Blow Molding Process Optimization of Amorphous Alloy Tube Blank Based on DEFORM Software

Abstract

In recent years, with the increase of the research about forming technology of amorphous alloys, blow molding is explored to process the amorphous shell parts and containers both at home and abroad. Jan Schroers of Yale University found that it can improve the formability of amorphous alloys greatly by adjusting the thickness of plate blank and prefabricating parison. In this article, choosing Zr44Ti11Cu10Ni10Be25 as the study object, plate blanks with variable thickness are prefabricated to optimize the uniformity of the wall thickness of tube blank molded and studies the effects of blowing pressure and material viscosity on the formability of tube blank based on DEFORM software, so as to define the reasonable process parameters, provide theoretic foundation for blow molding process optimization of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) plate and develop the industry application fields of BMG materials.