Abstract:
A BILLET OF AT LEAST TWICE AS GREAT A DIAMETER AS ITS THICKNESS IS INSERTED INTO A MOLD HAVING A BOTTOM OF CONICAL OR SPHERICAL SHAPE AND IS PRESSED DOWNWARD BY A PUNCH HAVING A BODY END SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING IN SHAPE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MOLD AND HAVING A SMALLER DIAMETER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE SURROUNDING MOLD. THE TOP OF THE BILLET IS PROVIDED WITH A LUBRICANT. ON PUSHING DOWN THE PUNCH THE CENTER PART OF THE BILLET IS FIRST BENT DOWNWARDLY AFTER WHICH THE MATERIAL IS EXTRUDED UPWARDLY INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE PUNCH AND THE MOLD.
Abstract:
In the manufacture of objects or components with one part having larger dimensions and one part having slim and/or elongated form, a billet is used which in a first step is forged, preferably cold-forged to a blank with decreasing cross section. This blank is thereafter, possibly after annealing and machining, extruded by means of liquid pressure to the desired shape and dimension at the narrow end of the blank.