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Webinar WE14:
COPRA RF

Cage Forming

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COPRA

RF Cage Forming

Presented by Peter Steimer

Quick overview
Building cage beams
Transfer the design to the COPRA FEA RF model
Examples on what to expect from the FEA calculation
Questions

COPRA RF Cage Forming


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Overview
Definition of a forming
cage module

Automatic transfer of
the forming cage to
COPRA FEA RF

COPRA RF Cage Forming


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Definition of a forming cage


Adding a forming cage inside
the COPRA project

Definition of forming cage


beams as independent parts
to be re-used in future
designs

Take metrics from design


drawings or measure the roll
positions directly from the mill

COPRA RF Cage Forming


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Definition of a forming cage


Define the cage beam by
the properties of its single
rolls and the position of the
rolls inside the beam

COPRA RF Cage Forming


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Definition of a forming cage

Position the beam inside the mill for specific tube


products / diameters
COPRA RF Cage Forming
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Check the positions of the cage rolls

Check cage beams


position in 3D using the
deformation technology
Module COPRA RF
DTM

COPRA RF Cage Forming


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Check the positions of the cage rolls

Check cage beams


position in 3D using the
COPRA Inventor
Interface utility

COPRA RF Cage Forming


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Transfer the design to COPRA FEA RF

Create an FEA model from the design specifying the


relevant parameters (process, material etc.)

COPRA RF Cage Forming


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Possible results from COPRA FEA RF

Find reasons for strip edge buckling

COPRA RF Cage Forming


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Possible results from COPRA FEA RF

Will the tube behave like we

(the designers) expect it to


behave?

COPRA RF Cage Forming


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Possible results from COPRA FEA RF

Investigate / compare different downhill strategies


COPRA RF Cage Forming
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Possible results from COPRA FEA RF

Investigate contact force/stress inside the forming cage


COPRA RF Cage Forming
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Possible results from COPRA FEA RF

Investigate cross sections inside the forming cage


(unexpected shapes may result from air bending)
COPRA RF Cage Forming
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Possible results from COPRA FEA RF

Thickness increase at the strip edge


COPRA RF Cage Forming
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Possible results from COPRA FEA RF

Strip edge damage


COPRA RF Cage Forming
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Possible results from COPRA FEA RF

Insufficient forming in the breakdown stations due to the


use of multi-gauge top roll
COPRA RF Cage Forming
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Possible results from COPRA FEA RF

Fin pass: Insufficient forming at the side even with huge


contact stress at the fin roll
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Possible results from COPRA FEA RF

Find the real driving diameter of your rolls by investigating


the direction of the friction forces
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Possible results from COPRA FEA RF


Investigate stresses and strains
Compare simulated cross sections to designed cross
sections

Create plots of various result parameters


Calculate shaft deflection to expect in a particular
forming project

to name only few of the possibilities

COPRA RF Cage Forming


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Webinar WE14:
COPRA RF

Cage Forming

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