S. Sheng et Ly. Guo, A DIE FORGING DESIGN APPROACH FOR CONTROLLING METAL FLOW WAY AND ITS APPLICATION IN PRACTICE, International journal of machine tools & manufacture, 34(2), 1994, pp. 161-167
In this paper a novel idea about die forging process design in relatio
n to metal flow is presented. The purpose is to almost completely fill
a die cavity before flash starts to form. The paper shows that prefor
m design is the way to realize this situation. The paper describes a m
ethod in which metal flow is simulated using UBET in reverse sequence
to that occurring in practice. The successful application of the metho
d in production is shown.