Abstract
Die service life improvement is an important problem in high-pressure die-casting industry. As many factors affecting the service life, die service life improvement is a systematic project. In this paper, a cover die-casting die was investigated in order to increase its life time. Different die materials, computer-aided engineering (CAE) analysis, biomimetic laser-remelting process, and die structure optimization are adopted in order to enhance its performance. The die service lives are traced for dies of different die materials (H13 and SKD61). The die service lives are compared for dies with/without structure optimization with the help of CAE simulation. The application shows that CAE simulation is a useful tool for die structure optimization. Experiment result on SKD61 die steel after laser-remelting process shows that biomimetic laser-remelting process provides desirable microstructural and microhardness changes in biomimetic units, which induces the intensified particles for improving the service life.
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