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Effects of process parameters on surface quality of shaft parts formed by warm cross-wedge rolling

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The difference between the warm cross-wedge rolling process and the traditional cross-wedge rolling is that the rolling temperature is controlled below the recrystallization temperature of the workpiece, which has the advantages of reducing energy costs, decarburizing, and improving the surface quality of the workpiece. In this paper, through the combination of simulation and experiment, the effect of process parameters on the surface quality of shafts formed by warm cross-wedge rolling was systematically explored. The results displayed that, for the shafts with large cross-section reduction, increasing the rolling temperature and selecting a small forming and a large stretching angle can improve the surface quality. The selection principles of the stretching angle and the forming angle in the warm cross-wedge rolling process were determined. With comparison, the average error between the experiment and simulation was 1.12%, which verified the reliability of the warm cross-wedge rolling process. The research results provide a theoretical reference for the selection of the process parameters of the warm cross-wedge rolling forming shafts.

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The authors gratefully thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China, K.C.Wong Education Foundation, Hong Kong, the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang, and the Ningbo “Technology Innovation 2025” Major Special Project that enabled this research to be carried out.

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This study was funded by the K.C. Wong Education Foundation, Hong Kong, the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang (grant number LZ17E050001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 51975301), and the Ningbo “Technology Innovation 2025” Major Special Project (grant number 2020Z110).

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    Xuedao Shu, Jianan Shi, Ji Chen & Hanwen Yang

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Conceptualization, X.D. S. and J.N. S.; modeling and simulation, J. C. and H.W. Y.; data analysis, J. C. and X.D. S.; data interpretation, J. C. and J.N. S.; writing—original draft preparation, J. C.; writing—review and editing, X.D. S. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Shu, X., Shi, J., Chen, J. et al. Effects of process parameters on surface quality of shaft parts formed by warm cross-wedge rolling. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 113, 2819–2831 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-06784-2

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