Abstract:
A press die composed of an upper die having a concave part (with the peripheral surface of the opening of said concave part functioning as a first blank pressing face), a lower die having a convex part (to form the blank into a desired form in cooperation with said concave part), and a blank holder (which has a second blank pressing face), said press die working in such a way that said first blank pressing face and said second blank pressing face hold a blank between them while permitting it to flow into said concave part during pressing, characterized in that at least either of said first blank pressing face and said second blank pressing face has a roughened surface with a plurality of striated projections which are formed in the direction inclined in a range of null25null to null25null (preferably approximately parallel) toward the circumferential direction of the edge of the opening of said concave part. The press die permits the blank to slide easily and hence prevents the blank from decreasing in thickness during press forming.
Abstract:
A die set for press forming a metal sheet is provided, which comprises: at least a punch; and a die, wherein a punch-die clearance CL2 corresponding to a site to be formed immediately after the initial stage of press forming and a punch-die clearance CL1 corresponding to a site to be formed in the initial stage of press forming are set so as to satisfy the following expressions (1) and (2), respectively: 0.8nulltnullCL1null1.2nullt nullnull(1) CL2nullCL1nullt nullnull(2) where t denotes the thickness of the metal sheet to be formed. This configuration implements a die set for press forming capable of stably generating the reverse bending deformed portion due to overrun even when the die radius is large, minimizing the phenomenon such as wall warp, and enhancing the dimensional accuracy in press forming of a metal sheet, and a press forming method using the die set.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for bending a metal plate comprising: a first forming step (A) for obtaining a first formed member having a bent portion; and a second forming step (B) for bending the first formed member in a direction of a bending direction of the bent portion so as to allow the bent portion of the first formed member to receive bending-back force. In bending a metal plate by a forming punch relatively moving to a forming die side, the metal plate is bent in an arch shape round the bent forming portion of the forming die. The angle nullp formed between an inclined flat forming portion and a horizontal flat forming portion of the forming die is set to nullp>0, so that the bent arch portion abuts with the inclined flat forming portion of the forming punch and the inclined flat portion of the forming die simultaneously for a certain period of time. This reduces the angle change defect of the bent portion of the formed portion, with no need of changing product shape or of preparing for a special forming die or a facility.