The influence of lubrication in rectangular deep drawing

Rectangular deep drawing is a widely used process in the electrical, automobile, and aeronautical industries, in military engineering, etc. Despite its popularity little information is available about the effect of lubrication on limiting drawing ratio, drawing force, and work done. In view of this, rectangular deep drawing experiments were conducted using mild steel, aluminium, and tin sheets in a 100 t double action hydraulic press. The maximum drawing force, the work done during drawing, and the limiting drawing ratio for a number of commercial lubricants were measured, and are reported in this paper. The effect of anodising has also been studied in the case of aluminium sheets. In the case of mild steel sheets the effect of shot blasting the blank has also been reported. © 1976.