OPEN PRESS THERMAL GAP FOR QPF FORMING TOOLS
    2.
    发明申请
    OPEN PRESS THERMAL GAP FOR QPF FORMING TOOLS 有权
    打开QPF成型工具的热压

    公开(公告)号:US20100024502A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-04

    申请号:US12181538

    申请日:2008-07-29

    IPC分类号: B21D22/02

    摘要: A quick plastic forming (QPF) tool is provided in which a thermal gap is created that reduces or eliminates some of the conductive heat loss paths when the QPF tool is in an open position during part removal or sheet loading. By reducing conductive heat loss, a more precise temperature control for the QPF tool from manufacturing cycle to manufacturing cycle may be realized. The QPF tool may also have a thermal gap when the tool is placed in a semi-open position during idle times. The QPF tool may also include components for creating the thermal gap when the QPF tool is moved to the open position and control the lateral movement of the part forming section of the QPF tool as the part is moved between the open position and the closed position.

    摘要翻译: 提供了快速塑料成型(QPF)工具,其中产生热间隙,当在零件移除或片材加载期间,当QPF工具处于打开位置时,可以减少或消除一些传导性热损失路径。 通过降低传导热损失,可以实现从制造周期到制造周期的QPF工具的更精确的温度控制。 当工具在空闲时间内处于半开位置时,QPF工具也可能具有热间隙。 当QPF工具移动到打开位置时,QPF工具还可以包括用于产生热间隙的部件,并且当部件在打开位置和关闭位置之间移动时,控制QPF工具的部件形成部分的横向移动。

    Binder apparatus for sheet forming
    3.
    发明授权
    Binder apparatus for sheet forming 有权
    用于片材成型的粘合剂装置

    公开(公告)号:US07210323B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-01

    申请号:US10737501

    申请日:2003-12-16

    IPC分类号: B21D26/02 B21D25/00

    摘要: A forming apparatus and method for minimizing wrinkling in the forming of a three-dimensional component from a two-dimensional blank. The forming apparatus includes vertically opposed sets of tools or binders. A first tool or binder apparatus has first and second sets of opposed sides having contoured binder surfaces. A second tool or binder apparatus is mounted in vertically opposed relation to the first binder apparatus, and includes first and second sets of opposed tool or binder segments that have contoured binder surfaces thereon that are complementary in shape to the respective binder surfaces of the first and second sets of opposed sides of the first binder apparatus. One of the first and second sets of opposed binder segments of the second binder apparatus have substantially similar contours and the other have different contours. One of the first and second sets of opposed binder segments of the second binder apparatus is elevated and movable with respect to the other.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于最小化从二维毛坯形成三维部件的皱纹的成形装置和方法。 成形装置包括垂直相对的一组工具或粘合剂。 第一工具或粘合剂装置具有第一组和第二组具有轮廓的粘合剂表面的相对侧。 第二工具或粘合剂装置安装成与第一粘合剂装置垂直相对的关系,并且包括第一组和第二组相对的工具或粘合剂段,其具有在其上的轮廓的粘合剂表面,其形状与第一和第二粘合剂的相应的粘合剂表面互补 第一粘合剂装置的第二组相对侧。 第二粘合剂装置的第一组和第二组相对的粘合剂段具有基本相似的轮廓,另一组具有不同的轮廓。 第二粘合剂装置的第一组和第二组相对的粘合剂段中的一个升高并相对于另一个移动。

    Hollow metallic ring seal for press
    4.
    发明授权
    Hollow metallic ring seal for press 有权
    空心金属环密封用于压力机

    公开(公告)号:US07204119B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-17

    申请号:US11149974

    申请日:2005-06-10

    IPC分类号: B21D37/16

    摘要: A press and tooling apparatus for forming a preheated blank includes a heated upper tool and an opposing heated lower tool mounted within the press for relative closing movement to press the preheated blank there between. A binder ring assembly surrounds the lower tool and is mounted on the press for movement relative to the lower tool so at to bind the preheated blank to the upper tool in air tight sealing relationship in readiness for closure of the tools and application of pressurized gas to force the blank into contact with the upper tools. The binder ring assembly includes an upper ring that is heated so as to prevent the cooling of the preheated blank, and a lower ring that supports the upper ring and is fixedly connected to the upper ring by spaced apart connectors so as to minimize the heat transfer path from the heated upper ring to the lower ring. The upper and lower rings have opposed seal surfaces spaced from one another to receive there between a seal of metallic hollow tubular construction which provides fluid tight sealing between the upper and lower rings, and minimizes heat transfer there between.

    摘要翻译: 用于形成预热毛坯的压制和加工装置包括加热的上部工具和安装在压力机内的相对加热的下部工具,用于相对关闭运动,以在其间挤压预热的坯料。 粘合剂环组件围绕下部工具并且安装在压力机上以相对于下部工具移动,以便以气密密封关系将预热的坯件与上部工具结合,以准备关闭工具并将加压气体施加到 强制空白与上部工具接触。 粘合剂环组件包括加热的上环,以防止预热的坯料的冷却;以及下环,其支撑上环并通过间隔开的连接器固定地连接到上环,以便最小化热传递 从加热的上环到下环的路径。 上下环具有彼此隔开的相对的密封表面,以在金属中空管状结构的密封件之间接纳,所述密封件在上下环之间提供流体密封,并且最小化其间的热传递。

    Die cushion apparatus for hot stretch-forming
    5.
    发明授权
    Die cushion apparatus for hot stretch-forming 有权
    用于热拉伸成型的模具缓冲装置

    公开(公告)号:US07004007B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-28

    申请号:US10685256

    申请日:2003-10-14

    IPC分类号: B21J9/18

    摘要: A self-contained die cushion assembly for use in a stretch-forming process involving heated tooling. A lower plate is mounted below an upper plate that undergoes different thermal expansion than the lower plate. Guidance devices are mounted between the upper and lower plates and include a guide post, a bearing sleeve circumscribing the guide post, and a cylinder circumscribing the bearing sleeve. The guide post is mounted in fixed relation to the upper plate, and the cylinder is mounted in laterally translatable relation to the lower plate to accommodate lateral relative displacement between the upper and lower plates due to different thermal expansion thereof, thereby preventing binding of the guidance devices.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于涉及加热工具的拉伸成形过程中的独立模具衬垫组件。 下板安装在与下板不同的热膨胀的上板下方。 引导装置安装在上板和下板之间,并且包括引导柱,围绕导柱的轴承套和限定轴承套的气缸。 引导柱以固定的关系安装在上板上,并且气缸以相对于下板的横向平移的关系安装,以适应由于其不同的热膨胀而在上板和下板之间的侧向相对位移,从而防止引导 设备。

    Method for double action gas pressure forming sheet material
    6.
    发明授权
    Method for double action gas pressure forming sheet material 有权
    双作用气体压力成形片材的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06880377B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-04-19

    申请号:US10274493

    申请日:2002-10-17

    IPC分类号: B21D26/02 B21D25/00

    摘要: A method is disclosed for forming sheet metal articles, such as automotive body panels, having significant curvatures in front-to-back and side-to-side directions. Opposing, complementary, preforming and final shape forming tools are used in a single press. A sheet of superplastically or quick plastically formable sheet metal alloy, heated to a forming temperature, is first stretched against the preform tool using pressurized gas to form a preform that has experienced most of the metal stretching required for the final part shape. The preform is removed from the preform tool and formed against the opposing tool with pressurized gas to obtain the final sheet metal part shape.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于形成诸如汽车车身板的金属板制品的方法,其具有在前后方向和左右方向上具有显着曲率的方法。 相反,互补,预成型和最终形状成型工具用于单一压机中。 首先使用加压气体将加热到成形温度的超塑性或快速塑性成形的金属板合金片材拉伸成预成型工具,以形成已经经受了最终部件形状所需的大部分金属拉伸的预制件。 将预成型件从预成型工具中取出并用加压气体抵靠相对的工具形成,以获得最终的钣金零件形状。

    Forming tool for multiple-thickness blanks
    7.
    发明授权
    Forming tool for multiple-thickness blanks 有权
    多层坯料成型工具

    公开(公告)号:US07320239B1

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-22

    申请号:US11692440

    申请日:2007-03-28

    IPC分类号: B21D26/02 B21D22/22

    摘要: An apparatus for forming blanks having two thicknesses separated by a blank step includes a forming tool defining a binder surface that is characterized by a tool step, a first region on a first side of the tool step, a second region on a second side of the tool step, and a bead segment having a surface contiguous with the second region. The bead segment is configured to pinch material from a blank into any gap created between the tool step and the blank step caused by misalignment of the blank in the tool, thereby ensuring an effective seal to form the blank against a forming surface.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于形成具有通过坯料步骤分开的两个厚度的坯料的设备包括形成工具,其形成粘合剂表面,其特征在于工具台阶,工具台阶的第一侧上的第一区域,第二区域 工具步骤,以及具有与第二区域邻接的表面的焊道段。 胎圈段被构造成将坯料中的材料挤压到工具台阶与由坯料在工具中的未对准所引起的坯料台阶之间产生的任何间隙,从而确保有效的密封以使坯料形成成形表面。

    Spring-loaded part extractors for heated forming tools
    8.
    发明授权
    Spring-loaded part extractors for heated forming tools 有权
    用于加热成型工具的弹簧加载部件提取器

    公开(公告)号:US07080535B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-25

    申请号:US10827721

    申请日:2004-04-20

    IPC分类号: B21D26/02

    摘要: A hot blow-forming apparatus includes opposed and complementary forming tools adapted for hot blow forming a surface of a heated sheet-metal workpiece against a forming surface of one of the tools. The tools are also adapted to close upon and grip a peripheral edge of the workpiece and perform work on a central portion of the workpiece to produce a formed panel. The tools incorporate an improved extraction apparatus, which includes a plurality of opposed and complementary spring-loaded extractor pads. Opposed extractor pads are spring-loaded to different levels so as to apply spring-load differentials therebetween and thereby apply different extraction forces in different locations of the resultant formed panel for distortion-free removal of the formed panel from the working surfaces of the tooling.

    摘要翻译: 一种热吹塑成型设备包括相对的和互补的成形工具,其适于热加工成加热的金属板工件的表面,以抵抗其中一个工具的成形表面。 这些工具还适于闭合并夹持工件的周边边缘并且在工件的中心部分上进行加工以产生形成的板。 这些工具包括改进的提取装置,其包括多个相对且互补的弹簧加载的提取器垫。 相对的提取器垫被弹簧加载到不同的水平,以便在它们之间施加弹簧载荷差异,从而在所得到的成形板的不同位置施加不同的提取力,用于从工具的工作表面无畸形地移除成形的板。

    Apparatus for bending and transporting an aluminum sheet
    9.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for bending and transporting an aluminum sheet 有权
    用于弯曲和运输铝板的设备

    公开(公告)号:US06964185B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-15

    申请号:US10837927

    申请日:2004-05-03

    IPC分类号: B21D5/00 B21D26/02 B21D43/11

    CPC分类号: B21D26/055 B21D5/00

    摘要: A bending apparatus for bending and transporting an aluminum metal sheet. The bending apparatus includes a central retaining portion that has gripping elements mounted on the central retaining portion for retaining an aluminum metal sheet. There is also included a bending mechanism that is mounted to the central retaining portion. The bending mechanism is capable of axial movement in relation to a central axis of the central retaining portion for imparting a curvature to an aluminum metal sheet.There is also included a method of stretch forming an aluminum metal sheet including the steps of heating an aluminum metal sheet in an oven, transferring the heat of an aluminum sheet to a hot forming tool, bending the heated aluminum sheet during the transfer step to conform the sheet to a shape of the hot forming tool, and then placing the bent metal sheet in the hot forming tool and forming an A-shaped part.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于弯曲和输送铝金属片的弯曲装置。 弯曲装置包括中央保持部分,其具有安装在中心保持部分上用于保持铝金属片的夹紧元件。 还包括安装到中心保持部分的弯曲机构。 弯曲机构能够相对于中心保持部分的中心轴线轴向移动,以向铝金属片施加曲率。 还包括拉伸成形铝金属片的方法,包括以下步骤:在炉中加热铝金属片,将铝片的热量转移到热成形工具,在转印步骤期间弯曲加热的铝片以使其符合 将该片材变成热成形工具的形状,然后将弯曲的金属片放置在热成形工具中并形成A形部分。

    Raised surface features for hot blow-forming tooling
    10.
    发明授权
    Raised surface features for hot blow-forming tooling 有权
    用于热成型模具的凸起表面特征

    公开(公告)号:US06843088B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-18

    申请号:US10779362

    申请日:2004-02-13

    IPC分类号: B21D26/02

    摘要: Apparatus and method for hot blow-forming an article from a blank of sheet metal. Simultaneously, a surface of the blank of sheet metal is formed against a form tool body that partially defines a forming surface and against a form tool insert that also partially defines the forming surface and that is positioned within a recess of the form tool body such that a lateral gap is defined between the form tool insert and form tool body. Opposed projections are provided on upper surfaces of the form tool insert and the form tool body adjacent the gap. The projections create a raised portion on the sheet metal panel that corresponds to the gap. The raised portion is removed flush with respect to a visible surface of the article.

    摘要翻译: 用于从金属板坯料热吹塑制品的设备和方法。 同时,金属板坯料的表面形成在一个成形工具主体上,该模具工具主体部分地限定一个成形表面并抵靠一个成形工具刀片,该刀具刀片也部分地限定成形表面并且位于成型工具主体的凹槽内,使得 在成型工具插入件和成型工具主体之间限定横向间隙。 相对的突起设置在成形工具插入件的上表面和与间隙相邻的模具工具主体上。 突出物在金属板上形成对应于间隙的凸起部分。 凸起部分相对于制品的可见表面平齐地移除。