BMCG 2312

EXERCISE 4

1. Explain the differences between extrusions and drawing. Make appropriate sketches.
2. Explain the differences between direct and indirect extrusions. What is the advantage of
indirect extrusion over direct extrusion?
3. Justify why the extrusion ratio, die geometry, extrusion speed, and billet temperature are
all affect the extrusion pressure.
4. How to avoiding center-cracking defects in extrusion? With sketches, explain why your
methods would be effective.
5. Examine some of the products in your home or in automobile that are made of sheet metal,
and discuss the process or combination of processes by which you think they were made.
Give 4 examples.
6. Identify 4 casting design rules that also can be applied to forging.
7. Explain 5 differences that you can observed between products made of sheet metals and
those made by forging.
8. Differentiate between cold and hot forging
9. Why is control of the volume of the blank important in closed-die forging?
10. Figure 1 shows a round impression-die forging made from a cylindrical blank, as
illustrated on the left. As we know, such parts are made in a sequence of forging
operations. Sketch your suggestion of a sequence of forging steps to change the initial
shape to the final shape.

Initial shape Final shape

11. Identify the three basic types of sheet metalworking operations

12. What is springback in sheet metal bending?

13. Distinguish between roll bending and roll forming.

14. Briefly explain, how the plastic bottle is made