DESIGN PARAMETERS SELECTION OF SPRINGBACK EFFECT IN AIR-V BENDING USING TAGUCHI APPROACH ON ADVANCE HIGH STRENGTH STEEL-DP590

Abstract

Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) are increasingly utilized especially in automotive industry. However, forming of AHSS is challenging particularly in prediction of springback effect caused by material properties, tools and dies parameters, work material and bending technique factors. An air V-bending process was chosen as an evaluation problem because it showed larger springback effect. This paper presents an optimization to predict the influence of various parameters on springback of sheet metal in air V-bending process using Taguchi method (TM). The experimental study was conducted on DP590 sheets with plate thickness of 1 and 2 mm under different process parameters such as punch radius, die radius, die gap and punch travel. A significant level of springback parameters was further described by using the analysis of variance (ANOVA). It showed that the contribution percentage of each factor to springback was calculated to optimum level and the significant levels of entire factor were observed. The thickness of material, die width, punch travel and punch radius were found to be the most significant factor affecting springback while die radius is insignificant.