During some deep drawing operations liquid lubricants are used under the blankholder to reduce friction coefficients. Under the clamping action of the blankholder, lubricants will be squeezed out resulting in a changing film thickness after the initial application of the blankholder load. A relationship between kinetic friction coefficient values and the loading duration of the blankholder can be observed from analysis of results recorded during simulative testing. By using a numerical model to combine empirical measurements, friction coefficients during boundary lubrication, lubricant film thickness with sheet surface topography data, it can be shown that the coefficient of friction can reliably be predicted for a given loading duration.

Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Keywords:
drawing (mechanical), friction, tribology, lubrication, liquid films
Topics:
Film thickness, Friction, Lubricants, Stress, Blanks
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