FEM‐Simulation of Drawing Out in Open Die Forging

Experiments and finite element simulations were performed in order to study how the bite ratio influences the closing of inner flaws such as voids and pipes in the open die forging process. Square rolled blooms of carbon steel with a transversal hole in the centre were forged with a constant height reduction but with different bites in order to study the closing of voids during the process. Corresponding finite element simulations were performed in full 3D with full thermo‐mechanical coupling. Also the influence of the friction and of the temperature gradient in the workpiece were studied. The elimination of an artificial defect by forging was successfully simulated by the finite element method. It is established that the closure of voids is highly dependent on the bite ratio. The closure of voids under the edge of the tool is however not improved by a higher bite ratio. There is a slight tendency that the situation under the tool edge is worse when the bite ratio is increased.