super plastic forming
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SUPERPLASTIC FORMING
ME 530Near-Net Shape Manufacturing
InstructorDr. Neda Fabris
By Ansul Kumar Singh
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What is Super Plastic Forming ?
Super Plastic Forming is a process by which complex parts are produced from a single sheet of super plastic material
It works upon the theory of Super plasticity
Super plasticity is the ability of material to undergo extreme elongation allowing for deep drawing and intricate shapes
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Which means materials can elongate more than 150% of its original size
In fact materials can elongate up to 8000%
At certain temperature and controlled strain rate
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SPF ProcessA sheet of material is placed into a hot open die and
heated up to Super plastic temperature ( Ti – 900 C, Al- 500 C)
Inert Gas pressure (Ar) is applied which plastically
deforms the sheet into shape of die cavity.
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Process Diagram
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Types of SPF
1- Vacuum /Stretch Forming- Gas pressure differential is applied on the
super plastic diaphragm causing the material to form into die cavity shape.
Applied pressure – 100 Kpa
2- Blow Forming- Additional pressure is applied from gas reservoir. Max applied pressure is
700Kpa – 3400 Kpa
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Super plastic Forming Lab Press Used for SPF of Ti aircraft parts
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TITANIUM SUPERPLASTIC FORMING PRESS COURTESY OF AEROMET INTERNATIONAL1.5M
CAPABLE OF 910 C, 500 TON CLAMPING LOAD AND 2M X PLATEN SIZE⁰
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SPF Alloys
1- Al alloys 5083,7485
2- Ti alloys TA6V
3- Inconel 718
4- Bi-Sn (200% elongation)
5- Zr-Al
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Advantages1- Large complex work-pieces in one operation only
2-Eliminates Springback
3- Fine surface finish.
4- Cost savings ranges up to 30%
5- Reduces weight by eliminating nuts, bolts and fasteners
6- Near net complex shapes
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Disadvantages1- Slow forming rate (Cycle time 2 min to 4 hrs.)
2-High material cost
3-Trial and error design
4-Lack of accurate modeling
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Industries Using SPF Aeronautics
Automotive
Railways Building
Medical
Sports
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ApplicationCivil/ Military aircrafts- (Ti, Al alloys)
Sensor Housing Fan blade section
Nose Cover Center Automotive body panels
Window Frames
Sheet structures
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Closing ShellThin Frame Structure
Complex StructuresHeat Exchangers
SPF parts in Al Alloy
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SPF Forming Softwares Used to follow the variation of thickness of the
sheets during forming in order to predict the geometry of component after forming.
ARVIP-3D
CATIA
CAM Craft Design
ABAQUS
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Recent SPF Tool Technology
To control the total price of super plastically formed
components, new tools have been developed recently.
Metallic tools Non Metallic tools
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Emerging Technologies
Quick Plastic Forming
It is a hot blow forming process capable of producing Al or Mg panels at relatively high volumes. The conditions of deformation are quite close to conditions corresponding to super plastic forming with however strain rates significantly higher than those associated to "pure" super plasticity.
This technology has been successfully implemented for automotive lift gates and deck lids with complex shapes for various car productions.
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Project SPLICE SPLICE - Super Plastic Laser Induced
Component Equipment research at Rolls-Royce, UK.
Laser will be used for all operations virtually Required to produce SPF component from
cutting the initial blank from sheet material to final trimming to hole drilling after forming.
Conceptual LASER SPF manufacturingcell
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References
ASME handbook , Vol. 14 B, Super plastic Forming Process
E Paul, Black J.T., Materials and Processes in manufacturing, (9th ed.) Wiley
W.F. Powers, Automotive Materials in the 21st Century, Adv. Mater. Proc., 2001, p 38
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