Injection Forging of Splines Using Numerical and Experimental Study

Injection forging is a Nett-shape manufacturing process in which one or two punches move axially causing a radial flow into a die cavity in a form which is prescribed by the exitgeometry, such as pulley, flanges, gears and splines on a shaft. This paper presents an experimental and numerical study of the injection forging of splines in terms of load requirement and material flow. Three dimensional finite element analyses are used to investigate the effect of some important parameters in this process. The experiment has been carried out using solid commercial lead billets with two different billet diameters and four different dies.

Authors:

• M.Zadshakoyan
• H.Jafarzadeh
• E.Abdi Sobbouhi

Keywords:

• Injection forging
• splines
• material flow
• FEM

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