PRODUCTS DATAWPC TREATMENT AND HW COATING PUNCHES

Features of WPC -treated punches Features of HW coating TiCN

Approx.
With conventional TiCN treatment, there was the problem of coating separation that
1. Improved fatigue strength sometimes occurred under conditions when high stress was applied to the punch. It is
3000 HV

WPC treatment involves colliding fine particles approximately 0.040.2 mm in size with the metal surface at speeds of 100 m/s or more, generating high residual compressive thought that this problem occurred when a punch base material of relatively low hardness
WPC
Approx. 1000 HV
stress in the area close to the surface of the punchFig. 1. This improves the fatigue strength of the punch, yielding a high resistance to tip breakage and chippingFig. 2. was deformed, and the very hard coating film was unable to follow this deformation.
Fig. 2 shows an example. When a load of 1,200 N/mm2 is repeatedly applied to the tip, the possibility of breakage occurs at approximately 10,000 strokes with D2, however with D2WPC With the HW coating, the base material of the punch is strengthened by WPC TiCN coating Punch base material HW coating
700900HV
treatment, the number of strokes rises to approximately 100,000.Because the results shown in Fig. 2 differ from those of an actual punching test, use them only as an approximate guide. treatment, improving the adhesive performance of the TiCN film. The HW coating is
a new kind of surface treatment which combines the excellent wear resistance of the Fig. 5Models of HW coating and TiCN coating
1,500 1,600 TiCN coating with the inherent high fatigue strength of the WPC treatment.
Residual compression stress N/mm2

D2WPC Reference DataPunching life span test using conventional products

WPC treated product Untreated product

1,400 304 punching life span test

Stress amplitude N/mm2

1,000

1,200
200 60,000 shots 100,000 shots 100,000 shots 100,000 shots
500 D2

1,000

0 Cracks occur, but do not cause chipping.

800 Occurrence of chipping Occurrence of separation No abnormality
Tip end Tip side 150
1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 M2 M2WPC 200,000 shots 200,000 shots
(axial direction)
Stroke count

Fig. 1 Surface residual compression stress due to WPC treatment Fig. 2Improvement in fatigue strength due to WPC treatment

Burr height of punched scrap m

Punch material: D2 Load conditions: Pulsating load, test piece: 4.61 HRC

M2
Enlarged view of separation Occurrence of separation
2. Improved seizure resistance 100 M2TiCN M2HW coating
In the case of an ordinary polished finish, streaks in the direction of the
polishing are left on the surface.In contrast, fine convex and concave surface WPC treatment range
irregularities are formed on a surface that is treated with WPCFig. 3. M2WPC
M2TiCN
Because the minute concave portions serve to trap oil, a WPC-treated surface is more resistant
to losing its oil film than an ordinary polished surface, improving its resistance to seizure.
50
3. Improved wear resistance

The WPC treatment improves surface hardness through the effects of work
hardening, improving the wear resistance of the punch.
M2HW coating
Because the hardness of a WPC-treated punch gradually increases moving from the
inside of the punch toward the surfaceFig. 4, there is no loss of toughness in the
punch base material. 0
1,100
0 5 10 15 20

Powdered high-speed steel Number of shotsten thousands

Punching conditions
1,000 Workpiece material: 304, t1mm, HV180
aSurface of normal polished product bSurface of WPC treated product Clearance: 7.5% on one side
M2 equivalent to Ra0.2) equivalent to Ra0.4 Fig. 6Change in burr height with increasing punch count, and appearance of punch tip Punched shape: 5.0 mm
25g

Punching speed: 200 spm

Fig. 3Surface comparison of normal polished
900 product and WPC treated product
HV

D2 If the maximum allowable burr height is assumed to be 100 m, a WPC-treated punch is capable of nearly double the number of
punch shots as an untreated punch. In addition, it was also found that whereas an untreated punch started to chip at the edges of the
800 tip at 60,000 shots, the punch treated with WPC showed no significant chipping even at 100,000 shots. These results confirm the
improvement in punch tip fatigue strength resulting from the WPC treatment.

700 Both the TiCN coating punch and the HW coating punch were able to withstand a minimum of 200,000 punching shots. However when
0 20 40 60 80 the two punch tips are compared, we find that while coating film separation and an increase in burr height began at 100,000 shots with
Depth from surface mm m the ordinary TiCN coating punch, with the HW coating punch, there was absolutely no separation at 100,000 shots and the burr height
Fig. 4Hardness distribution near the surface of a WPC treated product remained at a low level up to 200,000 shots. These results confirmed that the HW-coated punch exhibits superior performance even when
Measured using a micro-Vickers hardness tester. used on difficult-to-machine materials such as 304.

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