School of Mechanical Engineering, University Science Malaysia, Engineering Campus, Seri Ampangan, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Seberang Perai Selatan, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
Certainly it has becoming increasingly important to predict the exact behavior of cold forging die during the forging process and it is also important to optimize the die design for its durability and to reduce the production cost of the die. Optimization of cold forging die design is required to reduce the production cost of die and as well as the forged part and also to increase the accuracy of the die and the forged part. However, from the past few years computer aided engineering (CAE) techniques have been widely used for research in metal forming. Amongst them finite element analyses (FEA) have been greatly successful in providing understanding of metal flow and die stresses for different forming processes. The present study, a review of the existing die design technique which are used in forging process to enhance the die design and to optimize die design process which will improve the performance of die. The study end up with future challenges of the die design and its processes, the approaches adopted to develop an optimum system that can fulfill the customer demand.
Cold forging die design, stress, deformation, optimization, forged part
