Salcedo Pérez, DanielLuis Pérez, CarmeloLuri Irigoyen, RodrigoLeón Iriarte, JavierPuertas Arbizu, IgnacioFuertes Bonel, Juan Pablo2017-10-302017-10-3020151877-7058 (Print)1877-7058 (Electronic)10.1016/j.proeng.2015.12.597https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/26074Trabajo presentado a The Manufacturing Engineering Society International Conference, MESIC 2015 (Barcelona)In the present study, the design of the dies required for the isothermal forging of a cam is analysed by finite volume method. Specifically, cams are of great importance in automotive industry, where a lower weight and an improvement in the lubrication or in the materials to be in contact lead to a significant reduction in the fuel cost. The flow stress curves of one Al-Mg alloy were firstly determined by using compression tests. Once these flow stress curves were obtained, FV simulation was employed. In the forging process, the optimum die configuration has been selected. To this end, several aspects have been taken into account such as the force required for the forging, the correct die filling, the introduced plastic strain and the damage imparted to the billet.8 p.application/pdfeng© 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.Isothermal forgingDesignCamDesign and optimization of the dies for the isothermal forging of a camContribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpenaAcceso abierto / Sarbide irekiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess