Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of manufacturing pipe with different diameter along a longitudinal direction and die for forming
- Patent Title (中): 沿纵向制造具有不同直径的管的成型方法
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Application No.: US14403674Application Date: 2013-05-24
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Publication No.: US09327327B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: Toyohisa Shinmiya , Kazuhiko Higai , Yuji Yamasaki , Katsuhiro Ochi
- Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
- Current Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: JP2012-121474 20120529; JP2013-082046 20130410
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/003309 WO 20130524
- International Announcement: WO2013/179628 WO 20131205
- Main IPC: B21D22/26
- IPC: B21D22/26 ; B21C37/16 ; B21D5/01 ; B21C37/08 ; B21D37/16 ; B21C37/18

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a pipe with different diameters along a longitudinal direction that has a small diameter portion, a large diameter portion, and a diameter-changing portion provided between the small diameter portion and the large diameter portion and is formed by press forming a blank made of a metal sheet includes press forming the blank with a U-shape forming die into a U-shaped formed part and press forming the U-shaped formed part with an O-shape forming die set into a circular cross-section formed part. A length of a vertical wall of the U-shape forming die is longer than a length of a vertical wall portion of the U-shaped formed part. In the O-shape forming die set, a die mating line is inclined downwardly, and a ratio t/D of a sheet thickness t of the blank to a diameter D, which represents a diameter of a portion of the O-shape forming die set corresponding to the small diameter portion and a diameter of a portion of the O-shape forming die set corresponding to the large diameter portion, is 0.010≦t/D≦0.080.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150165503A1 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIPE WITH DIFFERENT DIAMETER ALONG A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION AND DIE FOR FORMING Public/Granted day:2015-06-18
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