drawing deformation of cylindrical parts, and then to the automobile covering parts forming and progressive die intelligent forming. The so - called intelligent stamping is a comprehensive technology that combines cybernetics, information theory, mathematical logic, optimization theory, computer science and sheet metal forming theory. Sheet metal intellectualization is a higher stage of new technologies such as stamping process automation and flexible machining system. Its amazing is that according to the characteristics of the processed object, using easy to monitor the physical quantity, online identify material performance parameters and predict the optimal process parameters, and automatically complete the sheet metal stamping with the optimal process parameters. This is a typical intelligent control of sheet metal forming four elements: real-time monitoring, online identification, online prediction, real-time control processing. In a sense, intelligent stamping is actually a revolution in people's understanding of the nature of stamping. It eschews the endless search for stamping principles of the past and instead mimics the human brain to process what actually happens in stamping. Instead of starting from basic principles, it takes facts and data as the basis to realize optimal control of the process. Of course, the intelligent control is the optimal process parameters, so the determination of the optimal process parameters is the key to the intelligent control. The so-called optimal process parameters are the most reasonable process parameters that can be adopted under the premise of satisfying various critical conditions. In order to realize on-line prediction of optimal process parameters, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of various critical conditions of the forming process, and be able to give a quantitative and accurate description, on this basis, the intelligent control can be determined. The accuracy of quantitative description determines the recognition and prediction accuracy of the intelligent system. This indicates that the recognition accuracy, prediction accuracy and control accuracy of the system all depend on the improvement of quantitative description accuracy, so it needs to be modified and improved continuously. In addition, the detection accuracy, identification accuracy, prediction accuracy and monitoring accuracy system itself should be constantly improved. In this way, the intelligent stamping can reach the due level. The research shows that in the intelligent control of the drawing process, the prediction of the optimal process parameters is finally reduced to the determination of the change rule of the blank holder force, and the control of the blank holder force is based on the prediction of the blank holder force. There are two traditional methods to predict the blank holding force in deep drawing: experimental method and theoretical calculation method. In recent years, artificial neural network and fuzzy theory and other artificial intelligence theories have been introduced into the prediction research of the optimal control curve of blank holder force. And the theoretical basis of the change rule of blank holder force is to determine the critical condition of wrinkling or cracking. Further research also shows that for conical parts, the flange wrinkling area is almost surrounded by the side wall wrinkling area, so it overcomes the side wall wrinkling and also overcomes the flange wrinkling, so for conical parts, the main contradiction is focused on the workpiece fracture and side wall wrinkling. Therefore, the size of the blank holder force should be controlled between the minimum limit of wrinkle-free side wall and the maximum limit of non-breaking side wall. [2]
Green stamping
Green manufacturing is a modern manufacturing mode that takes environmental impact and resource efficiency into consideration comprehensively, so is green stamping, which is actually the concrete embodiment of human sustainable development strategy in modern stamping. It should include in the mold design, the manufacture, the maintenance and the production application and so on each aspect.
1. Green design the so-called green design is in the mold design stage will be environmental protection and reduce resource consumption and other measures into the product design, disassembly, recyclability, manufacturability as design objectives and parallel consideration and ensure product function, quality life and economy. With the development of die industry, the requirements of sheet metal forming quality and die design efficiency are higher and higher. In recent years, the numerical simulation of sheet metal forming process by finite element method is a revolution in the field of die design. The displacement, stress and strain distribution of workpiece can be obtained by computer numerical simulation. The possible wrinkling can be predicted by observing the deformation shape of the workpiece after displacement. Based on the position of the main strain value at the discrete point on the limit curve of sheet metal forming or by using damage mechanics model, the possible fracture in the forming process can be predicted. The shape of the workpiece and the distribution of residual stress can be obtained by simulating the springback process when the binding force on the workpiece is removed. All these provide a scientific basis for the optimization of stamping process and mold design, which is the real green mold design.
Green manufacturing in the mold manufacturing, should use green manufacturing. There is now a laser remanufacturing technology, which is based on the appropriate alloy powder as the material, with the support of CAD/CAM software parts prototype, using a computer controlled laser head repair mold. Specific process is when the feeding machine and machine tool according to the specified space trajectory, a beam of light radiation and powder conveying synchronous, make the repair parts deposition step by step, the last generation and approximate three-dimensional prototype parts, and its performance can be achieved even more than the original base material level, this approach in stamping die repair, especially the most versatile in the dies for covering parts repair. The technology is called green manufacturing because it does not target the consumption of large amounts of natural resources. In addition, in the stamping production should minimize the stamping process waste and structural waste, maximum use of materials and minimum waste. To reduce process waste, it is to solve the problem by optimizing the layout, such as using the method of pair layout, cross layout, etc., can also use the method of less waste layout, in order to greatly improve the material utilization rate. The so-called optimal layout is to solve two problems: one is how to express it into a mathematical model; The second is how to find the optimal solution as soon as possible according to the mathematical model. Modern optimization technology has developed into intelligent optimization algorithm, including artificial neural network, genetic algorithm, simulated annealing, tabu search, etc. It can be believed that there will be a breakthrough in the optimization of the layout, the structure of the workpiece waste can be used for the workpiece nesting method, so as to achieve the use of waste, waste into treasure.
In addition, it is not completely impossible to solve the problem by changing the product structure. For the suits, everyone knows that there is a big gasket in a suit of gasket, gasket and then set the small gasket, etc..
2019 01/05