In this work, the wire-drawing production step for the production of AISI 1045 steel bars was numerically simulated. Different parameters necessary for the simulation were estimated based on current combined industrial drawing processes. Ring compression tests were carried out and simulated aiming at the determination of the friction value to be used in the simulation. From the numerical simulation results, the capacity of the simulation for estimating the drawing forces by comparison with analytical and empirical equations was evaluated. Besides this, an effort was made to simulate the residual stresses after drawing. The simulated residual stress profiles were then compared to experimental residual stresses profiles, which were obtained in a Neutron Diffraction experimental analysis carried out on industrial samples. Based on this work, the possibility of using simulation to quantitatively calculate residual stresses after the cold drawing was discussed. The carried out analysis will be used to implement improvements in the drawing process.
Cold drawing; residual stresses; numerical simulation
