Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Large scale metal forming
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Application No.: US16299831Application Date: 2019-03-12
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Publication No.: US12028956B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Jerald Edward Jones , Valerie Lisa Rhoades , Adam Nathan Cuneo
- Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Applicant Address: US IL Glenview
- Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Current Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Glenview
- Agency: McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Main IPC: H05B6/32
- IPC: H05B6/32 ; B21D11/20 ; B21D37/16 ; H05B6/10 ; H05B6/42 ; H05B6/44 ; C21D1/10 ; C21D1/42

Abstract:
In certain embodiments described herein, a heated line forming system includes a heating coil system configured to produce a heated line on a surface of a metal part. The heated line forming system also includes an air knife cooling system configured to maintain a dry area for the heated line, and to direct a coolant (e.g., cooling water, liquified gases such as liquid argon, solidified gases such as carbon dioxide snow, and so forth) around the heated line via a spray mechanism such that the coolant does not flow or splash into the heated line on the metal part. In certain embodiments, the heated line forming system includes multiple induction coils arranged along a line and spaced a short distance apart, but which, when operated simultaneously together, form a heated line on a surface of a metal part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190208585A1 Large Scale Metal Forming Public/Granted day:2019-07-04
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