The alternative manufacturing process of the mechanism housing. A PDCPD based housing of the power steering system

6th ModTech International Conference - Modern Technologies in Industrial Engineering

Sobek, M.^1 ; Baier, A.^1 ; Grabowski, L.^1

Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Engineering Processes Automation and Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Gliwice, Poland^1

关键词: Advanced technology;    Aircraft industries;    Alternative manufacturing process;    Customer requirements;    Engineering solutions;    Individual components;    Power steering systems;    Surface processing;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/400/3/032010/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/400/3/032010

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The automotive industry is one of the largest branches of the market. Directly behind the armaments and aircraft industries is the most dynamically developing area of searching for new engineering solutions. The search direction is usually related to the need and needs to meet increasingly high safety requirements and growing customer requirements. The task of searching for a new engineering solution seems to be even more difficult considering the assumptions that the new solution will meet. These are not only assumptions related to the nature of the product itself. A very important role in the whole process is covered by the financial aspect of the entire undertaking. Many elements of motor vehicles are very intricately designed nowadays. It is directly related to the increasing care for the user's safety. For a product to be competitive on the market, however, it must still have the right price. Therefore, new solutions for the market must be characterized by an appropriate price/quality ratio. This assumption guided designers when designing new solutions. The automotive industry is very demanding. The production of parts for the needs of this branch of the market involves the fulfilment of very high requirements regarding the class of components performance. This allows ensuring the good cooperation of components in very difficult conditions that accompany the work of the vehicle. Usually, to achieve the appropriate accuracy class, for example, a surface processing should be used. In the case of car parts, in the production process of which machining is involved, a significant increase in the product price should be expected. The machining process, despite very sophisticated and advanced technologies, is still relatively time-consuming. The additional time allocated to this process translates directly into the cost of the target product. In the paper titled "The alternative manufacturing process of the mechanisms housing. A PDCPD based housing of the power steering system" the process of an alternative method of manufacturing the housing of mechanical systems on the example of the power steering housing was described. The developed system eliminates the machining process. During the carried-out research, the main focus was on developing the casting technology of the gear housing using a two-component composite material. Also, the paper describes specially designed and constructed test stand for casting the body and the process of preparation of individual components previously made from PDCPD material.