Research on Forging Process of C83600 Tin Bronze Valve Body Based on Rheological Behavior and Hot Processing Diagram

To achieve high-performance forgings of the C83600 tin bronze valve body with a uniform structure that is free from forging defects, rheological data were collected via hot compression experiments. Subsequently, an Arrhenius constitutive model incorporating strain compensation was established. The correlation coefficient, root mean square error, and mean relative error between the predicted values of the model and the experimental results were 0.99326, 5.1898, and 4.022%, respectively, which validated the model's capability to accurately describe the rheological behavior of C83600. Using this model, the rheological data were incorporated into the Deform material library to enhance its database. A thermal processing map for C83600 under various deformation conditions was then developed. This map indicates that the material demonstrates excellent thermal working stability when the deformation temperature ranges from 850 to 900 K and the strain rate varies between 0.0067 and 0.0483 s^-1. Furthermore, numerical simulations were conducted to analyze the forging process, focusing on regions of stress concentration where the average strain rate aligns with the optimal parameters derived from the thermal processing map. This alignment not only verifies the reliability of the hot working map but also confirms the feasibility of the forging process through trial production.