International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

The paper briefly discusses the main features of radial-shear rolling and provides an overview of its effect on the formation of an ultrafine-grained structure in various non-ferrous and ferrous metals and alloys. The conducted review showed that radial-shear rolling is the most promising way to form an ultrafine-grained structure in long bars made of both non-ferrous and ferrous metals and alloys, as well as from various composite materials.

In this work, the method of backscattered electron diffraction (EBSD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used for microstructural analysis of the improved VT8M-1 alloy (Ti-5.7 Al-3.8 Mo-1.2 Zr-1.3 Sn) subjected to equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) and rotary forging (RF). It was found that the process of globularization induced during deformation processing is regulated by the conventional boundary-splitting mechanism. It was shown that an orientation relation is established between the spheroidized a – and bphases. This result is achieved due to the high activity of dislocation sliding at the boundary of the a-and b-phases. The thermal stability of the VT8M-1 alloy with an ultrafine-grained (UFG) structure is s -term (up to 500 hours) annealing the UFG structure is thermally stable. The mechanical properties and the effect of annealing on the microstructure are discussed. It is shown that particles of the Ti-Zr-Si system are isolated at the interphase boundaries.

The UFG structure in the VT8M-1 alloy was formed by rotary swaging (RS). Experimental forged billets of ultrafine-grained structure (UFG) were obtained by isothermal die forging (IDF). The structural parameters and the homogeneity of the UFG structure were analyzed. Microstructure and mechanical properties of experimental workpieces of the ultrafine-grained VT8M-1 alloy produced by isothermal die forging was analyzed. The relationship between the microstructure and mechanical properties of the forged workpieces of the UFG VT8M-1 alloy is discussed.

ECAP was carried out with a gradual decrease in temperature and an increase in the number of passes on two medical magnesium alloys: WE43 (Mg-3.56%Y-2.20%Nd-0.47%Zr) and ZX10 (Mg-1.0%Zn-0.3%Ca). It was shown that ECAP leads to a significant refinement of the alloys structure. For ZX10 alloy, the average grain size after ECAP decreased from ~ 105 μm in the initial state to 8 ± 0.18 μm in the longitudinal section and to 4 ± 0.19 μm in the transverse one. For the WE43 alloy, the average grain size was changed from 70 μm to 0.69 ± 0.13 μm and the precipitation of particles of the Mg41Nd5 phase with an average size of 0.45 ± 0.18 μm was also discovered. At the same time, the grain refinement led to an increase in the strength characteristics of the both alloys (including fatigue strength), and increased prismatic slip activity (along with the formation of an inclined basal texture in ZX10 alloy) led to an increase in their ductility. The alloy structure formed during the ECAP process does not lead to a decreasing in resistance to chemical corrosion.

Paper presents an overall analytical review of recent achievements in the field of development and improvement of technologies for producing structural materials with ultrafine-grained structure by severe plastic deformation. Main modern methods of obtaining ultrafine-grained structure by severe plastic deformation are described. Special attention to combined process “helical rolling – pressing” is devoted.

Paper presents an overall analytical review of recent achievements in the field of development and improvement of technologies for producing structural materials with ultrafine-grained structure by severe plastic deformation. Main modern methods of obtaining ultrafine-grained structure by severe plastic deformation are described. Special attention to combined process “helical rolling – pressing” is devoted.

ECAP was conducted using route Bc with an angle of 120° between the die channels and a stepwise decrease of temperature from the initial 425 °C to 300 °C at the final, 12th pass. The cumulative equivalent strain the ECAP billets underwent was about 7.8. The structure examination showed that ultrafine-grained structure with the grain size of 0.69 – 1 μm was formed during ECAP process. In addition, particles of the phase Mg12Nd with an average size of 0.45 μm were formed. The refinement of the microstructure resulted in an improvement of the mechanical properties of the alloy. After ECAP, the strength characteristics of the alloy increased to the levels of ultimate tensile strength of 300 and yield strength of 260 MPa to be compared to those for the initial state (220 MPa and150 MPa, respectively). At the same time, the ductility increased to 13.2 %, which compares favourably with the initial value of 10.5 %. The ECAP process does not affect the resistance to electrochemical corrosion. The rate of chemical corrosion was found to be reduced owing to the ECAP processing.

The conditions are substantiated for the loss of thermodynamic stability of a tribosystem and for its adaptation with a decreasing wear rate at the moving frictional contact of parts from materials with an ultrafine-grained structure produced by equal-channel angular pressing. The regularities of the influence of the structure’s dispersion degree and the friction contact’s temperature on the tribotechnical characteristics of ultrafine-grained materials are established theoretically and experimentally.

ECAP was conducted using route Bc with an angle of 120° between the die channels and a stepwise decrease of temperature from the initial 425 °C to 300 °C at the final, 12th pass. The cumulative equivalent strain the ECAP billets underwent was about 7.8. The structure examination showed that ultrafine-grained structure with the grain size of 0.69 – 1 μm was formed during ECAP process. In addition, particles of the phase Mg12Nd with an average size of 0.45 μm were formed. The refinement of the microstructure resulted in an improvement of the mechanical properties of the alloy. After ECAP, the strength characteristics of the alloy increased to the levels of ultimate tensile strength of 300 and yield strength of 260 MPa to be compared to those for the initial state (220 MPa and150 MPa, respectively). At the same time, the ductility increased to 13.2 %, which compares favourably with the initial value of 10.5 %. The ECAP process does not affect the resistance to electrochemical corrosion. The rate of chemical corrosion was found to be reduced owing to the ECAP processing.

Structure and properties of low-alloyed copper-based alloys with Cr, Zr and Hf after severe plastic deformation (SPD) using techniques of high pressure torsion (HPT) and equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) have been studied. SPD significantly increases strength of the alloys by formation of ultrafine-grained structure. Cu5Zr and Cu5Hf particles suppress the grain growth in ultrafine-grained (UFG) structure more effectively than the Cr particles and provide additional hardening during aging. Moreover, it was found that the application of additional aging after SPD significantly improves service properties of the alloys (fatigue limit, wear resistance and electrical conductivity). This combination of properties results in a high durability of electrodes for resistance spot welding produced from UFG Cubased alloys.