JP5375942B2 - Metal plate for press forming - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a metal sheet for press forming in which predominantly bending cracks do not occur by predicting the bendability necessary in a metal sheet in order to prevent the occurrence of predominantly bending cracks during press forming. The strain on a metal sheet surface when a predominantly ductile crack occurs is calculated from the minimum radius of curvature R0 of a die for press forming and the limit strain epsilonf of the plane strain region in a forming limit diagram. By this means, a prediction expression "R/t @ (-epsilonf+2(1-epsilonf)R0/t) / 2(1+epsilonf+2epsilonfR0/t)" is derived by which it can be determined that predominantly bending cracks will not form if the calculated strain is less than or equal to the limit surface strain epsiloncritical. Also, in order to prevent the occurrence of predominantly bending cracks, the maximum bendability R/t required in the metal sheet is predicted from the expression above, and a metal sheet having a bendability fulfilling said expression is selected as the metal sheet for press forming.

Description

  The present invention relates to a metal plate for press forming that can be press-formed into a desired shape without causing cracks in the metal plate.

Press forming is a typical metal processing method in which a metal plate is sandwiched and pressed between a pair of molds, and a metal plate such as a steel plate is formed to follow the shape of the die to obtain a part having a desired shape. It is used in a wide range of manufacturing fields such as automobile parts, machine parts, building components, and home appliances.
In recent years, the use of high-strength steel sheets is expanding especially in press forming of automobile parts. However, as the strength of a workpiece increases, press formability decreases. As countermeasures, the strength and elongation of steel sheets (Dual Phase steel sheets) with a metal structure composed of two phases, a hard phase and a soft phase, and steel sheets using retained austenite (TRIP: Transformation Induced Plasticity) There is a method for improving the mechanical characteristics of the metal plate itself in order to achieve both. This is because the press formability is correlated with the elongation of the metal plate.

In general, the press formability of a metal plate is represented by a forming limit diagram. This forming limit diagram is a diagram in which various biaxial stresses are applied to the metal plate, and the strain at the stage when the metal plate is cracked or the strain immediately before is set as the limit value. Many attempts have been made to improve the accuracy of measurement and prediction of the forming limit, and the influence of various material properties has been verified (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1).
In addition, a press forming simulation by a finite element method is performed by using this forming limit diagram, and a method for searching for forming conditions in which a metal plate does not crack is also performed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

“Iron and Steel”, Rose, 3 others, Japan Iron and Steel Association, Vol. 88 (2002), No. 2, p. 88-94, “Prediction of forming limit and effect of work hardening characteristics in press forming of thin plate material”

JP 2007-152407 A

The inventors have carried out press forming of high-strength steel sheets under various forming conditions. As a result, there are many cases in which the results largely deviate from crack prediction results using press forming simulation, and the ductility as shown in FIG. It has been found that cracks that are different from the cracks dominated by are occurring. As a result of intensive studies, this crack has a strong correlation with the bendability of the metal plate. As shown in FIG. It has been clarified that this occurs even when press forming is performed using a high-strength steel sheet having excellent elongation. In other words, when a crack with dominant bendability occurs, the conventional method for evaluating press formability and predicting cracking based on the ductility of the metal plate has excellent ductility. However, there was a possibility that cracking might occur during press molding.
The present invention was invented to solve the above-mentioned problems, predicting the bendability required for a metal plate to prevent the occurrence of cracks controlled by bendability, and cracks controlled by bendability are formed by press forming. It is an object to provide a metal plate that does not occur on the way.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the inventors have conducted various studies on the occurrence of cracks controlled by bendability, and as a result, found that the correlation with the bendability R / t of the metal plate is strong. Here, the bendability R / t is a mechanical property of the metal plate obtained by a bending test, and is the minimum bending radius (the minimum bending radius that can be bent without occurrence of cracking). The limit bending radius is expressed by dividing R) by the thickness t. The inventors conducted a 90-degree V-bending test on various metal plates, and determined the strain on the outer surface of the bend when cracks occurred on the surface of the metal plate as the critical surface strain ε _critical, and the metal plate during press forming It has been found that when the surface strain exceeds the _critical surface strain ε _critical , cracks governed by bendability occur.

Accordingly, the strain on the surface of the metal plate during press forming is obtained from the minimum curvature radius R ₀ of the press mold and the limit strain ε _f in the plane strain region in the forming limit diagram, and this is the limit surface strain ε _critical. In the following cases, the following prediction formula was invented that can be determined that cracks dominated by bendability do not occur.
R / t ≦ (−ε _f +2 (1−ε _f ) R ₀ / t) / 2 (1 + ε _f + 2ε _f R ₀ / t)
That is, the present invention predicts from the above formula the maximum bendability R / t required for the metal plate in order to prevent the occurrence of cracks governed by bendability in order to solve the above problems, and A metal plate having satisfactory bendability is selected as a metal plate for press forming.

According to the present invention, when press forming a target metal plate, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of cracks controlled by bendability. This can greatly contribute to the reduction of the rate.
Further, the bendability R / t required for the metal plate can be accurately predicted at the material design stage, which can contribute to shortening the development period of the metal plate.
Furthermore, there is an effect that it is possible to accurately predict whether or not the selection of the metal plate used when press-molding various parts such as automobile panel parts and structural / framework parts is appropriate.

It is a figure which shows the cracking form of the metal plate where ductility is dominant, and the cracking form of the metal plate where bending property is dominant. It is a figure which shows the shape of the test piece used when producing a shaping | molding limit diagram. It is a figure explaining a forming limit diagram. It is a figure which shows the shaping | molding limit diagram of the sample material A, the sample material B, and the sample material C. It is a figure which shows the shape of a hat shaping die. It is a figure which shows the shape of the test piece used for hat molding. It is a schematic diagram which shows the test material shape | molded by the hat shape until the crack generate | occur | produced.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(How to create a forming limit diagram)
In order to create a forming limit diagram (FLD), first, a metal plate is processed into test pieces having various widths of 10 to 100 mm as shown in FIG. Here, the reason why various test pieces having different widths are prepared is to change the strain ratio (the ratio of the minimum main strain and the maximum main strain) over a wide range.

  Next, marking is performed on the surface of the metal plate. The shape of the marking may be a circle pattern, a dot pattern, a grid pattern, a concentric circle pattern, or the like as long as the strain can be measured after molding. The marking method includes electrolytic etching, photoetching, transfer with ink (stamp printing), and any method may be used, but scribing is not preferable because it induces cracking.

  Next, the above test piece is stretched and formed using a ball-shaped punch with a radius of curvature of 25 mm or more at the tip, and the molding is completed when the plate is cracked or constricted, or when the surface of the plate is cracked. To do. The reason for limiting the minimum radius of curvature of the punch tip to 25 mm is that if it is less than 25 mm, the influence of bending deformation in the deformation region of the punch tip portion cannot be ignored.

After completion of the overhang forming, the maximum principal strain and the minimum principal strain are obtained by measuring the marking position or shape change of the portion where the punch tip contacts. By repeating this for test pieces of various widths, the maximum principal strain and the minimum principal strain can be obtained over a wide range. Then, the measurement results of the maximum principal strain and the minimum principal strain obtained as described above are displayed two-dimensionally to obtain a forming limit diagram as shown in FIG.
Here, a region where the minimum principal strain such as bending deformation is close to 0 is referred to as a plane strain region, and the limit strain is represented by ε _f in FIG. In addition, in the conventional crack prediction method based on the ductility of the metal plate, it is confirmed whether there is a crack occurrence area or no crack area across the forming limit line of the forming limit diagram. It was predicted that cracking would occur when it was in the generation area.

(Derivation of prediction formula)
An embodiment in which bendability required for a metal plate is predicted will be described.
Based on the pure bending theory, the critical surface strain ε _{critical on the} outside of the bend is expressed by equation (1), where R is the critical bending radius in the 90-degree V bending test of the target metal plate and t is the thickness of the metal plate. The
ε _critical = t / (t + 2R) (1)

In addition, regarding a metal plate that undergoes bending deformation in the plane strain region during press forming, assuming that the minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) of the mold is R ₀ , the limit strain ε _{R0 on the} surface of the metal plate is the plane in the forming limit diagram. This is expressed by Equation (2) in which the strain increase due to bending deformation is added to the limit strain ε _f in the strain region.
ε _R0 = ε _f + t / (t + 2R ₀ ) (2)
Here, since ε _critical is the limit value of the strain in which the bending controlled by the bendability does not occur in the plane strain region, the condition for preventing the bending-influenced crack is expressed by Equation (3).
ε _critical ≧ ε _R0 (3)
From the formulas (1) to (3), the bendability R / t required for the metal plate in order to prevent cracking controlled by bendability is obtained from the following formula (4).
R / t ≦ (−ε _f +2 (1−ε _f ) R ₀ / t) / 2 (1 + ε _f + 2ε _f R ₀ / t)
……… (4)
Therefore, by setting the bendability of the metal plate to a range satisfying the bendability R / t shown in the formula (4), it is possible to obtain a metal plate that does not generate cracks governed by bendability during press forming.

In addition, the metal mold | die which this embodiment makes object assumes that the minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) _R0 is less than 25 mm. This is because, when a metal plate is press-molded using a mold having a minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) R ₀ of 25 mm or more, the influence of bending deformation is reduced, and the ductility tends to be a dominant crack form. .
In addition, it is assumed that the metal plate targeted by this embodiment has a plate thickness t of 0.5 mm or more, a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, and a limit bending radius R of 1 mm or more. This is because when the plate thickness t is smaller than 0.5 mm, even if bending deformation is applied to the metal plate, the strain generated on the outer surface of the bend is small, and cracks with dominant bendability are unlikely to occur. In addition, a material whose tensile strength is lower than 980 MPa is generally excellent in bendability, and a material whose bendability R / t is excellent such that the limit bending radius R is less than 1 mm is generally This is because cracks in which the bendability is dominant do not become a problem in the range of the minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) of the mold used in press molding.

(Example)
Three types of test materials A, B, and C shown in Table 1 manufactured so as to have different bendability are used. First, several types of test pieces with the narrowest part width of 10 to 100 mm having the shape shown in FIG. 2 were prepared, and a dot pattern was marked on the surface of the test piece with a distance between the gauge points of 1.0 mm by electrolytic etching. . Next, the test piece was stretched and formed using a ball head punch having a minimum curvature radius of 25 mm at the tip. In the overhang forming using the ball head punch, the forming was performed until a through crack occurred in the steel plate. Next, with respect to the test piece after stretch forming, the change in the dot interval in the vicinity of the punch tip was measured to determine the maximum principal strain and the minimum principal strain, and a forming limit diagram was created.

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*: 90 degree V bending test

4A shows a forming limit diagram of the specimen A prepared by the above method, FIG. 4B shows a forming limit diagram of the specimen B, and FIG. 4 shows a forming limit diagram of the specimen C. Each is shown in (c). The plane strain region is a region where the minimum principal strain is theoretically zero. However, since it is actually affected by friction or the like, it does not necessarily coincide with the axis of the minimum principal strain = 0. Here, when measuring the limit bending radius R and bendability R / t of the test material, not only the 90 degree V bending test but also a bending test method such as a U bending test may be used. Table 2 shows the limit strain ε _f in the plane strain region obtained from the forming limit diagram of each specimen.

Next, using the limit strain ε _f , the plate thickness t, and the minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) R ₀ of the mold, the bendability necessary to produce a desired product by press molding is predicted from the equation (4). To do. The right side of the equation (4) of the bending property R / t required for the metal plate when press molding is performed using a mold having a minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) R ₀ of 2, 3, 4,. Can be predicted as shown in Table 3. The underline in Table 3 is a result predicted that the bendability R / t of the test material is insufficient. From this result, it can be seen that when the minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) R _{0 of the} mold is 4 mm or more, the specimen A does not have a crack whose bending property is dominant. In addition, when the minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) R ₀ of the mold is 7 mm or more, the test material B, and when the minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) R _{0 of the} mold is 20 mm or more, the test material. It can be seen that C does not cause a crack with dominant bendability.

(Verification of Examples)
Using the mold shown in FIG. 5 for forming a flat workpiece into a hat shape, the prediction result of the bendability R / t required for the steel sheet is verified. The sample material is processed into a rectangular shape shown in FIG. 6, and then the sample material is molded using a punch with a punch shoulder radius, that is, a minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) R ₀ of the mold of 5 mm and 10 mm. A general rust-preventive oil was used for lubrication, the wrinkle holding load was 15 tons, the molding height was 50 mm, and it was confirmed whether or not a crack with dominant bendability occurred in the test material.

The experimental results are shown in Table 4 as x when a crack with dominant bendability occurs, and ○ when the mold can be formed without generating a crack with dominant bendability. When the minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) R ₀ of the mold was 5 mm, the specimen A could be formed without cracking, but the specimens B and C were cracked from the metal plate surface. . Similarly, when the minimum bending radius (minimum curvature radius) R _{0 of the} mold was 10 mm, the specimens A and B could be formed without cracking, but in the specimen C, cracking occurred from the surface of the metal plate. There has occurred.

  FIG. 7 shows a schematic diagram of the vicinity of the punch shoulder portion of the test material that was molded until the bending with dominant bendability occurred. Each sample material has cracks from the surface, and cracks in which the bendability is dominant. From this result, by predicting the bendability R / t necessary to prevent the bendability-dominated crack using the invented prediction formula (4), the occurrence of the bendability-dominant crack can be prevented. It turns out that the metal plate which can be selected can be selected.

(Industrial applicability)
The present invention is not limited to the contents described above. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the tensile strength is applied to a steel plate having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or higher (a steel plate of 1180 MPa class) is shown. Although it is preferable to apply to press forming of such a high-strength steel plate, it can also be applied to metal plates other than steel plates.

Claims (1)

R is the minimum bend radius that can be bent without generating cracks on the surface of the metal sheet for press forming, and ε _{f is} the limit strain in the plane strain region obtained by creating a forming limit diagram of the metal sheet for press forming. , Defining the minimum radius of curvature of the press molding die as R ₀ , and the thickness of the press molding metal plate as t,
A metal plate for press forming, wherein the bendability R / t of the metal plate for press forming is set in a range satisfying the following formula.
R / t ≦ (−ε _f +2 (1−ε _f ) R ₀ / t) / 2 (1 + ε _f + 2ε _f R ₀ / t)

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