COLT Design Manual for Cold Forging Dies Case study: tripods and cross-joints (1) Case study: Cold forging of tripods and cross-joints • Die.

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COLT Design Manual for Cold Forging Dies

Case study: tripods and cross-joints (1)

Case study: Cold forging of tripods and cross-joints

• Die material:
ASP 23, 60 HRc

Cold forged tripods and cross-joints

• Prestressing system:
ID 85 mm, OD 280 mm

Established within the GROWTH project GRD1-1999-10748 "Improvement of Service Life and Reliability of Cold Forging Tools
with respect to Fatigue Damage due to Cyclic Plasticity (COLT)", funded by the European Community.


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COLT Design Manual for Cold Forging Dies

Case study: tripods and cross-joints (2)

Typical failure mode

Fatigue cracks in a tripod die

Fatigue cracks in a cross-joint die

Established within the GROWTH project GRD1-1999-10748 "Improvement of Service Life and Reliability of Cold Forging Tools
with respect to Fatigue Damage due to Cyclic Plasticity (COLT)", funded by the European Community.


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COLT Design Manual for Cold Forging Dies

Case study: tripods and cross-joints (3)

FE analysis of the tooling system
A) conventional container with a double ring
0.6% interference

B) STRECON® Basic, 0.8% interference

windings
and casing

C) STRECON® E+, 0.6% interference

winding core
die

Established within the GROWTH project GRD1-1999-10748 "Improvement of Service Life and Reliability of Cold Forging Tools
with respect to Fatigue Damage due to Cyclic Plasticity (COLT)", funded by the European Community.


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COLT Design Manual for Cold Forging Dies

Case study: tripods and cross-joints (4)

A) Prestressing by a double stress ring at 0.6% interference
Circumferential stress distribution
at max. process load

500

MPa

200
0
-200
-400

-600
-800
-1000
-1200
-1400

-1600

330
MPa

Tangential stress in MPa

400

Tangential stress-strain response
in the critical area (5 load cycles)

0
-500
-1000
-1500
-2000
-2500
-1.5

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

Tangential total strain in %

 risk of early crack initiation due to tensile stresses and large plastic strains

Established within the GROWTH project GRD1-1999-10748 "Improvement of Service Life and Reliability of Cold Forging Tools
with respect to Fatigue Damage due to Cyclic Plasticity (COLT)", funded by the European Community.


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COLT Design Manual for Cold Forging Dies

Case study: tripods and cross-joints (5)

B) Prestressing by STRECON® Basic at 0.8% interference
Circumferential stress distribution
at max. process load

500

MPa

200
0
-200
-400

-600
-800
-1000
-1200
-1400

-1600

60
MPa

Tangential stress in MPa

400

Tangential stress-strain response
in the critical area (5 load cycles)

0
-500
-1000
-1500
-2000
-2500
-1.5

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

Tangential total strain in %

 Reduced max. tensile stress, but still considerable plastic strains

Established within the GROWTH project GRD1-1999-10748 "Improvement of Service Life and Reliability of Cold Forging Tools
with respect to Fatigue Damage due to Cyclic Plasticity (COLT)", funded by the European Community.


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COLT Design Manual for Cold Forging Dies

Case study: tripods and cross-joints (6)

C) Prestressing by a STRECON® E+ at 0.6% interference
Circumferential stress distribution
at max. process load

500

MPa

200
0
-200
-400

-600
-800
-1000
-1200
-1400

-1600

-320
MPa

Tangential stress in MPa

400

Tangential stress-strain response
in the critical area (5 load cycles)

0
-500
-1000
-1500
-2000
-2500
-1.5

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

Tangential total strain in %

 Improved fatigue life: no tensile stresses, reduced stress range and cyclic plastic strains

Established within the GROWTH project GRD1-1999-10748 "Improvement of Service Life and Reliability of Cold Forging Tools
with respect to Fatigue Damage due to Cyclic Plasticity (COLT)", funded by the European Community.


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COLT Design Manual for Cold Forging Dies

Case study: tripods and cross-joints (7)

Recommendations for the design
of dies for the cold forging of tripods and cross-joints
Recommended die material:
• Power-metallurgical tool steel (instead of carbide),
provides an excellent fatigue strength
Recommended prestressing system:
• STRECON® E+
reduces the stresses and cyclic plastic strains,
leads to improved fatigue life
- the outer diameter of the die insert should be close to the inner
contour (better effectivity of the carbide winding core)
• STRECON® Basic
in case of long-legged parts (especially cross-joints),
where a carbide winding core would not be that effective

Established within the GROWTH project GRD1-1999-10748 "Improvement of Service Life and Reliability of Cold Forging Tools
with respect to Fatigue Damage due to Cyclic Plasticity (COLT)", funded by the European Community.