Key Technology and Application of Production Scheduling for Heating Forming of Forgings: A Review

Abstract

Forgings represented by rocket body rings, engine casings, vehicle drive shafts, etc., are key components of important equipment in the fields of aerospace, automobiles and high-speed rail. In recent years, with the rapid development of the manufacturing industry, it is also facing an increasingly fierce international competition environment. In order to adapt to the new production mode and quickly respond to the changing market demand, forging enterprises urgently need a reasonable and efficient forging production scheduling method, and based on the excellent production organization, in order to further build an intelligent production line, develop a forging production intelligent management and control integration architecture. This paper analyzes the production scheduling problem of forging thermoforming from two aspects: forging production line scheduling and forging production workshop scheduling. The research progress of optimization objectives and optimization algorithms of production scheduling is systematically reviewed. The subsystems serving the production and processing process and the intelligent management and control architecture based on system integration are summarized. It is of great significance to effectively reduce production costs, improve product quality, realize energy saving and emission reduction in the production process and promote further intelligent upgrading of the forging industry through production scheduling and intelligent management and control of the heating and forming process of forgings.