Distribution of Microstructure and Vickers Hardness in Spur Bevel Gear Formed by Cold Rotary Forging

Cold rotary forging is a novel metal forming technology which is widely used to produce the high performance gears. Investigating the microstructure and mechanical property of cold rotary forged gears has a great significance in improving their service performance. In this study, the grain morpholog...

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Published in:Advances in Mechanical Engineering 2014-01, Vol.6, p.809276
Main Authors: Zhuang, Wuhao, Hua, Lin, Han, Xinghui, Dong, Liying
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cold
Gears
Grain
Machine tools
Mechanical properties
Metal forming
Microstructure
Power plants
Pressure distribution
R&D
Research & development
Studies
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Summary:Cold rotary forging is a novel metal forming technology which is widely used to produce the high performance gears. Investigating the microstructure and mechanical property of cold rotary forged gears has a great significance in improving their service performance. In this study, the grain morphology in different regions of the spur bevel gear which is processed by cold rotary forging is presented. And the distribution regulars of the grain deformation and Vickers hardness in the transverse and axial sections of the gear tooth are studied experimentally. A three-dimensional rigid-plastic FE model is developed to simulate the cold rotary forging process of a spur bevel gear under the DEFORM-3D software environment. The variation of effective strain in the spur bevel gear has been investigated so as to explain the distribution regulars of the microstructure and Vickers hardness. The results of this research thoroughly reveal the inhomogeneous deformation mechanisms in cold rotary forging of spur bevel gears and provide valuable guidelines for improving the performance of cold rotary forged spur bevel gears.
ISSN:1687-8132
1687-8140
1687-8140
1687-8132
DOI:10.1155/2014/809276