Tribological Investigations on Tool Surfaces for Temperature-Supported Forming of Magnesium AZ31 Sheets
Bruno Caetano dos Santos Silva,
Alisson Mendes Rodrigues,
Roland Mueller,
Fábio André Lora,
Marcio Luis Ferreira Nascimento,
Haroldo Cavalcanti Pinto,
Rodrigo Santiago Coelho
Affiliations
Bruno Caetano dos Santos Silva
SENAI CIMATEC, Institute of Innovation for Forming and Joining of Materials, Av. Orlando Gomes, 1845, Piatã, Salvador-BA 41650-010, Brazil
Alisson Mendes Rodrigues
Materials Engineering Unit (UAEMa), Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Av. Aprígio Veloso, no. 882, Bodocongó, Campina Grande-PB 58109-970, Brazil
Roland Mueller
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU), Reichenhainer Str. 88, D09126 Chemnitz, Germany
Fábio André Lora
Materials Department, Federal University of Recôncavo Baiano–UFRB, Av. Centenário, 697, Feira de Santana-BA 44085-132, Brazil
Marcio Luis Ferreira Nascimento
Nanotechnology Group, Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic School, Federal University of Bahia, Rua Aristides Novis 2, Federação, Salvador-BA 40210-630, Brazil
Haroldo Cavalcanti Pinto
Department of Materials Engineering-SMM, São Carlos School of Engineering–EESC, University of São Paulo–USP, São Carlos-SP 05508-010, Brazil
Rodrigo Santiago Coelho
SENAI CIMATEC, Institute of Innovation for Forming and Joining of Materials, Av. Orlando Gomes, 1845, Piatã, Salvador-BA 41650-010, Brazil
Aiming to decrease friction coefficient ( μ ) during the forming of magnesium alloy sheets, nine (9) tools with different hole geometries in their surface (flat, elliptical, and circular) were manufactured from steel Boehler W400 VMR (as known as DIN 1.2343). Tribological investigations were accomplished on a strip drawing machine at 288 °C without lubricants. When compared with a standard tool (surface flat), on average, tools with circular geometries in their surface showed the smallest friction coefficient, while tools with elliptical geometries shown higher. The friction coefficient also was confronted with the ratio between area occupied by holes in the surface of the tool and the total tool surface (i.e., factor f (%)), hole diameter (Ø), and the distance between circle centers (d(c,c)). Principal Component Analysis (PCA) complemented the experimental approach. In summary, both approaches (experimental and theoretical) indicated that the manufactured tool with circular geometries on its surface presented lower friction coefficient values on the forming processes of the magnesium AZ31 sheets.
