Manufacturing Technology 2024, 24(6):929-939 | DOI: 10.21062/mft.2024.105

Enhancing Durability of Multi-Cavity Forging Tools through Process Automation

Artur Meller ORCID...1, Stanisław Legutko ORCID...1, Adrian Mróz ORCID...2, Mariusz Piechowski ORCID...3, Hubert Kędziora ORCID...1, Vit Cernohlavek ORCID...4
1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Poznan University Of Technology, Pl. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 5, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
2 Mechanical Engineering Institute, Collegium Mechanicum, The President Stanislaw Wojciechowski Calisia University, 4th Nowy Świat Street, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland
3 WSB Merito University, Powstańców Wielkopolskich 5, 61-895 Poznań, Poland
4 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, J. E. Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem. Pasteurova 3334/7, 400 01 Usti nad Labem. Czech Republic

The article highlights the promising potential of automating the forging process to enhance the durability of multi-cavity forging tools. Entrepreneurs aim to boost production efficiency by increasing output per unit of time and reducing the degradation of forging dies and punches. The high costs associated with specialized materials and complex manufacturing processes for these tools elevate the final product price. Automation offers a viable alternative, ensuring consistent process parameters and reducing the physical strain on workers. This consistency leads to extended tool durability, even without the use of special manufacturing techniques for their production. The study simulates the durability of multi-cavity dies in automated operations, demonstrating substantial advantages compared to manual forging. Simulation programs for forging processes and tool durability offer significant cost savings by providing insights into potential fatigue cracks, aiding in decision-making, and verifying operational parameters and tool designs. These simulations reduce the need for extensive: real-world tests and modifications of the forging tools.

Keywords: Die forging, Forging simulation, Forging dies durability, Material fatigue, Multi-cavity dies
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The authors thank the Ministry of Education and Science for their financial support (the Implementation Doctorate program, Agreement No. DWD/4/22/2020 of 06.11.2020)

Received: June 15, 2024; Revised: November 6, 2024; Accepted: December 17, 2024; Prepublished online: December 20, 2024; Published: December 21, 2024  Show citation

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Meller A, Legutko S, Mróz A, Piechowski M, Kędziora H, Cernohlavek V. Enhancing Durability of Multi-Cavity Forging Tools through Process Automation. Manufacturing Technology. 2024;24(6):929-939. doi: 10.21062/mft.2024.105.
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