Abstract:
A composite die for hydrostatic extrusion is composed of a preforming portion with a conical inlet portion and an endforming portion, separated from each other along a radially dividing plane. A force-absorbing support ring surrounds that part of the end-forming portion which is in contact with and nearest the pre-forming portion. There is a gap on the outside of the part of the end-forming portion remote from the pre-forming portion. Separate rings surround and abut the calibrating endforming portion and the support ring.
Abstract:
A press for the hydrostatic extrusion of tubes includes a billet holder through which passes a mandrel. There is an annular rib on the front face of the billet holder which is engageable with the back end of the billet. There are also passages opening from the rear of the billet holder into the spaces within and outside of the annular rib. Resiliently held valves with different spring pressures acting thereon control these passages. A billet is inserted having an opening in its front end smaller than the diameter of the mandrel, and upon the application of pressure to a mandrel holder the mandrel is driven through the front end of the billet, enlarging the opening therein, while the pressure in the spaces referred to above prevents harmful tensile stresses in the die.