Thermal behavior of aluminum-coated 22MnB5 in hot stamping under dry and lubricated conditions

Abstract

The hot stamping of aluminum-coated 22MnB5 has usually been conducted under dry condition, for which the forming load is high since the coefficient of friction is over 0.5. In order to decrease the forming load, the authors previously proposed the use of a lubricant to decrease so that the coefficient of friction from over 0.5 to 0.3. However, it is necessary to understand the heat transfer property in hot stamping under lubricated condition. The purpose of this paper is to examine the heat transfer property of aluminum-coated 22MnB5 in hot stamping under dry and lubricated conditions. In this study, the die and specimen temperatures were measured during compression and compression-sliding tests under dry and lubricated conditions using the hot flat drawing test simulator. In the compression test, the die and specimen temperatures measured under dry and lubricated conditions were the same. On the other hand, in the compression-sliding test up to a sliding distance of 70mm, the die temperature under lubricated condition was lower than that under dry condition, and it was found that the heat transfer under lubricated condition is superior to that under dry condition. Consequently, there is a difference between the specimen temperatures under dry and lubricated conditions. However, from the results of the tensile test, there is no difference between the tensile strengths under dry and lubricated conditions.