Micro-forging on 304 stainless steel thin-walled components material strengthening mechanism and surface accuracy of the impact of research
摘要
Surface finishing/strengthening of thin-walled components can effectively enhance their fracture performance under detonation impact. This paper adopts an orthogonal experimental design to study the influence of micro-forging process parameters on the depth of the plastic deformation layer on the surface of 304 stainless steel. Based on the obtained high-frequency micro-forging process parameters for a specified plastic deformation layer depth, the outer surface of thin-walled cylindrical shell components was treated with micro-forging finishing/strengthening. The results show that the material performance was improved through the synergistic effects of dislocation slip, overlapping, intersecting twin generation, and α’-martensite phase transformation induced by hammering. The surface roughness was reduced to Ra 0.22 μm, the surface hardness increased by 22%-32%, the residual stress curve was highly consistent with the distribution of the plastic deformation layer, and the changes in cylindricity and concentricity of the samples were less than 15%, with roundness changes less than 25%. This study provides theoretical support for the surface strengthening of high-performance thin-walled components and offers a new optimization strategy for precision machining in high-end manufacturing fields.