An Experimental Investigation to Find the Optimal Process Parameters in Flow Forming
Keywords:
Flow forming, Optimum parameters, Roller, Surface finishAbstract
Flow forming process is an advanced eco-friendly chip less metal forming process which is used to manufacture a large variety of thin walled axi-symmetric shapes from plates or preforms.This process has several advantages like improved mechanical properties and surface quality for a finished part. Components produced through this process are widely used in aerospace and missile applications. In the present work, experiments were carried out on a three roller CNC Flow forming Machine. The optimum process parameters involved in the flow forming were determined for getting the minimum number of manufacturing defects by conducting a number of experiments. Moreover, the effect of different roller diameters was also studied. Theoretical values exhibited a good agreement with the experimental values.
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