Flow Forming Simulation

Abstract

Flow forming process is a kind of a spinning process. This process is commonly used for pro-duction of high precision thin wall. In this study, the material numerical model using finite element codes based on the FORGE® NxT 1.0 software will be applied to estimate the mechanical properties of tube after flow forming such as hardness and thickness by compared with the experimental results. The results used to design process and estimated the occurred deformation between in each pass of process.