Combination gear hot forging process and microstructure optimization

Conjunction gears, which are also known as helical gears with clutch gears, are used mainly in the transmission and shift design of automobile gearboxes. In this paper, focusing on the hot forging process and microstructure changes after forging, hot forging is proposed for manufacturing a conjunction gear according to the characteristics of a combination gear. Combined with finite element numerical simulation, by comparing changes in temperature, equivalent stress, equivalent strain, recrystallization fraction, and average grain size, the effect of the optimization of the forging process of a combined tooth billet is achieved using the response surface methodology. Finally, optimal forging process parameters are obtained through experimental research, and the quenched structure after hot forging is observed. (C) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.