<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A tool with a punch of ø5 mm and a die with a specially formed circular cavity and an annular gap was used for mechanical joining of thin hot-dip galvanized steel sheets. The active parts of punch and die were covered by PVD coating of ZrN type with LARC technology. The punches and the dies were tested in a complex tool by joining thin hot-dip galvanized steel sheets with the pressing force of 7,000 N. Decohesion of coating with width of 100 – 200 μm was observed in the perimeter of cylindrical part of ø5×4 mm in the in edge of punch radius R = 0.5 mm with deposited ZrN coating after the creation of 150 mechanical joints. The decohesion of PVD coating occurred mainly in the surroundings of the radius R = 0.5 mm on the front plane of ø15 mm part.</p></abstract>

A tool with a punch of ø5 mm and a die with a specially formed circular cavity and an annular gap was used for mechanical joining of thin hot-dip galvanized steel sheets. The active parts of punch and die were covered by PVD coating of ZrN type with LARC technology. The punches and the dies were tested in a complex tool by joining thin hot-dip galvanized steel sheets with the pressing force of 7,000 N. Decohesion of coating with width of 100 – 200 μm was observed in the perimeter of cylindrical part of ø5×4 mm in the in edge of punch radius R = 0.5 mm with deposited ZrN coating after the creation of 150 mechanical joints. The decohesion of PVD coating occurred mainly in the surroundings of the radius R = 0.5 mm on the front plane of ø15 mm part.

Failure of Physical Vapour Deposition Coating Zirconium Nitride on the Punch of Clinching Tool

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

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A tool with a punch of ø5 mm and a die with a specially formed circular cavity and an annular gap was used for mechanical joining of thin hot-dip galvanized...

Failure of Physical Vapour Deposition Coating Zirconium Nitride on the Punch of Clinching Tool

Publié en ligne: 15 juin 2017

Pages: 143 - 149

Reçu: 10 nov. 2015

Accepté: 25 mai 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ama-2017-0022

Mots clés
Clinching, PVD Coating, FEM

© 2017 Bialystok University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Failure of Physical Vapour Deposition Coating Zirconium Nitride on the Punch of Clinching Tool

Publié en ligne: 15 juin 2017

Pages: 143 - 149

Reçu: 10 nov. 2015

Accepté: 25 mai 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ama-2017-0022

Mots clésClinching, PVD Coating, FEM

© 2017 Bialystok University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Clinching, PVD Coating, FEM