METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A VEHICLE PANEL TO REDUCE DEVIATION BETWEEN PRE-PANELS AND SUBSEQUENT SECONDARY FORMING DIES

    公开(公告)号:US20220118503A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17075947

    申请日:2020-10-21

    IPC分类号: B21D53/88

    摘要: A method of manufacturing a panel using an initial die and a series of secondary dies includes sequentially defining multi-dimensional models for the series of secondary dies. The method includes simulating a geometry of an nth pre-panel, defining a multi-dimensional model of the nth secondary die based on the simulated geometry of the nth pre-panel, simulating operation of the nth secondary die on the nth pre-panel to determine geometry of an (n+1)th pre-panel, and determining a deviation between the simulated (n+1)th pre-panel and a target pre-panel geometry. If the deviation is outside tolerance, the method includes iteratively: adjusting the multi-dimensional model of the nth secondary die, simulating operation thereof to determine an adjusted simulated geometry of the (n+1)th pre-panel, and determining a deviation between the adjusted simulated geometry of the (n+1)th pre-panel and the target (n+1)th pre-panel, until the deviation is within the tolerance limit.

    METHODS FOR DIE TRIMMING HOT STAMPED PARTS AND PARTS FORMED THEREFROM

    公开(公告)号:US20190388948A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16018506

    申请日:2018-06-26

    摘要: A method of forming a hot stamped, die quenched, and die trimmed part is provided. The method includes hot stamping and die quenching a blank with a quench die and forming a die quenched panel. The quench die includes at least one slow-cooling channel. The die quenched panel is die trimmed along the at least one localized soft zone that is adjacent a hard zone. The blank may be formed from a press hardenable steel (PHS), and the at least one soft zone may have a ferritic microstructure and the at least one hard zone may have a martensitic microstructure. The at least one localized soft zone may have a microhardness between about 200 HV and about 250 HV and the hard zone may have a microhardness between about 400 HV and about 500 HV.

    FORMING DIE WITH REVERSE BEAD GEOMETRY

    公开(公告)号:US20220280994A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17194505

    申请日:2021-03-08

    IPC分类号: B21D37/10

    摘要: A forming die includes a first die component with a male bead and a second die component with a female bead. The male bead and the female bead form a bead with a reverse bead geometry with the male bead having a groove and the female bead having a protrusion complimentary with the groove such that the protrusion is aligned with the groove when the male bead extends into the female bead. The male bead includes a push surface, a pair of sidewalls extending from the push surface to a main surface of the first die component, and the groove extends inwardly into the rib. And the female bead includes a stop surface and a pair of sidewalls extending from the stop surface to a main surface of the second die component, and the protrusion extends outwardly from the stop surface into the female bead.

    FORMING METHOD AND DIE ASSEMBLY USING A BEAD WITH A STEP

    公开(公告)号:US20170304886A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-26

    申请号:US15135661

    申请日:2016-04-22

    IPC分类号: B21D24/04 B21D22/22

    CPC分类号: B21D24/04 B21D22/22

    摘要: An exemplary die assembly includes, among other things, a first die having a male bead, a second die having a female bead configured to receive the male bead to hold a workpiece between the first die and the second die, and a step in the male bead, the female bead, or both. An exemplary forming method includes, among other things, holding a workpiece between a male bead of a first die and a female bead of a second die, wherein the male bead, the female bead, or both have at least one step.