Spin forming method for rim of cast-spun aluminum alloy hub

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10695819-B2
Application number	US-201816025884-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2018
Priority date	Mar 19, 2018
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method for forming a rim of a cast-spun aluminum alloy hub, that is, a special spinning composite machining method for forming a structure that the spokes and the inner wheel flange of the hub are cast and the middle of the rim is spun. The method can prevent the performance, strength and as-cast structure of the inner wheel flange from being destroyed, effectively improve the impact resistance of the cast-spun hub at the inner wheel flange, prevent the inner wheel flange of the cast-spun hub from cracking during radial impact and improve the performance of the spun structure of the rim, is beneficial to thinning the rim and realizes light weight of the rim.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A spin forming method for a rim of a cast-spun aluminum alloy hub, wherein the method comprises:
a step of providing a new cast rim; and
a forming step of spinning the new cast rim by three spinning rollers to form a new spun rim, wherein an inner wheel flange of the new cast rim is formed to a location of an inner wheel flange of the new spun rim,
wherein
a feeding channel of the new cast rim is set at 13.5-15 mm; an inside inclination angle α of a blank of the new cast rim, an outside inclination angle β of the blank of the new cast rim and a wheel well have a structural gradient;
wherein, in the step of providing the new cast rim, a casting mold for the new cast rim is cooled with water;
wherein, parameters used in the step of providing the new cast rim are as follows: a preheating temperature of the casting mold is 320-380° C., a temperature of molten aluminum is 690-710° C., a holding pressure is 830-860 mbar, a holding time is 130-150 s, and a cooling time after pressure relief is 25-35 s;
wherein the step of spinning the new cast rim by the three spinning rollers to form the new spun rim comprises performing thermal spinning on the new cast rim by the three spinning rollers in different shapes according to different spinning trajectories;
wherein a fillet radius of each spinning roller of the three spinning rollers is set at R6.5-R25, and a forming angle is 10-35°; and
wherein, during the forming step, a heating temperature of the blank of the new cast rim is controlled at 350-380° C., and an initial temperature of the casting mold is controlled at 250-300° C.; a total thinning rate of the blank of the new cast rim is not less than 65%, a thinning rate for each spinning with a spinning roller of the three spinning rollers is 15%-35%, offset distances of the three spinning rollers are 2-5 mm, feed rates of the three spinning rollers are 500-1200 mm/min, a revolving speed of a spinning machine spindle is 400-600 r/min, a tail cap pressure is set at 3.5-6 Mpa, and a spinning time is 45-60 s.

2. The spin forming method for a rim of a cast-spun aluminum alloy hub according to claim 1 , wherein the feeding channel of the new cast rim is set at 13.5 mm; the inside inclination angle α of the blank of the new cast rim is 19°, the outside inclination angle β of the blank of the new cast rim is 18°, and a thickness of the wheel well is 18.6 mm;
wherein the parameters used in the step of providing the new cast rim are as follows: the preheating temperature of the casting mold is 320° C., the temperature of the molten aluminum is 690° C., the holding pressure is 830 mbar, the holding time is 130 s, and the cooling time after pressure relief is 25 s;
wherein the new cast rim is spun at a temperature of 360° C.; the fillet radius of a first spinning roller of the three spinning rollers is R25 and the forming angle is 20°, the fillet radius of a second spinning roller of the three spinning rollers is R12.5 and the forming angle is 25°, and the fillet radius of a third spinning roller of the three spinning rollers is R6.5 and the forming angle is 35°; and
wherein, during the forming step, the initial temperature of the casting mold is controlled at 250° C.; the total thinning rate of the blank of the new cast rim is 69.6%, the thinning rates of the three times of spinning with the three spinning rollers are 40%, 34.5% and 26.3% respectively, the offset distances of the three spinning rollers are 2 mm and 3.5 mm respectively, the feed rates of the three spinning rollers are 500 mm/min, 600 mm/min and 900 mm/min respectively, the revolving speed of the spinning machine spindle is 400 r/min, the tail cap pressure is set at 3.5 Mpa, and the spinning time is 60 s.

3. The spin forming method for a rim of a cast-spun aluminum alloy hub according to claim 1 , wherein the feeding channel of the new cast rim is set at 15 mm; the inside inclination angle α of the blank of the new cast rim is set at 19°, the outside inclination angle β of the blank of the new cast rim is set at 16°, and a thickness of the wheel well is 19.5 mm;
wherein the parameters used in the step of providing the new cast rim are as follows: the preheating temperature of the casting mold is 380° C., the temperature of the molten aluminum is 700° C., the holding pressure is 860 mbar, the holding time is 150 s, and the cooling time after pressure relief is 35 s;
wherein the new cast rim is spun at a temperature of 380° C.; the fillet radius of a first spinning roller of the three spinning rollers is R25 and the forming angle is 20°, the fillet radius of a second spinning roller of the three spinning rollers is R11 and the forming angle is 28°, and the fillet radius of a third spinning roller of the three spinning rollers is R7 and the forming angle is 35°; and
wherein, during the forming step, the initial temperature of the casting mold is controlled at 300° C.; the total thinning rate of the blank of the new cast rim is 69.6%, the thinning rates of the three times of spinning with the three spinning rollers are 47.8%, 29.2% and 17.63% respectively, the offset distances of the three spinning rollers are 3 mm and 2.5 mm respectively, the feed rates of the three spinning rollers are 600 mm/min, 750 mm/min and 1100 mm/min respectively, the revolving speed of the spinning machine spindle is 550 r/min, the tail cap pressure is set at 4.5 Mpa, and the spinning time is 45 s.

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chang Haiping
• Zhang Lijuan
• Xu Shiwen
• Yin Xuepu
• Zhou Hongwei
• Wang Zhixue
• Li Rui
• Zhang Jin
• Xu Dawei

Classifications

• B22D25/02 Primary

  by its peculiarity of shape; of works of art {(cylinders, pistons B22D15/02)} · CPC title

• B22D21/007

  with low melting point, e.g. Al 659 degrees C, Mg 650 degrees C · CPC title

• B22D18/04

  Low pressure casting, i.e. making use of pressures up to a few bars to fill the mould · CPC title

• B21D53/30 Primary

  wheel rims · CPC title

• B21H1/10

  rims for pneumatic tyres · CPC title