Wear Analysis of Tool Surfaces Structured by Machine Hammer Peening for Foil-Free Forming of Stainless Steel

Abstract

Increasing demands concerning the performance of tribological systems for metal forming due to ecological restrictions or technologically increased process loads require the development of innovative tribological systems, especially in forming of stainless steel. It could be shown in preliminary work that surface structures on deep drawing tools manufactured by the incremental forming process machine hammer peening have the potential to reduce friction in strip drawing test by about 58 % in comparison with a ground reference surface. This is explained by the effect of lubricant pockets and a reduced true contact area in the interacting zone. However, due to the effect of a reduced contact area, the wear resistance of these surface structures is of main concern for the effectiveness of their application in deep drawing. Therefore, in this work strip drawing tests are performed over a minimum of 500 repetitions for the evaluation of friction characteristics. Additionally, the coating of the surface structures is investigated to improve the wear resistance of the structures.