Lateral Extrusion for Round to-Triangular Head: Experimental Studies and Three Dimensional Analyses

In recent years, applications of integral part instead of assembled part in different industries have beenincreased. In the present work, an experimental die-punch set-up for lateral extrusion is designed and theprocess is simulated using finite element method for estimation of load requirement and metal flow patterns.Experimental study has been carried out to find the extrusion load at different geometrical conditions takinglead as the work piece material. The predictions both in extrusion/forging load and the deformedconfiguration are in good agreement with the experiment qualitatively under different conditions.