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The manufacture of gears by applying hot or cold bulk forming processes is a quite widespread production method due to its well-known basic advantages such as material and time cost reduction and the increased strength of the teeth. However, the associated process planning and tool design are more complicated. In the precision forging of gears, the workpiece volume, the die design, the power requirement and careful processing are more critical than traditional forging technology. For complete filling up, predicting the power requirement is an important feature of the near net-shape forging process. In this paper, a finite element analysis is utilized to investigate the material properties such as yielding stress, strength coefficient and strain hardening exponent effects on forming load and maximum effective stress. The adductive network was then applied to synthesize the data set obtained from the numerical simulation. The predicted results of the maximum forging load and maximum equivalent stress of bevel gear forging from the prediction model are consistent with the results obtained from FEM simulation quite well. After employing the prediction model one can provide valuable references in prediction of the maximum forging load and maximum equivalent stress of bevel gear forging under a suitable range of material parameters.
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Yang, T.S., Hwang, N.C. & Chang, S.Y. The prediction of maximum forging load and effective stress for different material of bevel gear forging. J Mech Sci Technol 21, 1566–1572 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03177376
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