Compound forging of hot-extruded steel-reinforced aluminum parts

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Authors

  • Insa Pfeiffer
  • Annika Foydl
  • Matthias Kammler
  • Thorsten Matthias
  • Klaus Georg Kosch
  • Andreas Jäger
  • Nooman Ben Khalifa
  • A. Erman Tekkaya
  • Bernd Arno Behrens

In times of increasing energy costs automotive light weight construction is gaining more importance. The production of hybrid compounds by combining hot extrusion and compound forging is a promising method to successfully manufacture functional parts by applying resource-saving process steps. Investigations of the process chain of aluminum extrusion and subsequent die forging to produce steelreinforced aluminum parts were carried out. For the analysis extruded profiles reinforced with steel wires were used. Finite element analyses of the forging process were carried out in order to predict the position of the wires within the forged parts depending on their initial position in the extrusions. Furthermore, the grain-size distribution and the joining zone between the steel wire and the aluminum matrix before and after the forging process were investigated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 14th International Conference on Metal Forming, METAL FORMING 2012
Number of pages4
VolumeSPL. ISSUE
PublisherWiley-VCH Verlag
Publication date11.2012
Pages159-162
ISBN (print)9783514007970
Publication statusPublished - 11.2012
Externally publishedYes
Event14th International Conference on Metal Forming - METAL FORMING 2012 - Krakow, Poland
Duration: 16.09.201219.09.2012
Conference number: 14
https://www.tib.eu/de/suchen/id/TIBKAT%3A743986288/Metal-Forming-2012-proceedings-of-the-14th-International/

    Research areas

  • Aluminum, Compound forging, Hot extrusion, Hot forging, Metal-matrix composites
  • Engineering