Analysis, Validation and Optimization of the Multi-Stage Sequential Wiredrawing Process of EN AW-1370 Aluminium

• Published in: Metals (Basel ) Vol. 9; no. 9; p. 1021
• Main Authors: Rodríguez-Alabanda, Óscar, Romero, Pablo E., Molero, Esther, Guerrero-Vaca, Guillermo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2019
• Subjects: Alloys; aluminium wiredrawing; Aluminum; Cold; cold forming; Cold working; Conductors; Continuous casting; Deform2D; Design optimization; Electric conductors; EN AW-1370 aluminium; Exact solutions; finite element method; Friction; Mechanical properties; Metal forming; multistage wiredrawing; Numerical analysis; pure aluminium; Raw materials; Software; Strain hardening; Wire drawing; Wire rod; wiredrawing; Spain

For the wiredrawing of aluminium, the initial wire rod is obtained by continuous inverted casting. The raw geometry is industrially processed in a linear multi-step wiredrawing sequence to obtain a wire that is commonly used for the manufacture of electrical conductors. In the present work a complet...