Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
Abstract
Hollow tubes are generally manufactured using porthole die extrusion. A finite element software QForm is used to analyze the material flow of aluminum alloy A6061 tubes inside a specially designed porthole die during tube extrusion. High welding pressure and shorter transverse seam length are required for a sound product. Various extrusion conditions and die geometries and dimensions affect the bonding strength of the products. In this paper, the effects of die geometries on the welding pressure are discussed using the Taguchi method. The simulation results show that a higher welding pressure is obtained with a larger porthole radius, a larger welding chamber height, and a larger bearing length, while a larger bridge width increases the welding pressure slightly. For transverse seam lengths, a shorter transverse seam length can be obtained with a smaller porthole radius and a smaller welding chamber height, and a shorter bridge width and bearing length decrease the transverse seam length slightly. The transverse seam region and flow patterns are observed. Tube expanding tests were also conducted. From the expanding test results, it is known that the fracture position did not occur at the welding line and the bonding strength could reach up to 160 MPa.
Funder
National Science and Technology Council of the Republic of China
Subject
General Materials Science,Metals and Alloys
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