Impact forming device and method for local small features on metal thin-walled curved-surface part

    公开(公告)号:US11897219B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-13

    申请号:US17685712

    申请日:2022-03-03

    CPC classification number: B30B1/001 B21D22/02 B21D37/12

    Abstract: An impact forming device and method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part. The impact forming device includes impact forming dies, impact loading units and a forming supporting die, wherein the impact forming die is provided with an impact forming part, and the impact forming part is a convex part corresponding to a local small feature; the forming supporting die can support and fix a metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features, and the forming supporting die is provided with concave parts matched with the impact forming parts; and the impact loading unit includes a guide rail, an explosive ball and a detonating block, under the impact loading of the impact loading units, the impact forming parts can impact the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features under the matching action of the concave parts to form the local small features.

    Performance controlling method for high-strength aluminum alloy shell during ultra-low temperature forming process

    公开(公告)号:US11459648B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-04

    申请号:US17189229

    申请日:2021-03-01

    Abstract: Provided is a performance controlling method for a high-strength aluminum alloy shell during an ultra-low temperature forming process. The present disclosure greatly improves the performance of an aluminum alloy sheet by applying an ultra-low temperature. The present disclosure cools the aluminum alloy sheet to an ultra-low temperature by using an ultra-low temperature cooling medium, so as to compensate for insufficient hardening caused by insufficient deformation and avoid cracking caused by increased deformation. The present disclosure cools the sheet blank zonally according to a deformation law of a desired curved part, and controls the ultra-low temperature distribution of the sheet blank during forming so as to promote the formation of a substructure in a small-deformation zone. In this way, the present disclosure improves a subsequent age-hardening effect, and corresponding uniformity of microstructure and performance, and effectively solves the problem of non-uniformity due to uneven deformation.

    METHOD FOR FORMING LARGE-SIZE CURVED THIN-WALLED METAL SKIN

    公开(公告)号:US20210162482A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US17105138

    申请日:2020-11-25

    Abstract: A method for forming a large-size curved thin-walled metal skin is disclosed, wherein the position and size characteristics of stiffeners on a curved panel is extracted; the thickness of the curved panel and the thin-walled skin after assembly is assumed to be m, and a forming surface of the punch is offset outwards along a normal line by the thickness m to obtain the characteristics of the inner surface of a female die; the number of the discrete support moulds is set to be the same as the number n of the stiffeners based on the size and distribution of the stiffeners on the curved panel; and the punch and the female die combined with the discrete support moulds are used to carry out stamping of a curved thin-walled slab to obtain a required thin-walled skin component.

    Apparatus and method for forming large-scale thin-walled ring shell by hot-press bending with internal gas pressure

    公开(公告)号:US11413672B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US17056878

    申请日:2019-11-20

    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an apparatus and a method for forming a large-scale thin-walled ring shell by hot-press bending with internal gas pressure. The method comprises: welding a first head and a second head to the pipe; arranging a first electrode and a second electrode at the two ends of the pipe; charging compressed gas to the heated sealed pipe assembly; placing the sealed pipe assembly between the convex part of the first die and the concave part of the second die, controlling the temperatures of the first and second dies to perform press bending; increasing the gas pressure in the bent sealed pipe assembly, to attach the bent sealed pipe assembly to the die cavity profile; discharging the compressed gas, cutting the first head, second head and extra material to obtain a formed ring shell segment; welding formed ring shell segments to obtain a large-scale thin-walled ring shell.

    Method for manufacturing thin-walled metal component by three- dimensional printing and hot gas bulging

    公开(公告)号:US11292057B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16863199

    申请日:2020-04-30

    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a thin-walled metal component by three-dimensional (3D) printing and hot gas bulging. The present invention uses 3D printing to obtain a complex thin-walled preform, which reduces a deformation during subsequent hot gas bulging. The present invention avoids local bulging thinning and cracking, undercuts at the parting during die closing, and wrinkles due to the uneven distribution of cross-sectional materials, etc. The present invention obtains a high accuracy in the form and dimension through hot gas bulging. After a desired shape is obtained by hot gas bulging, a die is closed to keep the component under high temperature and high pressure for a period of time, so that a grain and a phase of the material are transformed to form a desired microstructure.

    Method and device for manufacturing large-sized thin-walled tubular part by gas-liquid internal high pressure forming

    公开(公告)号:US11413675B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16937660

    申请日:2020-07-24

    Abstract: A method and device for manufacturing a large-sized thin-walled tubular part by gas-liquid internal high pressure forming (IHPF). A gas and a liquid are filled at a certain volume ratio into a thin-walled blank. The pressure of the gas-liquid mixed fluid is mainly determined by the gas pressure. During the deformation of the thin-walled blank, due to a large compression ratio of the gas, the gas-liquid pressure will not basically change with the change of the volume of a blank cavity. A support pressure on the cavity of the thin-walled blank is stable in the entire forming process. In addition, even if there is a slight leakage of the liquid or gas during the forming process, the medium pressure inside the blank will not fluctuate largely. In this way, embodiments lower the requirements for the sealing effect during the tubular part forming process.

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