Spinning Process of D406A Ultra-High Strength Steel

Abstract:

D406A steel is a medium-carbon low-alloy steel, which has excellent comprehensive mechanical properties. It is widely used in the production of missiles and rocket barrels. In this paper, the spinning forming limit test and the intermediate heat treatment process of ultra-high-strength steel were used to explore the effect of spinning process and heat treatment on the properties of spinning parts. The research results showed that the reduction amount of the material made the material thinning rate approach the limit thinning rate. The final blank wall thickness was reduced from 15 mm to 3.0 mm when the cracking occurred. It was calculated that the material's power spinning limit thinning rate was 80%. The ferrite matrix after spinning showed a streamline distribution characteristic perpendicular to the thinning direction, and the precipitated carbides were uniformly distributed on the surface of the matrix, which had the characteristics of deformation and extension along the streamline. After the heat treatment, the structure of the spinning parts changed continuously. When the structure was quenched and tempered, the martensitic structure can be obtained, and the tempered martensitic structure was smaller. Furthermore a test piece for ultra-high-strength steel spinning technology has been developed, and the solutions discussed for flanging defects in the actual spinning process, and test data for the actual production of ultra-high-strength steel spinning parts accumulated.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1035)
• Pages: 410-417
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1035.410
• Online since: June 2021
• Authors: De Gui Liu, Fu Long Chen, Hai Bao Wu*, Ji Zhen Li, Jian Fei Wang
• Keywords: D406A, Heat Treatment, Spinning, Ultimate Thinning Rate

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