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ORGANIZER;CN=ESTAD 2023:mailto:info@metec-estad.com
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SUMMARY:ComForge® forging technology suite: Advanced pass-schedule design in radial forging through novel process models
DESCRIPTION:Radial forging is an incremental forming process, which is mainly used for the production of bars with high requirements regarding the mechanical properties and the microstructure and is applied in almost all industry fields, e.g. in aerospace or medical industry. Nowadays, pass-schedule design in radial forging only considers the characteristics of the forging machine regarding the required forces and kinematic, while additional support, like decisive properties of the workpiece and process such as the resulting strain and temperature distribution is not provided.  
To realize a pass-schedule design considering the workpiece properties, SMS group exclusively developed new stand-alone models for strain and temperature in radial forging called ComForge® Property Predictor® and will be hosted within the forging technology suite ComForge®. The ComForge® Property predictor is capable to predict these decisive workpiece properties within seconds. By coupling these models with the established pass-schedule calculation software ComForge® Pass Schedule Calculator, for the first time process-design and optimization based on the final properties of the workpiece becomes possible. This not only allows optimizing pass-schedules in terms of quality and with regard to the workpiece properties, but also provides economic benefit for the machine operator by enabling shortening process chains, reduced personnel requirements and so reduction of safety margins within the process.
The hereby-presented analysis proves that the hydraulic radial forging machine SMX in combination with advanced and unique technology tools offers significant benefit to produce high quality bars at optimum efficiency. In future, the technology suite ComForge® will be further developed by coupling ComForge® Property Predictor to a microstructure calculation to enable direct calculation and optimization of the resulting microstructure. Furthermore, coupling the models to the control system of radial forging machine will allow for an online analysis of temperature, strain and microstructure in radial forging. 

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