3D Forging Simulation of a Multi-Partitioned Titanium Alloy Billet for a Medical Implant
The medical healthcare industry uses titanium and its alloys to manufacture structural implants such as hip and knee replacement joints, which require an interface with bone, as well biocompatibility with soft tissue. These components can be manufactured with a variety of processing routes; however,...
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| description | The medical healthcare industry uses titanium and its alloys to manufacture structural implants such as hip and knee replacement joints, which require an interface with bone, as well biocompatibility with soft tissue. These components can be manufactured with a variety of processing routes; however, forging has been one of the traditionally used, successful methods. In order to enhance a medical implant component’s properties such as fracture toughness, strength, microstructure and biocompatibility, it is of interest to understand a capability to develop forging methods which can produce a finished component such that different initial partitions of the billet occupy specific locations. As such, a 3D finite element (FE) modelling framework was established to simulate the coupled thermal and mechanical processes experienced during the forging of a workpiece containing multiple titanium-alloy material partitions, using the commercial FE software, Deform. A series of four models were simulated which contained differing arrangements of partitioning the initial billet, with different titanium alloys assigned to partitions. The forging operation was simulated with the same nominal processing parameters. The locations of these partitions within the final forging have been predicted, with varying success. One partition combination gave a very unsuccessful filling of the die, whilst the other models all filled the die correctly, and had different partitions maintained at key component locations. Thus, allowing for a manufacturing methodology to be presented which can potentially target specific component locations for specific materials to enhance component performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79668b78631e4713b505989b4c1e58f72022-12-21T17:51:02ZengMDPI AGJournal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing2504-44942019-08-01336910.3390/jmmp3030069jmmp30300693D Forging Simulation of a Multi-Partitioned Titanium Alloy Billet for a Medical ImplantRichard Turner0Jeff Antonic1Nils Warnken2School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKStratecasts Inc., N Port Washington Rd, Grafton, WI 53024, USASchool of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKThe medical healthcare industry uses titanium and its alloys to manufacture structural implants such as hip and knee replacement joints, which require an interface with bone, as well biocompatibility with soft tissue. These components can be manufactured with a variety of processing routes; however, forging has been one of the traditionally used, successful methods. In order to enhance a medical implant component’s properties such as fracture toughness, strength, microstructure and biocompatibility, it is of interest to understand a capability to develop forging methods which can produce a finished component such that different initial partitions of the billet occupy specific locations. As such, a 3D finite element (FE) modelling framework was established to simulate the coupled thermal and mechanical processes experienced during the forging of a workpiece containing multiple titanium-alloy material partitions, using the commercial FE software, Deform. A series of four models were simulated which contained differing arrangements of partitioning the initial billet, with different titanium alloys assigned to partitions. The forging operation was simulated with the same nominal processing parameters. The locations of these partitions within the final forging have been predicted, with varying success. One partition combination gave a very unsuccessful filling of the die, whilst the other models all filled the die correctly, and had different partitions maintained at key component locations. Thus, allowing for a manufacturing methodology to be presented which can potentially target specific component locations for specific materials to enhance component performance.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-4494/3/3/69Ti-6Al-4Vcommercially pure titanium (CP-Ti)compositionmaterials propertiesfinite elementmodelling |
| spellingShingle | Richard Turner Jeff Antonic Nils Warnken 3D Forging Simulation of a Multi-Partitioned Titanium Alloy Billet for a Medical Implant Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing Ti-6Al-4V commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) composition materials properties finite element modelling |
| title | 3D Forging Simulation of a Multi-Partitioned Titanium Alloy Billet for a Medical Implant |
| title_full | 3D Forging Simulation of a Multi-Partitioned Titanium Alloy Billet for a Medical Implant |
| title_fullStr | 3D Forging Simulation of a Multi-Partitioned Titanium Alloy Billet for a Medical Implant |
| title_full_unstemmed | 3D Forging Simulation of a Multi-Partitioned Titanium Alloy Billet for a Medical Implant |
| title_short | 3D Forging Simulation of a Multi-Partitioned Titanium Alloy Billet for a Medical Implant |
| title_sort | 3d forging simulation of a multi partitioned titanium alloy billet for a medical implant |
| topic | Ti-6Al-4V commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) composition materials properties finite element modelling |
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