P 850 - Fluidised bed heating of blanks for press hardening
The careful use of resources and the avoidance of environmentally harmful emissions, e.g. in production, energy generation and mobility processes, are globally recognised tasks of the international community. In this …
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- T. Tröster, T. Marten, S. Adelbert, A. Kadim
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- 2012
The careful use of resources and the avoidance of environmentally harmful emissions, e.g. in production, energy generation and mobility processes, are globally recognised tasks of the international community. In this context, lightweight construction of moving masses is one of the leading technology drivers. A significant reduction in resource and energy consumption can be achieved through the increased use of lightweight products. The material steel will therefore only be able to assert itself in the future if the aspects of lightweight construction become even more important. In fact, steel offers an excellent option here, namely to achieve a considerable improvement in the strength-to-density ratio by increasing strength.
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The press hardening process offers a prominent possibility for realising this. The press hardening process for manganese-boron steels can be used to produce high-strength, complex component geometries that are already used in many structural areas of vehicles. One disadvantage of these press-hardened components is currently the relatively high process costs, which are caused, among other things, by high investments and the high space requirements of the corresponding roller hearth furnaces for heating the blanks. There is a need here to identify more cost-effective and space-saving heating options. The aim of the research project is therefore to develop and investigate the fluidised bed heating of steel blanks for press hardening. This alternative heating process is already used today, for example, for the industrial heating of solid components and, due to the process parameters, also offers great potential for heating in the press hardening process. Experimental investigations were therefore carried out on corresponding fluidised bed furnaces as part of the research project. This included the determination of heating gradients as well as tests on the use of different coating systems. Finally, the aspect of partial press hardening was examined in more detail, so that the heating behaviour of the blanks during partial heating in the fluidised bed was investigated. The tests carried out in this research project demonstrate the general suitability of fluidised bed heating of blanks for the press hardening process. Blanks made of press-hardenable steels can be heated to the required process temperatures using this heating method. The coating systems currently in use can also be utilised for the press hardening process, subject to certain restrictions. In addition, the production of graded component structures by partially heating the initial blanks before forming can, in principle, be realised using fluidised bed heating. The research project was carried out at the Chair of Lightweight Automotive Design (LiA), Paderborn University, together with Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, Paderborn and Schwing Fluid Technik GmbH, Neukirchen-Vluyn, with technical support and financial assistance from the Forschungsvereinigung Stahlanwendung e. V., Düsseldorf, with funds from the Stiftung Stahlanwendungsforschung, Essen.
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