The objective of this numerical study is to investigate the effect of shaft part’s diameter on the load distribution, under-fill, and metal-flow line characteristics in tubular & solid shaft yoke of Al-IMS. The outer diameter of tubular shaft yoke was changed from 30mm to 35mm, and the shaft diameter of solid shaft yoke was varied from 20mm to 25mm. In this results, the required load for production was linearly increased with increasing the tubular shaft yoke outer diameter. In the solid shaft yoke, the loads for the shaft part extending process were almost constant by 10,000kg, however, the loads for generating the yoke process, which were needed a lot of strain, were increased by 4,000kg with increasing the diameter of shaft part. The under-fill regions according to diameter of the shaft part were not observed in both products, and the metal-flow lines were also straight without folding phenomena.

The objective of this study is to solve a problem that is occurred during the spline machining of tubular shaft yoke in both side IMS module. In order to simulate the problem, the movement direction of upper die was set as standard case and error case. The material of tubular shaft yoke was set to S20C as refer to the analysis library. The movement directions of upper die were separated with standard case and error case. The error case was set to simulate the problem in the spline machining of tubular shaft yoke. In order to solve the problem, the outer radius of upper die were modelled from 9.40mm to 9.44mm. The simulation results were analyzed and compared in terms of effective stress, metal flow line and folding phenomena characteristics. In case of the outer radius of upper die was 9.42mm, it was observed a relatively uniform effective stress distribution and had a straight metal flow line.

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of torque variation on stress distributions in A-IMS module with both side tubular shaft yoke by numerically. In order to achieve this, the torque value was increased from 10Nm to 40Nm, and the results of this work were confirmed in terms of Von-mises Stress and the displacement characteristics. As the torque in module assembly was increased, the stress in tubular shaft york and splined shaft york was increased linearly. The indentation due to the steel ball was occurred in over 40N·m torque which is over the yield strength condition. The largest displacement occurred in the tubular shaft yoke 1, however, it does not exceed the yield strength and is supposed to be restored due to the elasticity. Therefore, it was concluded that there is no problem for the manufacturing of A-IMS with both side tubular shaft yoke.

The objective of this study is to find the optimal size of splined shaft in IMS module. Two methods were used in this study. One is for the investigation of effect of indentation process on the tubular shaft yoke, and another is for the investigation of effect of indentation process on splined shaft. The spline outer size of splined shaft was increased from 0.00mm to 0.20mm. The simulation results were analyzed and compared in terms of under-fill, metal flow, effective strain, Von-mises stress and load characteristics. The indentation load was increased with increasing of spline size. However, in case of 0.15mm outer diameter increasing, the separation load was decreased. The case of 0.10mm diameter increasing was the best spline size based on the low indentation load and high separation load.

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of tubular shaft hole length on the A-IMS production process in numerically. The hole length of tubular shaft was changed from 69.5mm to 79.5mm for distribution of load and stress. Then, the tubular shaft was modeled by S20C which was referred to program library. At the same time, the results of numerical analysis were compared in terms of under-fill, metal flow, principal stress, Von-mises stress and load characteristics. In the results, the load and stress were increased at 4 stage when the hole length of tubular shaft was increased. Also, folding phenomenon was observed to intensify as increasing the hole length of tubular shaft by confirmation of metal flow.

The objective of this study is to solve the problem that was occurred during the spline processing in A-IMS tubular shaft. The upper dies were modelled conventional case and modified case. The tubular shafts were modelled as standard case and error case. The error case assumed production error of raw material. The material of tubular shaft was set to SCM 420H as refer to the analysis library. The simulation results were analyzed and compared in terms of metal flow, effective stress, and effective strain characteristics. The crushed and buckling problems were observed at the upper side of tubular shaft body when conventional upper die was applied. However, the crushed and buckling problems were solved when modified upper die was applied.

The object of this study is to improve the straightness in tubular shaft production. Die bearings of 1, 2 and 3 were inserted onto the lower die, respectively. In this study, the tubular shafts at the stage 5 were modelled as the standard and error cases. The error case assumes the production error of raw material. The coefficient of friction was set to the Oil_Cold conditions as referring to the analysis library. In the results, the effective stress was observed homogeneously on the distribution at yoke top in standard case. However, the effective stress was observed on the distribution at long section of yoke in case of the raw material with error. The metal flow line was stretched straight in standard case. On the other hand, the metal flow line was bent in all of error cases. The biggest displacement occurred when only one die bearing was applied. The smallest displacement occurred when two die bearings were applied in lower die.