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Nissan Komori PDF
Nissan Komori PDF
Makoto Komori
Powertrain Production Engineering Div.
Yokohama, JAPAN
1. Nissan current situation
2. Nissan challenges
3. Materials Nissan needs
1. Nissan current situation
2. Nissan challenges
3. Materials Nissan needs
Vision - NISSAN: Enriching people's lives
350Z
X-TRAIL
MICRA
Mission - Nissan provides unique and
innovative automotive products and services
that deliver superior measurable values to all
stakeholders in alliance with Renault.
Nissan production sites in Japan
Kyushu
Plant
Iwaki Plant
Tochigi Plant
Tokyo HQ
Yokohama
Plant
Oppama Plant
Research Center
Technical Zama OC
Center
Forging dies
Process
• Hot forging
• Semi hot forging
• Warm forging
• Cold forging
Axle parts
Engine parts Hot forging
Hot forging
Fatal breakage
PM-HSS
Hot forging
H10
(crankshaft, con-rod)
H13
1.2714
Toughness
Die materials
Less primary
carbides
Matrix HSS
(57HRC)
Good wear
resistance w/o
cracking
M2 H13
(60HRC) (48HRC)
Cracked Worn
immediately immediately
Die materials
Ceramics
WC-Co
Hardness (HV)
Cermet
HSS
Tool Steels
KIC (kgfmm-3/2)
Al casting dies
Process
• PDC
• SDC
• VDC
• LPDC
VDC line
Al casting dies
’50s ’60s ’70s ’80s ’90s ’00s
I/M
(GDC) C/H
R/W
(GDC)
(LPDC)
C/H C/B
T/M (LPDC) (LPDC)
(PDC) C/B
(PDC) EMB
(SDC)
K/S
(SDC)
R/W
(CF) L/L
(VDC)
Al casting dies
Products
Suspension Member
Press
Lower Link
VDC
Axle Housing
SDC
Road Wheel
LPDC
LPDC or
or Forging
Forging
Al casting dies
Damages
Heat crack
Breakage Adhesion
Soldering
Crack from
water channel
Die materials
at elevated temperature
WC-Co Cermet
PM-HSS
Pins
Strength
M2 Matrix HSS
Cores
H10
H13
1.2714
Toughness
1. Nissan current situation
2. Nissan challenges
3. Materials Nissan needs
Global sales
Commitment
in thousands of vehicles
forecast forecast
New models release
Higher quality
Profitable
growth
New models
New markets
Profitable
growth
New models
New markets
20% 37%
Underfill /mm2
14
37
12
10 38
8 20 .0 00 - 22.0 00
6 39
18 .0 00 - 20.0 00
16 .0 00 - 18.0 00
4
14 .0 00 - 16.0 00
2 12 .0 00 - 14.0 00
50.0 40
10 .0 00 - 12.0 00
52.5
Mandrel diamet er / mm 8.00 0 -1 0.00 0
55.0
6.00 0 -8 .0 00
57.5 41
4.00 0 -6 .0 00
Esc ape hole diamet er / mm 60.0
2.00 0 -4 .0 00
0.2
18.5
12.5
15.5
21.5
24.5
0.5
3.5
6.5
9.5
11
14
17
20
23
2
-0.2
15 V6 engine
crankshaft die
Precision
milling
10 CVJ warm
L4 engine forging punch
crankshaft die
CVJ sizing
5 punch
Con-rod die Inner lace
die
Conventional 40 50 60 70
milling Hardness (HRC)
Surface modification
Surface temperature
Wear Adhesion
PDC
Soldering
HSS
PDC Hot forging
Adhesion Wear
PDC Hot work steel
Heat check Nitriding
Fatigue
crack
Damaged depth
Surface modification
Against soldering
Oxide film for Al casting dies
Nitriding +
Oxide film
Nitriding
Nitriding
0 1 2 3 4
Weight loss ratio (%)
Surface modification
Surface temperature
PVD
Wear Adhesion
PDC
Soldering
HSS
PDC Hot forging
Adhesion Wear
PDC Hot work steel
Heat check Nitriding
Fatigue
crack
Damaged depth
Surface modification
Against wear at the temperature more than Ac1 of die steel
<0.5mm heat affected at the near surface
PVD coating for hot forging
3500
3000
TiAlN
2500
Hardness (HV)
New coating
2000 CrN
1500 TiN
H13 nitrided
1000
H13
500
0
R.T 700℃x1h 800℃x1h
Surface modification
Surface temperature
Wear Adhesion
PDC
Soldering
HSS
Cladding
PDC Hot forging
Adhesion Wear
PDC Hot work steel
Heat check Nitriding
Fatigue
crack
Damaged depth
Surface modification
Against wear at the temperature more than Ac1 of die steel
>0.5mm heat affected at the near surface
Heat resist alloy cladding for hot forging
4
Frequency
0
<2000 <4000 <6000 <8000 <10000 <12000 <14000
Die life
4
Frequency
0
<2000 <4000 <6000 <8000 <10000 <12000 <14000
Die life
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