Fatigue Damage of Trim Dies Manufactured or Reconditioned by Different Routes
2022-01-0274
03/29/2022
- Event
- Content
- The compression fatigue behavior of sheet metal trimming die is studied. The trim dies were manufactured or reconditions through different fabrication processes and heat treatment conditions. An accelerated lab testing method is developed to evaluate die damage resistance under compressive cyclic load applied at the tool edge, analogous to sheet metal trimming die operation. The metal removal volume at the sheared edges were measured by image processing to quantify the degree of fatigue damage as a function of loading cycle number. The fatigue microstructural damage were examined with optical and scanning electron microscopies. The simulated die performances are compared among different die processing routes. A phenomenological trim die damage rate model in Paris law form was obtained and tuned with experimental data for tool life prediction.
- Citation
- Wu, X., "Fatigue Damage of Trim Dies Manufactured or Reconditioned by Different Routes," SAE Technical Paper 2022-01-0274, 2022, .