Enhancing Forging Dies' Durability with Plasma-Assisted Thermochemical Surface Engineering
Forgings Today|March -April 2021
Introduction Failures of forging dies are caused by very complex wear mechanisms at the surface of the die cavity subjected to severe abrasion, impact and thermal loads [1].
Enhancing Forging Dies' Durability with Plasma-Assisted Thermochemical Surface Engineering

In the case of hot or warm forging, the primary modes of die failure are abrasive wear (60%), mechanical fatigue (20-30%), plastic deformation (10%) and thermal fatigue (5%), see Fig .1 [1].

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