2. Robust Process Design and Springback Compensation of a Decklid Inner

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Robust Process Design and Springback Compensation of aDecklid InnerXiaojing Zhang a*, Peter Grimm b and Bart Carleer aWeimin Jin c, Gang Liu c and Yingchao Cheng ca AutoForm Engineering Deutschland GmbH, Emil-Figge-Strasse 76-80, Dortmund, D-44227, Deutschlandb AutoForm Engineering Deutschland GmbH, Marktstrasse 46, Ravensburg, D-88212, Deutschlandc Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Company Limited, No 5288 CaoAn Road, Anting, Shanghai 201805 P.R.ChinaAbstract. Springback compensation is one of the key topics in current die face engineering. The accuracy of the springback simulation, the robustness of method planning and springback are considered to be the main factors which influences the effectiveness of springback compensation. In the present paper, the basic principles of springback compensation are presented firstly. These principles consist of an accurate full cycle simulation with final validation setting and the robust process design and optimization are discussed in detail via an industrial example, a decklid inner.Moreover, an effective compensation strategy is put forward based on the analysis of springback and the simulation based springback compensation is introduced in the phase of process design. In the end, the final verification and comparison in tryout and production is given in this paper, which verified that the methodology of robust springback compensation is effective during the die development.Keywords: Finite Element, Sheet Metal Forming, Springback, Springback Compensation, Robust Process DesignPACS: 02.70.Dh, 02.60.Cb, 81.20.Hy, 02.70.RrINTRODUCTIONSpringback is an inevitable issue in the field of die face engineering, which not only influences on the assembly of vehicle, the cost of the tool development, but also influences on the development cycle of new car models. In the past, springback compensation was done manually by doing extensive measurements on prototype or even production tools, and altering tool geometry by hand, which is a highly time consuming and cost-prohibitive process.With the development of finite element technologies, particularly with the recent improvement of springback prediction, a new simulation-based springback compensation technology, so-called “robust springback compensation”, and aims at eliminating the physical compensation loops and reducing the tryout cost, has been developed [1,2].In the present paper, the basic working flow of robust springback compensation is presented, and the key technologies, including robust design and compensation strategy, are discussed and implemented via an industrial part, decklid inner. In the end of the final verification and comparison in tryout and production shops is given.THE DESCRIPTION OF INDUSTRIAL PARTThe industrial part, which is used for discussion of robust springback compensation in this paper, is a decklid inner from car model Skoda Rapid of Shanghai Volkswagen. The aim of this project is to enhance the usage level of CAE technologies along the whole process chain and to implement the new technology of robust springback compensation into Shanghai Volkswagen. Figure 1 a) shows the desired part and the blank shape of decklid inner. The blank material is EN10346 DX56D +Z100MB and the thickness is 0.6mm.The blank width is 1480mm and the blank length is 1023mm. Fig. 1 b) illustrates the process layout of decklid inner, including the operations of drawing (OP20), piercing & trimming (OP30), piercing & trimming (OP40), piercing (OP50) and restriking & flanging (OP60). The blank holder force of drawing operation is 125 ton and the friction coefficient is 0.15. The inspection tool is in car position.THE BASIC WORK FLOW FOR ROBUST SPRINGBACK COMPENSATION To obtain a robust and reliable springback compensation, a work flow of robust springback compensationa) The part shape & blank outline b) The process layoutFIGURE 1. The part shape, blank outline and the process layout of decklid inner(showed in Figure 2), is suggested by AutoForm. Basis of this workflow are the five principles for the successful springback compensation:∙The proper basic full cycle simulation, to ensure no critical changes of the tool in tryout.∙The accurate springback simulation with AutoForm final validation settings [1].∙The well-defined minimum clamping concept, to make sure that no springback is eliminated by overconstraint and the total amount of springback compensation is as small as possible.∙Robust process and springback, to make sure that both process and springback are stable.∙Reliable compensation strategy and the compensation methodology, to make sure that the compensation is effective.The detail explanation of the basic working flow and the principles can be founded in the articles [2, 3].FIGURE 2. The basic work flow of robust springback compensationTHE ROBUST DESIGN AND THE OPTIMIZATION OF METHOD PLANNING Stamping tool development is a challenging process. Any error, which is created in each phase of the process and manufacturing chain, can be accumulated and influences the final result. Moreover, the variation of material properties and process parameters in the manufacturing process is inevitable in practice as well. All these manufacturing noise and manufacturing errors will influence the stability of the final part. Especially for the springback, a stress-sensitive phenomenon can be significantly influenced by these noise and errors, in some cases, even the direction of springback, which introduces great challenge of springback compensation.To ensure the quality of springback compensation, striving for a wide process window during the optimization of method planning, so-called “robust design”, is necessary and strongly recommended. With the help of the robustdesign, the springback and springback compensation can be more stable, the tryout effort can be significantly reduced and the rejection rate of the part in production can be reduced as well.Fig. 3 a) shows the original simulation result in OP20 (above) and OP60 (below) before robust design and optimization. Where, the result shows that the formability is green and no risk will occurs in tryout. However, if we consider the manufacturing noise with the help of robust analysis (based on AutoForm-Sigma), the risks will be clearly determined (marked with orange circles in Fig. 3 b)). This indicates that the process is not stable, and risk of split will exist in the production or tryout. Therefore, tool geometry change in tryout might be unavoidable, and the effort of simulation-based springback compensation might be destroyed. To reduce the risk of the springback compensation, additional optimization of the method planning for a more robust process window, has to be introduced (Fig. 3 c)). Fig 3 d) shows the final result of robust design, which is not only “green”for individual boundary condition, but also “green” responding to manufacturing noise. With the help of robust design, the reliable springback compensation is expected, and less effort of tryout and lower rejection rate of part is expected as well.FIGURE 3. The robust design and optimization of decklid innerTHE COMPENSATION STRATEGYTo define a reliable compensation strategy, the method planning engineer has to first understand where the springback comes from, and then try to reduce the springback as much as possible. Only when the springback can’t be reduced further via the optimization of method planning, should springback compensation be considered. Moreover, the successful springback compensation should not only concentrate on an effectiveness of compensation strategy, but also consider the cost of compensation and the risk of tryout.Due to the fact the springback of decklid inner results from both drawing operation (OP20) and flanging & restriking operation (OP60), and the operation of OP30, OP40 and OP50 involve in only trimming and piercing process, a special compensation strategy, which is showed in Fig. 4, is put forward in this paper. So only the tool geometries of OP20 and OP60 are compensated based on the final springback result. With such kind of compensation strategy, both the cost of compensation and the risk during tryout can be well reduced in practice.FIGURE 4. The compensation strategy of decklid innerFig. 5 illustrates the definition of the compensation region of OP20 and OP60 in AutoForm-Springback compensator. With only 2 iteration loops of compensation, the final geometric deviation between sprung part and desired shape is well-controlled inside ±0.3mm in the simulation, which confirms that the current compensation strategy is reliable.FIGURE 5. The springback compensation of decklid innerTHE VERIFICATION OF TRYOUT AND PART PRODUCTION To ensure an identical approach between engineering and tryout, all the processes of tool development, including process design, milling data preparation and tryout etc. should be adjusted carefully. Only basic polishing & spotting was allowed in tryout and no drawbead and no tool geometry was allowed to be changed in this project.FIGURE 6. The verification of geometric deviation of first full operation part Fig. 6 shows the measurement report of the first full operations part, where, 80 percent of geometrical deviation between sprung part and design shape is well-controlled inside ±0.5mm(green label), 95 percent of geometrical deviation in match surface is inside the tolerance of ±0.5mm, which well-verified that the methodology of the robust springback compensation is effective.a)The comparison of tryout cost b) The comparison of rejection rate of partFIGURE 7. The comparison of the statistical result of tryout cost and rejection rate in production The cost of the tryout and rejection rate of part in production has been tracked as well. Fig. 7 a) shows the comparison of tryout cost of decklid inner between previous car model New Lavida and current project. With the help of the new technology of robust springback compensation, the total amount of tryout sheets has been reduced by 65%, which hints that the similar percent of tryout cost and tryout time has been reduced. Fig. 7 b) shows the comparison of the formability and dimension related rejection rate of decklid inner in production, where, the rejection rate of previous car model is about 0.3%, as for current project, there was nearly no rejected part recorded in production since the car model Skoda Rapid release in April, 2013, which well-verified that the technology of robust design and springback compensation can help to reduce the tryout cost and the rejection rate significantly.CONCLUSIONSpringback compensation is a challenging and cost-prohibitive process in current die industry. With the help of the new technologies of robust design and springback compensation, this process can be easy and effective. Moreover, with the help of these new technologies, both tryout cost and the rejection rate of part in production can be significantly reduced, and the tool development period can be shortened as well, therefore, the win-win target of both “Q uality” and “C ost” can be realized via the new technologies of robust design and springback compensation.ACKNOWLEDGMENTSFinally, the authors would like to thank all engineers and workers of TMM, Shanghai Volkswagen and AutoForm Engineering who were involved in this project.REFERENCES1. Dorel Banabic, Sheet Metal Forming Processes, Constitutive Modelling and Numerical Simulation. Springer HeidelbergDordrecht London New York, 2010, pp. 267-294.2. The advance springback seminar, AutoForm Engineering GmbH, October, 2009.3. Bart Carleer, Peter Grimm, Robust springback compensation, Numisheet2014.4. Schoenbach T, Bauer T (2008) New method to calculate and compensate springback. 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