The study discusses the subject of lubrication in the processes of hot die forging with the consideration of the durability of forging tools and instrumentation. It presents a literature research as well as the authors’ own investigations of the effect of the use of cooling and lubrication agents, the amount of the dosage as well as the direction of its application, and also the factors influencing the tribological conditions. The lubrication devices and systems currently applied in the industry have been analyzed as well. On this basis, making use of their knowledge and experience, the authors have developed and constructed a lubricating device. The elaborated system, implemented into the industrial process, makes it possible to select and ensure the optimal tribological conditions of the process by way of controlling the amount and frequency of the applied lubricant dosage. It can constitute an alternative for the manual method of lubricant application, which is dependent on the human factor, or the fully automated, yet expensive, lubrication systems. The obtained test results point to potential possibilities of a permanent introduction of the constructed device also into other forging processes, through its integration with a manipulator. The proposed solution ensures more stability and higher repeatability of the lubrication conditions as well as increases the efficiency of the production process, thus significantly reducing the unit costs of the production of forgings

The article refers to an analysis of the multi-operation process of manufacturing a hub type forging used to transmit power in motorcar gear boxes, by way of die forging on a crank press. The investigations were performed in order to improve the currently realized production technology, mainly with the use of numerical simulations. Through the determination of the key parameters/quantities during forging, which are difficult to determine directly during the industrial process, an in-depth and complex analysis was performed by way of FE (Finite Element) modelling. A thermomechanical model of producing a hub forging with deformable tools was developed with the use of the Qform 9.0.9 software. For the elaboration and construction of the forging tool CAD (Computer Aided Design) models, the Catia V5R20 program was applied. The results of the performed numerical modelling made it possible to determine the material flow and the properness of the filling of impressions, as well as the temperature field distributions and plastic deformations in the forging; it was also possible to detect the forging defects often observed in the industrial process. On this basis, the changes in the process were determined, which enabled an improvement of the presently realized technology and the obtaining of proper forgings, both in respect of quality and dimensions and shape.

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