14.9 Drawing work 157
14.9.2 With single-action presses:
dr BH
()WFxF h
W in Nmm drawing work
F
dr
in N drawing force
F
BH
in N blank holder force
h in mm cup height = drawing depth
x – process factor
(x = 0.63).
A single-action press has only one ram and an
ejector. This ejector can be used to operate the
blank holder, if the drawing die is rotated by 180°.
Then, the drawing ring is fixed onto the ram and
the drawing punch (the pommel) is fixed to the
lower platen. The blank holder is operated by the
ejector using thrust pins. As the blank holder force
needs to be variable, this kind of machine can only
be used for deep drawing if the ejector force is
adjustable. A device of this kind, when installed
specially for deep drawing, is known as a die
cushion.
In this kind of assembly, as the ram has to over-
come not only the drawing force F
dr
, but also the
blank holder force F
BH
, the two forces add up
when calculating mechanical work.
Figure 14.19 The principle of the deep
drawing process with a single-action press,
a) drawing punch (pommel),
b) blank holder,
c) drawing ring,
Diagram of work (force-displacement diagram):
The work diagram shows the force-displacement
path during deep drawing. The force-displacement
curve is nearly an inverted parabola. The area
under the parabola is the drawing work. To deter-
mine the drawing work mathematically from the
force and the drawing depth, the mean resultant
force F
m
is used, imagined as constant across the
entire path. The area of the rectangle formed by
F
m
and s must be the same as the area under the
parabola. The F
m
/F
max
ratio is considered the
process factor as it characterises the force path of
the particular manufacturing process.
0,63x
mmax
Fx
m
max
.
F
x
F
Figure 14.20
Force-displacement path
during deep drawing