Finite Element Analysis Technique to Roll Crimp Solenoid’s Can

2020-01-0749

04/14/2020

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WCX SAE World Congress Experience
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Roll forming assemblies are generally neat and robust, but there are structural integrity risks involved too if the forming procedures and design features do not complement each other. Specifically, in solenoid valves, an imprecised roller crimping (or forming) adversely affect the desired magnetic performance of the valves. Furthermore, in-depth evaluations of the formed shape using hardware and lab testing are extremely challenging cost wise and time consuming as well. However, utilizing simulation technique such as finite element analysis (FEA) to understand the in-sights of roller formed assemblies of a solenoid valve (or other products) could be an effective way to minimize overall cost and time involved in the product development. Therefore, a three-dimensional non-linear FEA model of roller crimping simulation was established in ANSYS Workbench Mechanical, and the predicted results were correlated with real hardware data to prove the technique & process adopted. Then the design was improved computationally to eliminate the magnetic core’s flux-bridge distortion issue of a solenoid valve, and finally the design was validated through hardware testing.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2020-01-0749
Pages
5
Citation
Rao, C., "Finite Element Analysis Technique to Roll Crimp Solenoid’s Can," SAE Technical Paper 2020-01-0749, 2020, https://doi.org/10.4271/2020-01-0749.
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Published
Apr 14, 2020
Product Code
2020-01-0749
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English