Abstract
Most of the products in sheet aluminum press-shops are cylindrical shells. The investigation of dimensional effects in cylindrical cup drawing will be helpful in the application of the results of drawing tests at laboratories or sheet mills to the drawing performance in any press-shops.
This paper describes the effects of punch diameter and sheet thickness on the limiting drawing ratio. The sheets used were 2S-0 sheets of the same mechanical properties with thicknesses of 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, and 1.2mm. The punches used were about 30, 54, 120, and 180 mm in diameter, having noses of various curvatures. The limiting drawing ratio were determined under the specified conditions.
The results obtained were as follows:
(1) The limiting drawing ratio (L.D.R.) linearly decreased with the increase of the ratio between the punch diameter (d1) and sheet thickness (t0), or d1/t0.
(2) When noses of the punches were in the same profile, the following equation will be applicable:
LDR = -A (d1/t0) + B
where A and B are constants, which shall be determined by experiments.