Development of a Manufacturing Method to Produce Elbow Part

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The research deals with experimental studies in hot forming of a tubular elbow part utilized in the oil and gas industry. The primary challenge in the forming of this part is in overcoming manufacturing limitations of cross-sectional shape and wall thinning and to meet other hardness and impact strength requirements for the part after subsequent heat treatment. The objective of this initial project is to develop a manufacturing methodology for forming this new part based on a scale experiment. Currently forming of the elbow part has remained challenging for Iafrate Machine Works (IMW) and various trials have delivered parts that did not meet dimensional specifications and were highly variable. For these reasons a controlled laboratory analysis and experiment is required to deliver an efficient and reproducible process to manufacture the elbow.