Design of forging line

The thesis is focused on designing of automated workplace meant for production of gear made of steel 11 523 with yearly production of 500 000 pieces. After considering all of the input data, it was decided to use die forging. A forging with flash was designed from the original shape of the gear. Forging force was calculated, and its value is 25,08 MN. Press LZK 4000 B was chosen for such force and is part of a forging line. Another machinery are induction heater KSO 1200/1,2-C40, trimming press LDO 500 A/S and lubricant mixing and supply system DAG 183 BMS. The choice of presses was justified by calculated forces. Industrial robots IRB 6660 and conveyors are providing material handling. Thesis contains two possible layouts, one with a square area of 400 m2 and another with a rectangular area of 420 m2. At the end was calculated production time of a piece. If robot were moving at 1 ms-1, production of one piece would take 25,9 s and for 2 ms-1 it would take 18,2 s