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Rod and wiredrawing
Analysis of wiredrawing
Tube drawing processes
Analysis of tube drawing
Residual stress in rod, wire and tubes
Drawing die
Undrawn
Drawn wire
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The cross section can be circular, Brass tubes for heat exchanger
square hexagonal or in any shapes. cheap, strong, good corrosion
resistant
Metal wires
Metal rods
Rod is swaged
Machine capacity :
Insert though the die 1 MN drawbench
30 m of runout
Clamped to the jaws of the drawhead 150-1500 mm.s-1 draw speed
The back relief allows the metal to expand slightly as the wire leaves the die
and also minimises abrasion if the drawing stops or the die is
out of alignment.
Drawing die
Undrawn
Drawn wire
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The wire is first passed through the overhead loop and pulley, brought down
and then inserted through the die of the second drum and drawn through this
die for further reduction.
Thus, the wire is drawn through all the wire drawing drums of the set in a
continuous manner to get the required finished diameter of the wire. Speed
of each draw block has to be synchronised to avoid slippage between the
wire and the block.
The drawing speed ~ up to 10 m.s-1 for ferrous drawing
~ up to 30 m.s-1 for nonferrous drawing.
D
2
% RA = 1 Outlet 100
coil
Bull
DInlet
block
Top view Side view of bull block
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Example: Drawing of stainless wire
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Stainless steels: 304,
304L, 316, 316L
Applications: redrawing,
mesh weaving, soft pipe,
steel rope, filter elements,
making of spring.
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Stainless steel rope
Larger diameter stainless wire is first surface
examined, tensile and hardness tested, diameter size
measured.
Surface preparation by pickling in acid (ferrictic and
martensitic steels) and basic solutions (austenitic steels).
The prepared skin is then coated with lubricant.
Cold drawing is carried out through diamond dies or
tungsten carbide dies till the desired diameter is Stainless steel meshes
obtained.
Cleaning off oil/lubricant is then carried out and the wire is
heat-treated (annealing at about 1100oC or plus skin pass).
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Stepped-cone multiple-pass wiredrawing
Good combination of
strength and ductility.
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Defects in rod and wiredrawing
This defect will occur for low die angles at low reductions.
For a given reduction and die angle, the critical reduction to
prevent fracture increases with the friction.
_ Ab 1
xa = o ln = o ln Eq.1
Aa 1 r
p
A wide strip is being drawn
w xa through a frictionless die
s
dh/2
x+dx with a total included angle of
/c o
hb h dx x 2
ha
dx
dh/2 2 .
dx
p
x
Plane strain condition is
p cos
p
x=0 applied (no strain in the
width direction.)
The equilibrium of forces in the x direction is made up of two components
1) Due to the change in longitudinal stress 2) Due to the die pressure at the two
with x increasing positively to the left. interfaces.
( x + d x )(h + dh )w x hw dx
2 p sin w
cos
Taking the equilibrium of force in the x direction and neglect dxdh
x dh + hd x + 2 p tan dx = 0 Eq.2
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p
We shall now consider the problem p
of strip drawing where a Coulomb
x+ dx x
friction coefficient exists hb ha
between the strip and the die. dx
x dh + hd x + 2 p tan dx + 2 pdx = 0
x dh + hd x + 2 pdx (tan + ) = 0
d x dh Eq.4
=
x B o' (1 + B) h
h
B
' 1+ B 1+ B
xa =o 1 a
B hb
= o' [
1 (1 r ) B ]
B
1 + B Da
2B
xa =o 1 Eq.5
B Db
Ab Aa Eq.6
S=
sin S
Pd
Ab Aa
p is the mean normal pressure on this area.
Pd is the draw force. pS pS cos
_ _ Ab
Pd = p ( Ab Aa ) = o Aa ln Eq.8
Aa
Pd _ A
xa = = o ln b (1 + B) Eq.9
Aa Aa
1 + B Da
2B
1.8571
[ ]
From Eq.5 _
20.8571
xa = 1 = 637 1 0.8 = 438MPa
B Db 0.8571
~ 20% difference
From Eq.9
_ Ab 1.0 2
xa = o ln (1 + B ) = 637 ln 2
(1.8571) = 527 MPa
Aa 0.8
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If the wire is moving through the die at 3 m.s-1, determine the
power required to produce the deformation.
dis tan ce
Power = force
time
Drawing force
Pd = xa Aa = 438 (8) 2 = 22.02kN
4
Power
Power = 22.02 3 = 66.06kW
Ab
xa = o ln (1 + B) Eq.10
Aa
*
= f ( , r ) = Eq.11
Where = the redundant work factor.
* = the enhanced strain corresponding to the yield stress
of the metal, which has been homogeneously deformed
to a strain .
A
drawn metal is displaced along
* the strain axis = drawing
=
reduction,
= ln (Ab/Aa) = ln [1/(1-r)].
Strain
Due to redundant work, the yield
stress of the drawn metal is above
the basic flow curve .
For drawing of round wire =
r
[
1 + (1 r ) ]
12 2
Eq.12
where = C1 + C 2 0.8 + Eq.13
4.4
*
The reduction and the friction
Ao d A1
= lnAo/A1
Entrance Exit
d Flow curve
1
d =
xa =
d Eq.14
As the material is being deformed through the die, strain hardening occurs
and if the material is severely strain-hardened necking fracture.
The drawing limit is reached when d =
Since = ln (Ab/Aa), Ab
= e (n +1) Eq.17
Aa max
B B
[
1173 = 673(2.167) 1 (1 r ) 0.8571 ]
637 = 637
1.8571
[
1 (1 r )
0.8751
] r = 0.89
0.8571
r = 0.51 Note: in the case of no friction/
or redundant work, = 1, no strain
1 hardening (n = 0), we have
= ln = 0.71
1 r
o = 1300 0.30 = 1300(0.7) 0.30 = 1,173MPa 1
rmax = 1 = 0.63
e
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Tube-drawing processes
Sinking
Plug drawing
- Fixed plug
- Floating plug
Mandrel drawing.
Tube sinking Fixed plug Floating plug Moving mandrel
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For tube drawing with a plug, the draw stress can be expressed by
1 + B h
'
B' And
xa = o' 1 a 1 = friction coefficient between tube
B ' hb and die wall.
where 2 = friction coefficient between tube
and plug.
1 + 2 = semi die angle of the die.
B =
'
1 + B Af
B
xa = o'' 1 Eq.23
B Ab
- Surface tensile
Circumferential stresses
- Axis compressive
At a given reduction,
longitudinal stress
Maximum values of
longitudinal residual stress
~ 15-35% reduction in
area.