HOT-FORGING OF A P M CONNECTING ROD - 3-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER-MODEL/

There is an increasing usage of powder processed materials by the auto motive industry. Concurrently there is a need on the part of powder me tallurgy (P/M) component manufacturers to better understand material b ehavior in an industrial environment. This need can be fulfilled by mo deling the process of powder consolidation coupled with experimental w ork on model assessment. A simulation procedure is described here for the hot forging of P/M connecting rods. Results are discussed in terms of material density as a function of temperature.