Forging simulation using the example of a knife, Roland Grözinger (1), Wolfgang Rimkus (2), Stefan Zorniger (2) (1) Silit-Werke GmbH & Co. KG (2) Hochschule Aalen
von Wolfgang, Rimkus
The forging of knives has so far been a rather manual activity requiring a lot of experience and skill on the part of the worker. The process development for the forging process is also based on experience and trial and error. Starting with a blank, the semi-finished product for knife production is formed in several forging steps, i.e. with several tools. The number of forging tools is determined based on experience.
In order to optimise the development of the manufacturing process, the forging process is first mapped in the simulation and thus the position of the blank in the die and the number of tools are determined. It has been shown that this can be done excellently in LS-DYNA.