Paper Title:

Emissivity Calibration and Temperature Measurement of High Strength Steel Sheet in Hot Stamping Process

Periodical Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 148 - 149)
Main Theme Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Energy
Edited by Grace Chang
Pages 1473-1477
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.148-149.1473
Citation Hong Qing Li et al., 2011, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 148-149, 1473
Online since December, 2011
Authors Hong Qing Li, Yi Sheng Zhang, Liang Wang, Xiao Wei Tian, Chao Wang, Bin Zhu
Keywords Calibration, Emissivity, High Strength Steel, Hot Stamping, Infrared Thermography, Temperature Measurement
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Abstract

In order to meet the requirements of improving hot stamping process, the temperature distribution of high strength steel (HSS) sheets should be observed. However, the accurate measurement of temperature field in transfer where the temperature falls rapidly proves to be difficult due to the limitation of thermocouple. The infrared thermography could be used for accurate measurement of temperature field but the emissivity which is crucial to the accuracy and reliability of measurement results is not available. In this paper, a method to calibrate emissivity of HSS blank was developed for temperature measurement in hot stamping using infrared thermography. Experiments were performed on the emissivity calibration of the HSS Advanced 1500 in hot stamping. Emissivity dependence on temperature was investigated, so was the impact of little variation in emissivity on the temperature measurement. The validation tests were made and the results reveal that this calibration method of emissivity is accurate and feasible. This method is also appropriate for the calibration of emissivity in other temperature measurement situations.