Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Cégep de Trois-Rivières
$24,973.00
Effect of tooling geometry on the cutting surface of punched aluminium slugs
FY 2019-20
Summary
Aluminium slugs are semi-finished products, often in the form of metal disks, that are used to produce various supplies like aerosol cans and components for motor vehicles. Ball technologies d'Aluminium Avancées Canada produce slugs by punching metal strips that are cast and rolled in-house. They have been having difficulties with the production of slugs with a large thickness to diameter ratio (t/d). For ratios approaching 1/1, defects are present on the outer diameter of the slugs, making them inappropriate for further processing. In an effort to understand how the tooling parameters influence the occurrence of defects, microstructural characterization of slugs made with 2 different sets of tooling will be done, and simulations of the process will be performed. The models will be calibrated using tensile and shear tests results, and validated with experiments. They will then be used to study the influence of the tooling parameters on the quality of the slugs.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
544484-2019
Name nom
Marin, Gheorghe
Department département
Centre de métallurgie du Québec
Organization id
17333
Institution établissement
Cégep de Trois-Rivières
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2019
Competition year année de concours
2019
Award amount
24973
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
500
Area of application group en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application group fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Area of application en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Research subject code
2002
Research subject group en
Materials science and technology
Research subject group fr
Science et technologie des matériaux
Research subject en
Materials processing
Research subject fr
Transformation des matériaux
Installment
inst:1 - 1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Effect of tooling geometry on the cutting surface of punched aluminium slugs
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Aluminium slugs are semi-finished products, often in the form of metal disks, that are used to produce various supplies like aerosol cans and components for motor vehicles. Ball technologies d'Aluminium Avancées Canada produce slugs by punching metal strips that are cast and rolled in-house. They have been having difficulties with the production of slugs with a large thickness to diameter ratio (t/d). For ratios approaching 1/1, defects are present on the outer diameter of the slugs, making them inappropriate for further processing. In an effort to understand how the tooling parameters influence the occurrence of defects, microstructural characterization of slugs made with 2 different sets of tooling will be done, and simulations of the process will be performed. The models will be calibrated using tensile and shear tests results, and validated with experiments. They will then be used to study the influence of the tooling parameters on the quality of the slugs.
