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• It’s a conventional manufacturing process which includes both metal forming and rolling
process.
• It is used to produce seamless tube.
• Also known as tube reduction process.
History
1. Surface damage:
a) Inner surface under goes significant change before and after the process
• Before: Extrusion process on tubes has surface roughness of 2µm
• After: at working section surface roughness of about 1µm is observed and at final size it
reduces to about 0.2-0.4µm.
2. Wear and friction:
• It may include wear between two bodies, example mandrel and tube.
• It may include three body abrasive wear
• Because temperature be high and contacting surface are not adequately lubricated.
• Too much wear results in damage of tube surface and so to control wear one has to
select proper lubricant, pressure, feed and strokes that will provide desired result
3. Lubrication :
• Large plastic deformation generates lots of heat, therefore during process inside and
outside surface are lubricated
• Ability of lubricant to reduce wear and friction is decreased with increased heat which
makes it necessary to cool the process.
• This is achieved by increasing the external flow and oil is utilizes to remove the heat
and to lubricate the roller tube interface.
• Internal lubrication is used for friction and wear reduction between tube and mandrel
and it also plays important in ensuring good surface finish of tube.
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