Research on the Status and Prospect of the Hollow Shafts Forming Technology in High-Speed Train

Abstract

High-speed and heavy-load are the targets to pursue over a long period of time in high-speed transportation. The key to solve this problem is making the components lightweight. Particularly, the hollow shaft is a new type of lightweight construction. This article explains systematically the current situation and the defects of forming technique for the hollow shafts. The solid shafts formed by Multi-Wedge Cross Wedge Rolling (MCWR) and the hollow shafts by Cross Wedge Rolling(CWR) are researched, and the key problems of hollow shafts formed in MCWR to solve emphatically are pointed out. At the same time, we obtain that MCWR will be the main technology in forming long shafts. The results in this paper provide a new direction for the hollow shafts to form in a high efficiency, energy saving and material saving method.

Numerical Analysis of a Skew Rolling Process for Producing a Stepped Hollow Shaft Made of Titanium Alloy Ti6Al4V

“…Hollow axes and shafts are more and more widely used instead of their solid counterparts in order to reduce mass of structures [1]. These parts are mainly applied in the automotive and aircraft industries where fuel consumption and engine performance is strongly connected with structure mass [2,3].…”