Large ring forging process
Large ring forging process
Large rings usually refer to metal rings with a diameter of more than 1m, such as rotary supports on port machinery and mining machinery, offshore wind power yaw rotor bearings, tower flanges, nuclear reactor shells, heavy carrier rocket fuel storage tank connection rings, etc., which are important parts in machinery, energy, national defense and other industrial fields. Due to the harsh working conditions, this kind of ring usually needs to have a high comprehensive mechanical properties, at present, the main method of forging production, that is, forging and then rolling forming, the main process is: blanking → heating → billet → (reheating) → rolling → heat treatment → mechanical processing, as shown in the figure.
1. Cut the material
Commonly used raw materials are continuous casting round billet, square billet, round ingot, round steel and large round corner square steel, etc. General raw materials need to be strictly inspected after entering the factory. The common cutting methods mainly include cutting by sawing machine (band saw, disc saw), electric discharge processing, gas cutting, and cutting by press after drawing the multi-angle ingot. Among them, the cutting of sawing machine is the most common application, and the specific cutting method should be reasonably selected according to the actual situation of cutting quality requirements, cutting cost, productivity and so on.
2.heat