GB/T 8541-2012Terminology of forging and stamping (English PDF)
锻压术语
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Issued by
SAMR; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
May 11, 2012
Implementation date
December 1, 2012
Scope
GB/T 8541-2012 is the English-translated version of 锻压术语.
GB/T 8541-2012 is the Chinese national vocabulary for forging and stamping, the reference that fixes what the trade terms mean and gives their English equivalents.
It defines the terms used for forging, stamping, rolling, extrusion, upsetting, drawing, spinning and other forming processes, for forging tools and dies, for forging machines and for the operations before and after forming, and is arranged in sections on basic terms, plastic forming theory, each forming process, process and quality inspection, friction and lubrication, and machines, mechanisation and automation, closing with a pinyin index and an English word index.
Entries run from hot, warm, cold and isothermal forging and the plate thickness classes to blanked, bent, drawn and fine-blanked parts. It replaces GB/T 8541-1997, was issued on 11 May 2012 and has applied since 1 December 2012.
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National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 77.140.85; 25.020; 25.010
- Classification
- J 32
- Replacing
- GB/T 8541-1997
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC
Contents
- Preface
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Basic terms
- 4 Plastic forming theory
- 5 Forging
- 6 Stamping
- 7 Rolled
- 8 Squeeze
- 9 Upsetting
- 10 Pull
- 11 Spinning
- 12 Other forming processes
- 13 Process and quality inspection before and after forming
- 14 Forge workers, dies
- 15 Friction and Lubrication
- 16 Forging machines and mechanization, automation
1 Scope
This standard specifies forging, stamping, rolling, extrusion, upsetting, drawing, spinning and other forming processes, forging dies, forging machines and Terms and definitions of related processes before and after forming.
2 Normative references
The following documents are essential for the application of this document. For dated references, only the dated version applies to this document. For undated references, the latest edition (including all amendments) applies to this document.
GB/T 7232-1999 Terms of Metal Heat Treatment Process
GB/T 8845-2006 Die Terminology
GB/T 9453-2008 Forging Die Terminology
3 Basic terms
3.1 General terminology
3.1.1 Forging and stamping
Apply external force to the blank to produce plastic deformation, change size, shape and improve performance to manufacture mechanical parts, workpieces or blanks forming method. It is a general term for forging and stamping.
3.1.2 Plastic working
Use the plasticity of metal to change its shape, size and improve its properties, and obtain the processing method of profiles, bars, plates, wires or forgings. Law. It includes forging, stamping, extrusion, rolling, drawing, etc.
3.1.3 Pressure working
Use pressure to plastically deform metal to change shape, size and improve properties to obtain profiles, bars, plates, wires or forgings part processing method.
3.1.4 chipless machining
chiplessworking; chiplessmachining A process method in which metal blanks are directly obtained by casting, forging or other metal processing methods without further cutting.
3.1.5 Rotarymetalworking
A plastic working method in which only the billet is turned, or only the tool is turned, or both. Including longitudinal rolling, skew rolling, swing rolling, cross wedge rolling, roll bending, Roll forging, spinning, etc.
3.1.6 Sheet forming
A method of plastic working with sheets, thin-walled tubes, thin profiles, etc. as raw materials.
3.1.7 Bulkforming
A method of plastic working with bar or ingot as raw material.
3.1.8 Hot forging
A forging process performed above the recrystallization temperature of the metal.
3.1.9 Warm forging
In general, it refers to the forging process carried out in the range above room temperature and below the recrystallization temperature.
3.1.10 Cold forging
Forging process carried out at room temperature. Including cold extrusion, cold heading, cold stamping, etc.
3.1.11 Isothermal forging
A forging method in which the temperature remains constant throughout the forging process. This method requires heating the mold and billet to the forging temperature.
3.1.12 Primary metal working
A general term for the processing processes used to manufacture raw materials such as plates, bars, and profiles.
3.1.13 Secondary metalworking
The raw materials (plates, bars, profiles, etc.) that have been obtained by the primary forming process are subjected to plastic processing again to manufacture mechanical parts, A method of forming a workpiece or blank.
3.1.14 Forming
The process of plastically deforming a solid material to obtain an article of the desired shape and size.
3.1.15 Preforming
The blank shape is partially changed to obtain a shape more suitable for further plastic deformation.
3.1.16 Hot forming
The forming process of metals above the recrystallization temperature. For metal materials, this temperature is about the metal dissolution temperature (K, Kelvin) degrees) 40%.
3.1.17 Warmforming
In general, it refers to the forming process of the material in the range above room temperature and below the recrystallization temperature.
3.1.18 Cold forming
The material is not subjected to any preheating before forming, i.e. a forming process at room temperature.
3.1.19 Forging
Under the action of pressure equipment and tools (molds), the billets and ingots are partially or completely plastically deformed to obtain a certain geometric size, Methods of machining forgings of shape and quality.
3.1.20 Stamping;pressing;sheetforming
A general term for the process of separating or forming sheets to obtain parts.
3.1.21 Rolling roling
The metal material (or non-metallic material) produces continuous plastic deformation under the pressure of the rotating roll to obtain the required cross-sectional shape and The methods of changing its performance can be divided into three types. longitudinal rolling, cross rolling and cross rolling according to the relationship between the axis of the roll and the rolling line and the direction of the roll.
3.1.22 Extrusion
Under the action of three-way uneven compressive stress in the closed die cavity, the blank is extruded from the orifice or gap of the die, so that the cross-sectional area is reduced. The processing method for the desired product.
3.1.23 Upsetting heading; upsetting
Pressing or hammering in the axial direction of the billet causes local upsetting deformation of the metal.
3.1.24 Drawing
The billet is pulled out through the die hole under the action of traction force, causing it to plastically deform to obtain a process of reducing the section and increasing the length.
3.1.25 Spinning metal
A process method for processing metal hollow rotating body parts. As the spinning die or spinning tool rotates around the blank, the spinning tool and the blank The relative feed causes the blank to be compressed and produces continuous local deformation or separation, which includes ordinary spinning, thinning spinning and separation spinning.
3.2 Raw materials
3.2.1 Bar
A rolled product with a uniform cross-section, whose cross-section is circular or polygonal.
3.2.1.1 Hot rolled bar
hot rolled bar blackbar; hotrolledbarstock Bars produced by the hot rolling process.
3.2.1.2 Bright bar
Bars with bright surface after cold drawing or light turning, polishing, peeling and other mechanical processing of the bar according to a certain design tolerance.
3.2.1.3 Drawing bar
Cold drawn bar steel. Usually hot rolled bars are used for cold drawing.
3.2.1.4 Extruded shape
Long profiles manufactured by hot extrusion.
3.2.2 Sheetsheetmaterial;sheetmetal;sheet
A smooth, flat metal semi-product rolled from a slab whose length and width are far greater than the thickness.
3.2.2.1 strip material; strip
A sheet of metal whose width is relatively small compared to its length. The length can be so large that it has to be rolled up, which is commonly referred to as roll stock.
3.2.2.2 Coil;coiledstrip;coilstock;coilstrip;coilmetal
Tightly wound into a cylindrical continuous strip.
3.2.2.3 Strip shearedstrip
A sheet cut from a sheet whose width is less than its length.
3.2.2.4 Cold-rolled steelsheet;coldrolingsteelsheet
The final finishing operation is the cold rolled steel plate.
3.2.2.5 Specially rolled steel sheet suitable for deep drawing deformation
3.2.2.6 After surface treatment, the surface has a certain thickness of plated (infiltrated) and coated steel plates, such as galvanized sheet, tin-plated sheet, aluminized sheet, lead-tin alloy
Plate, chrome-plated plate, copper-plated plate, color-coated plate, niobium-infiltrated plate, titanium-infiltrated plate, etc.
3.2.2.7 Thick plate
Sheets with a thickness of 5mm or more.
3.2.2.8 Mediumplate
Sheets with a thickness of 3mm~5mm.
3.2.2.9 thin plate; sheet; thinsheet Sheets with a thickness of less than 3mm.
3.2.2.10 sheetgauge; sheetthickness
The thickness of the sheet is measured according to a standard system.
3.2.3 Wire
By drawing or rolling, the metal bar is made into circular or arbitrary cross-section, long-length filament, the diameter of which is about 15mm or less, and the coil is In a disc shape, available in great lengths.
3.3 Blank (blank)
3.3.1 Die cut blank croppedpiece
A section of material separated from flat steel, without material loss during punching.
3.3.2 Flat blank
A piece of metal material cut or punched from sheet or strip.
3.3.3 Circular blank
Circular blanks as blanks for the forming process.
3.3.4 scrap scrap; sheet scrap
Material remaining after blanking, shearing, grooving, trimming, etc., or scraps that cannot be used for further processing.
3.3.4.1 Scrap side selvedge
The outer edge of the scrap left over from the blanking process of the strip or strip.
3.4 Stamping parts
3.4.1 blanked part; blank
A plane piece punched from a sheet or strip, and its contour lines are all surrounded by the interior of the sheet or strip, which can be used as a preform. parts, and can also be used as finished parts.
3.4.2 Bent part
bentpart; bentcomponent; bendingpart A workpiece formed by a bending process.
3.4.3 Coin part
coinpart; coiningpart A workpiece formed by an embossing process.
3.4.4 Drawing part
A workpiece obtained by deep drawing a sheet metal.
3.4.5 Cup deepdrawncup
A cylindrical hollow part closed at one end obtained by a deep drawing process on a press.
3.4.6 Shearpart;blank
Product parts cut from sheet metal.
3.4.7 Fine blanking part
A workpiece made of sheet metal by a precision blanking process.
3.5 Forgings
3.5.1 A partially formed forging whose shape is intermediate between the billet and the final forging.
3.5.2 Finishedforging
The forging formed by the last deformation step.
3.5.3 Forgings whose tolerances can be achieved economically
3.5.4 Precision forgingsclose-toleranceforging
Forgings with smaller dimensional tolerances than ordinary precision forgings.
3.5.5 Free forging open-dieforging;
freeforging Only use simple universal tools, or directly apply external force to the blank between the upper and lower anvils of the forging equipment to deform the blank. Forgings of desired geometry and internal quality.
3.5.6 A workpiece or blank obtained by forging a metal material through a tire die
3.5.8 Cold forging
A workpiece or blank obtained by forging and deforming a metal material at room temperature.
3.5.9 Cold extrusion
A part or billet manufactured by cold extrusion.
3.5.10 Cold heading
Parts made of metal materials by cold heading process.
3.5.11 Rolforging
A workpiece or blank manufactured by the roll forging process.
3.5.7 Die forging
A workpiece or blank obtained by deforming a metal material through die forging.
3.5.7.1 Steel die forging
A workpiece or blank obtained by deforming a steel material through die forging.
4 Plastic forming theory
4.1 Rigid-perfectlyplasticbody
Under the condition of large deformation, an assumption is put forward for the deformable body in order to simplify the analysis problem. The material is rigid before the yield point Once it reaches the yield point, it enters the plastic flow state, and the flow stress does not change with the strain.
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GB/T 9453-2008
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Editions of GB/T 8541
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 8541-2012 | Terminology of forging and stamping | current edition | Current |
| GB/T 8541-1997 | Terminology of forging and stamping | previous edition | Superseded |
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