Manufacturing Technology 2023, 23(1):88-98 | DOI: 10.21062/mft.2023.002

Studies on a Robotised Process for Forging Steel Synchronizer Rings in the Context of Forging Tool Life

Artur Meller ORCID...1, Marcin Suszyński ORCID...1, Stanisław Legutko ORCID...1, Marek Trączyński ORCID...1, Vit Cernohlavek ORCID...2
1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Poznan University Of Technology, Piotrowo 3 Street, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
2 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, J. E. Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem. Pasteurova 3334/7, 400 01, Usti nad Labem. Czech Republic

This paper proposes a solution not previously used in the forging industry, which aims to reduce the proportion of arduous human labour. The concept of a prototype robotic station for hot forging includes a system that allows the selection of batch material with its heating, the execution of the process of lu-brication of forging tools and the forging itself, synchronised with the feeding and removal of material using full automation, in accordance with the idea of Industry 4.0. At the same time, by increasing the repeatability of the entire forging process and changing some of its key parameters, it will be possible to influence the durability of the tools used during its implementation. In order to verify the impact of such a modified technological process on forging tool life, computer simulations of forging were performed, where the currently applied technology using hand forging was compared with a conceptual automated process.

Keywords: Die Forging, Automation, Forging Simulation, Tool Durability, Industry 4.0
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The authors thank the Ministry of Education and Science for their financial support (the Implementation Doctorate program, Agreement No. DWD/4/22/2020 of 06.11.2020)

Received: July 24, 2022; Revised: December 22, 2022; Accepted: January 13, 2023; Prepublished online: April 24, 2023; Published: May 3, 2023  Show citation

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Meller A, Suszyński M, Legutko S, Trączyński M, Cernohlavek V. Studies on a Robotised Process for Forging Steel Synchronizer Rings in the Context of Forging Tool Life. Manufacturing Technology. 2023;23(1):88-98. doi: 10.21062/mft.2023.002.
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