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- Title
Producing hollow shafts in a new horizontal mill by novel flat-knifing cross-wedge rolling with single guide.
- Authors
Lin, Longfei; Wang, Baoyu; Shen, Jinxia; Liu, Tao
- Abstract
To meet the requirement of lightweight, an increasing number of solid shafts are designed to be hollow in transportation industry. In this study, a novel method of flat-knifing cross-wedge rolling (FCWR) with single guide is proposed including a modified roller, a horizontal mill, and a single-guide structure, and its key problems are studied by numerical simulations and experimental tests. A mathematical model of FCWR roller is established, which reveals that the wedge length of rollers is effectively reduced by modifying knifing wedge from normalized roller. Furthermore, a horizontal multifunctional mill is invented and constructed to carry out the FCWR experiment with single guide. According to the results from the numerical simulations and corresponding experiments, it is observed that the typical defects of hole expansion and knifing groove are absolutely avoided because the improved flat-knifing wedge produces a radial force to shrink the inner hole and avoid the deformation concentration of the outer surface during knifing stage. Moreover, the single-guide rolling performed in the horizontal mill efficiently improves rolling stability because the workpiece is restricted into a smaller workspace. To the authors' knowledge, all these integrated improvements of FCWR roller, single-guide rolling, and horizontal mill are innovative, which are of great engineering significance to manufacture hollow shafts on account of the advantages of avoiding forming defect, reducing roller diameter, improving rolling stability, and simplifying mill structure.
- Subjects
TRANSPORTATION industry; COMPUTER simulation; MATHEMATICAL models; PRODUCTION engineering; ROLLING-mills
- Publication
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2022, Vol 118, Issue 7/8, p2685
- ISSN
0268-3768
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00170-021-08023-0