Method of producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11745252-B2
Application number	US-202217576220-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2022
Priority date	Jun 29, 2021
Publication date	Sep 5, 2023
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a method of producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub, comprises the following steps: step 1, heating a magnesium alloy bar to 350-430° C. and keeping the temperature for 20 minutes; step 2, initially forging and forming the bar under a forging press, the forging speed is 6-15 mm/s; step 3, finally forging and forming the bar under a forging press, and the forging speed is 5-8 mm/s; step 4, testing the microstructure and material properties of the final forged blank to obtain the layered material property distribution on the thickness of the blank; step 5, according to the layered material property distribution on the thickness of the blank obtained in step 4, selecting the part that meets the requirements to make a magnesium alloy wheel hub. According to the different properties in the thickness direction of the blank, the spoke orientation of the magnesium alloy wheel can be quickly designed according to the needs, and the magnesium alloy wheel that meets the usage performance can be obtained, which greatly improves the design and processing efficiency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
Step 1, heating a magnesium alloy bar to a temperature in a range of 350-430° C. for 20 minutes;
Step 2, initially forging the bar under a forging press at a forging speed of 6-15 mm/s;
Step 3, finally forging the bar under the forging press at a forging speed of 5-8 mm/s;
Step 4, performing microstructure test and material property test on a final forged blank to obtain layered material property distribution in a thickness direction of the final forged blank;
step 5, according to the layered material property distribution in the thickness direction of the final forged blank obtained in step 4, selecting a part of the final forged blank in the thickness direction that meets requirements to make a magnesium alloy wheel hub, and making the magnesium alloy wheel hub with the selected part by machining and cutting off a part of the final forged blank in the thickness direction that does not meet the requirements.

2. The method for producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub according to claim 1 , wherein before step 1, the magnesium alloy bar is first cut into a certain length by a cutting machine.

3. The method for producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub according to claim 1 , wherein in step 1, the step of heating the magnesium alloy bar comprises heating the magnesium alloy bar by a heating furnace.

4. The method for producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub according to claim 3 , wherein the heating furnace comprises an electromagnetic heating furnace.

5. The method for producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature in step 1 is 360-420° C.

6. The method for producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub according to claim 5 , wherein the temperature in step 1 is 400° C.

7. The method for producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub according to claim 1 , wherein the forging press comprises a 6000-ton forging press.

8. The method for producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub according to claim 1 , wherein the microstructure test on the final forged blank in step 4 comprises analyzing microstructure of the final forged blank using a metallurgical microscope and an electron microscope.

9. The method for producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub according to claim 1 , wherein the material property test on the final forged blank in step 4 comprises using a tensile testing machine and a hardness tester to analyze material performance of the final forged blank.

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Lixin
• Xu Zuo
• Kong Decai
• Shen Jingru
• Li Meng
• Chen Tieqiang
• Zhang Qingzhu

Classifications

• Y02T10/86

  Optimisation of rolling resistance, e.g. weight reduction · CPC title

• B21K1/40 Primary

  hubs · CPC title

• B21J1/06

  Heating or cooling methods or arrangements specially adapted for performing forging or pressing operations {(B21J5/063 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C22F1/06 Primary

  of magnesium or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• B21J5/02 Primary

  Die forging; Trimming by making use of special dies {; Punching during forging} · CPC title