公开(公告)号：US07204119B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-17

申请号：US11149974

申请日：2005-06-10

申请人： Gary A. Kruger ,  John Norman Johnson ,  Richard H. Hammar ,  Chongmin Kim

发明人： Gary A. Kruger ,  John Norman Johnson ,  Richard H. Hammar ,  Chongmin Kim

IPC分类号： B21D37/16

CPC分类号： B21D37/16 ,  B21D22/02 ,  Y10S72/709

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。

公开(公告)号：US07210323B2

公开(公告)日：2007-05-01

申请号：US10737501

申请日：2003-12-16

申请人： Gary A. Kruger ,  Mark G. Konopnicki ,  Chongmin Kim ,  John Norman Johnson

发明人： Gary A. Kruger ,  Mark G. Konopnicki ,  Chongmin Kim ,  John Norman Johnson

IPC分类号： B21D26/02 ,  B21D25/00

CPC分类号： B21D26/021 ,  B21D26/055 ,  Y10T29/49805

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。

公开(公告)号：US06880377B2

公开(公告)日：2005-04-19

申请号：US10274493

申请日：2002-10-17

申请人： Chongmin Kim ,  Gary A. Kruger ,  Mark G. Konopnicki ,  John Norman Johnson ,  James Gregory Schroth ,  Michelle R. Goff

发明人： Chongmin Kim ,  Gary A. Kruger ,  Mark G. Konopnicki ,  John Norman Johnson ,  James Gregory Schroth ,  Michelle R. Goff

IPC分类号： B21D26/02 ,  B21D25/00

CPC分类号： B21D26/021 ,  B21D26/031 ,  B21D26/055 ,  B21D37/16

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。