[go: up one dir, main page]

CA2548271A1 - Method for producing a hollow profile - Google Patents

Method for producing a hollow profile Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CA2548271A1
CA2548271A1 CA002548271A CA2548271A CA2548271A1 CA 2548271 A1 CA2548271 A1 CA 2548271A1 CA 002548271 A CA002548271 A CA 002548271A CA 2548271 A CA2548271 A CA 2548271A CA 2548271 A1 CA2548271 A1 CA 2548271A1
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
profiled section
hollow profiled
metal sheet
forming tool
high pressure
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
Application number
CA002548271A
Other languages
French (fr)
Inventor
Helmut Augustin
Stephan Hofig
Volker Thoms
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Mercedes Benz Group AG
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Publication of CA2548271A1 publication Critical patent/CA2548271A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D51/00Making hollow objects
    • B21D51/02Making hollow objects characterised by the structure of the objects
    • B21D51/12Making hollow objects characterised by the structure of the objects objects with corrugated walls
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D22/00Shaping without cutting, by stamping, spinning, or deep-drawing
    • B21D22/20Deep-drawing
    • B21D22/201Work-pieces; preparation of the work-pieces, e.g. lubricating, coating
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D26/00Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces
    • B21D26/02Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces by applying fluid pressure
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D26/00Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces
    • B21D26/02Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces by applying fluid pressure
    • B21D26/021Deforming sheet bodies
    • B21D26/031Mould construction
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D26/00Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces
    • B21D26/02Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces by applying fluid pressure
    • B21D26/053Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces by applying fluid pressure characterised by the material of the blanks

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Shaping Metal By Deep-Drawing, Or The Like (AREA)

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a hollow profile using a metal forming method under high fluidic pressure. According to said method, the surface of sheet metal is specifically provided with structural elements (2), which increase the maximum moulding degree of the component in the subsequent hydroforming process.

Description

DaimlerChrysler AG
Process for producing a hollow profiled section The present invention relates to a process for producing a hollow profiled section, in particular an internal high-pressure forming process, in accordance with the preamble of claim 1.
The internal high-pressure forming process is used to produce hollow profiled sections or shell profiled sections in particular from sheet metal. In this case, either a sheet-metal blank is deformed to produce a half-shell or two sheet-metal blanks lying on top of one another, which have been welded at the edge sides, are widened to form a hollow profiled section. It is also standard practice for a metal sheet which has been bent to form a hollow profiled section that has been welded along a longitudinal seam to be introduced into an internal high-pressure forming (hydroforming) tool, in order then for an internal high pressure to be introduced into the hollow profiled section by means of a fluid, with the result that the hollow profiled section is then forced apart and comes to bear accurately against the contour of the hydroforming tool.
De 101 04 860 C1 has in this respect disclosed an internal high-pressure forming process, in which two metal sheets resting on top of one another are clamped between two blank holders, which are spaced apart from one another to form an expansion space. The expansion space is delimited at the.top and bottom by two dies. A
fluidic internal high pressure is introduced between the metal sheets, leading to expansion of the metal sheets. The dies are at different distances from the double metal sheet, with the metal sheet located AMENDED SHEET

further away from the opposite die having curved formations. These curved formations form a reserve of material which allows the metal sheet to withstand the greater degree of deformation without being damaged.
When the metal sheet is iz~ contact with the surface of the associated die, the curved formations are smoothed by the internal high pressure in order to complete the forming of the metal sheet.
The component geometry which can be achieved for components deformed by internal high pressure is determined to a considerable extent by the maximum change in peripheral size which the component can undergo during the internal high-pressure forming.
This maximum permissible change in peripheral size is in turn defined by the maximum elongation at break of the material used for the component and the position of the shaping itself. In other words, the maximum achievable shaping in internal high-pressure forming is determined on the; one hand by the maximum permissible change in peripheral size and on the other hand by the original size of the starting material.
If, for example, smooth, longitudinal seam welded tubes or hollow profiled sections are used as starting material, the dimension or diameter of the profiled sections or tubes is defined by the minimum component size, such that a plastic shape change is achieved in all regions of the component during the forming operation.
During manufacture of products of this type by means of internal high-pressure forming, however, one drawback is that in a Large number of applications the maximum achievable shaping is approximately 100 utilized, AMENDED SHEET

which leads to a high scrap rate, entailing considerable costs.
In the automotive engineering industry, it is desirable for structural components to satisfy high demands both with regard to strength and with regard to rigidity.
Furthermore, there is considerable interest in realizing lightweight designs in vehicle construction and therefore reducing the weight of these parts to the maximum possible extent.
This is generally achieved by virtue of the fact that, with a simultaneous reduction in weight, the starting material used is thin metal sheets made from high-strength steels, which have a comparable strength to thicker sheets of conventional steels. The required rigidity, however, is then effected by rigidity-increasing structures, such as for example elevations or bulges and/or depressions in the surface of the component, at least in regions which in subsequent use are exposed to high stresses.
For various strength and design reasons, however, it is also desirable for structured profiled sections to be produced by means of internal high-pressure forming for more complex products than hitherto, which in particular also satisfy the demands imposed by light weight construction. In this context, in particular the frame structural components of the vehicle body are of particular interest.
Working on this basis, the object of the present invention is to produce components of more complex configuration by means of the internal high-pressure forming process, which have the required strength and rigidity properties, without having to completely AMENDED SHEET

utilize the maximum achievable degree of shaping, with the associated high scrap rates.
This object is achieved by the features of patent claim 1.
Accordingly, the invention relates to a process for producing a hollow profiled section, the latter being shaped out of at least one metal sheet by fluidic high pressure. Prior to the shaping operation, the surface of the metal sheet is provided with structure elements in the form of depressions and/or elevations.
To form a curve-structured metal sheet of this type, according to the invention the number, dimensions and contours of the structure elements are deliberately fixed as a function of the properties to be achieved by the component to be produced in this way, so that during the subsequent application of fluidic high pressure the maximum permissible change in peripheral size for the component is complied with and the maximum degree of shaping is increased.
This type of ratio also allows internal high-pressure forming in which the maximum degree of shaping is complied with, so. that the change in peripheral size, if desired, can be reduced.
The process according to the invention is distinguished by the advantage that by increasing the degree of shaping which can be achieved in a component produced for example by hydroforming, this component can be configured with a more favorable design with a view to its subsequent use, in particular with regard to the rigidity and strength properties, for example in respect of the ability to absorb forces, since structured profiled sections of this type can be realized more easily in conjunction with the cold work-AMENDED SHEET

hardening which is associated with the internal high-pressure forming process.
By way of example, the process according to the invention can be used in particular to produce supports for the body of a motor vehicle which satisfy the demands of lightweight construction to a high degree.
The contour of the structure elements in the form of depressions and/or elevations can in principle be selected as desired. During production of these elements, for example by stamping or rolling the sheet metal surface, it is merely necessary to ensure that the stretching of the material in the edge regions of the structure elements is minimized.
According to the invention, therefore, the insertion profile of the component to be deformed, i.e. the contour of the metal sheet which is inserted into the forming tool prior to the widening operation, by virtue of the presence of structure elements, is provided with an increased size. This larger size as it were provides a deformation reserve by providing a larger effective surface area.
In this context, during forming using fluidic high pressure, a higher degree of cold work-hardening can then be achieved in the regions with a smaller size of the components.
It is known that a further influencing variable, in particular with respect to the hydroforming process, is the friction between the work piece and the forming tool during the forming operation. Hitherto, it has been attempted, inter alia, to minimize the friction by providing a corresponding coating on the surface of the starting material.
AMENDED SHEET

The new type of configuration of the metal sheet used with structure elements also makes it possible for at least some of the structure elements, during insertion of the metal sheet into the forming tool, to partially form cavities with respect to the inner surface of the forming tool in order to hold a lubricant which keeps the friction between the inner surface and the metal sheet at a low level. This likewise results in an increase in the maximum permissible change in peripheral size.
Depending on the component which is to be produced, it may be desirable for the structure elements to be retained in those regions of the component which are exposed to high stresses, so as to effect increased rigidity in the completed component. For this purpose, during the deformation of the metal sheet used to form the hollow profiled section, the structure elements are at least partially retained on the surface of the metal sheet, which can be achieved by suitably configuring the contours of the inner surface of the forming tool.
Fig. 1 shows by way of example an excerpt from a metal sheet which is to be used in the process according to the invention.
The metal sheet 1 has a plurality of structure elements
2 in the form of elevations or curved formations distributed uniformly.
The metal sheet 1 is then bent to form a, for example, rotational symmetrical tubular semi-finished hollow profiled section and is welded at the abutting surfaces along a longitudinal seam to form this semi-finished hollow profiled section, so that structure elements 2 in the form of curved formations of this type are AMENDED SHEET

provided over the entire periphery of the semi-finished hollow profiled section.
The structure elements 2 are in particular circle-s symmetrical, so that the stretching of the material in the edge region of the curved formations 2 is minimized.
Then, the semi-finished hollow profiled section is widened by means of internal high pressure in an internal high-pressure forming tool to produce the hollow profiled section.
Alternatively, it is conceivable for the hollow profiled section to be formed from two metal sheets 1, which are first of all placed on top of one another and then clamped inside an internal high-pressure forming tool. Then, a pressurized fluid is introduced between the metal sheets, which by exerting an internal high pressure by means of the pressurized fluid are spread open and widened to form the hollow profiled section.
In a further variant of the invention, as a deviation from the first exemplary embodiment mentioned above, the semi-finished hollow profiled section, after the longitudinal seam welding, in an external high-pressure forming tool is shaped to form the hollow profiled section by interaction of a fluidic high pressure directed from the outside inward with a die that has been introduced in the interior of the semi-finished hollow profiled section, the semi-finished hollow profiled section being pressed accurately in terms of contours onto the die, the shape and contours of which represent an image of the hollow profiled section.
In all the exemplary embodiments, the metal sheets 1, the shaping of which leads to the desired hollow AMENDED SHEET

profiled section, have structure elements 2 in the form of curved formations.
AMENDED SHEET

Claims (6)

claims
1. A process for producing a hollow profiled section which is shaped out of at least one metal sheet (1) by means of a fluidic high pressure, wherein prior to the shaping of the metal sheet (1) by means of fluidic high pressure the surface of the metal sheet (1) is provided with structure elements (2) in the form of depressions and/or elevations, the number, dimensions and contours of the structure elements (2) being selected in such a way that during the widening the maximum permissible change in peripheral size for the component is complied with and the maximum degree of shaping is increased, characterized in that during the introduction of the hollow profiled section into the forming tool the structural elements (2), with respect to the inner surface of the forming tool, in some cases enclose cavities for holding a lubricant.
2. The process as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the metal sheet (1) is bent to form a tubular semi-finished hollow profiled section, is then longitudinal seam welded and then widened by means of internal high pressure in an internal high-pressure forming tool to form the hollow profiled section.
3. The process as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that two metal sheets (1) are placed on top of one another and clamped in an internal high-pressure forming tool, after which a pressurized fluid is introduced between the metal sheets (1), and in that the metal sheets (1) are spread apart and widened to form the hollow profiled section by the application of an internal high pressure by means of the pressurized fluid.
4. The process as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the metal sheet (1) is bent to form a tubular semi-finished hollow profiled section and is then longitudinal seam welded, and in that the semi-finished hollow profiled section is shaped into the hollow profiled section in an external high-pressure forming tool by the interaction of a fluidic high pressure directed from the outside inward with a die which has been introduced into the interior of the semi-finished hollow profiled section.
5. The process as claimed in one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the structure elements (2) are at least partially retained on the surface of the metal sheet (1) during the deformation used to form the hollow profiled section.
6. The process as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the structure elements (2) are stamped or rolled on the surface of the metal sheet (1).
CA002548271A 2003-12-06 2004-11-10 Method for producing a hollow profile Abandoned CA2548271A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE2003157119 DE10357119B4 (en) 2003-12-06 2003-12-06 Process for producing a hollow profile
DE10357119.1 2003-12-06
PCT/EP2004/012692 WO2005053871A1 (en) 2003-12-06 2004-11-10 Method for producing a hollow profile

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA2548271A1 true CA2548271A1 (en) 2005-06-16

Family

ID=34638451

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA002548271A Abandoned CA2548271A1 (en) 2003-12-06 2004-11-10 Method for producing a hollow profile

Country Status (4)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1708832B1 (en)
CA (1) CA2548271A1 (en)
DE (2) DE10357119B4 (en)
WO (1) WO2005053871A1 (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20090255317A1 (en) * 2008-04-11 2009-10-15 Thyssenkrupp Steel Ag Method for the production of high-precision half shells with high dimensional precision

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102009050277A1 (en) * 2009-10-21 2011-05-19 Lothar Walther Verwaltungsgesellschaft Mbh & Co. Kg Method for producing inner profile at inner wall of cavity region of semi-finished product, involves providing shaping device, particularly bolt with external profile to define shaped region negatively designed to inner profile
DE102021213010B4 (en) 2021-11-18 2023-06-15 Ipu Ingenieurgesellschaft Braunschweig Mbh Process for the mold-free production of a component with relief and component with relief
US11982200B1 (en) 2023-06-23 2024-05-14 Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Structure with structural reinforcement patterns

Family Cites Families (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4761982A (en) * 1986-10-01 1988-08-09 General Motors Corporation Method and apparatus for forming a heat exchanger turbulator and tube
US4840053A (en) * 1987-07-29 1989-06-20 Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Method for manufacturing a pipe with projections
DE4419652A1 (en) * 1994-06-04 1995-12-07 Meckenstock H W Kg Plate=shaped element for light component mfr.
DE19803782B4 (en) * 1998-01-22 2005-06-16 Hellwig, Udo, Prof. Dr. Method and device for shaping bodies by means of secondary forming transformation
DE10104860C1 (en) * 2001-02-03 2002-02-07 Daimler Chrysler Ag Production of a hollow body from two plates has two dies with a high internal fluid pressure between them to force the plates against the die surfaces with structured local curves to prevent creasing/folding

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20090255317A1 (en) * 2008-04-11 2009-10-15 Thyssenkrupp Steel Ag Method for the production of high-precision half shells with high dimensional precision
US8240184B2 (en) 2008-04-11 2012-08-14 Thyssenkrupp Steel Ag Method for producing high-precision half shells

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP1708832A1 (en) 2006-10-11
EP1708832B1 (en) 2007-09-05
DE10357119A1 (en) 2005-07-14
DE10357119B4 (en) 2005-11-24
DE502004004916D1 (en) 2007-10-18
WO2005053871A1 (en) 2005-06-16

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US10391537B2 (en) Method and system for flanging a metal piece
US4567743A (en) Method of forming box-section frame members
CN100368109C (en) Hydroformed products
US20190143624A1 (en) Downholding press for producing a semi-finished product from sheet-metal material having thickness-reduced regions, and method for producing a sheet-metal formed part
JP5191613B2 (en) Manufacturing method of wheel rim for vehicle
KR20120084736A (en) Component, especially control arm for a vehicle
KR101216844B1 (en) Method of hydroforming work
US7827839B2 (en) Profile element pipe for hydraulic bulging, hydraulic bulging device using the element pipe, hydraulic bulging method using the element pipe, and hydraulically bulged product
WO2013137086A1 (en) Method for producing holder and holder
WO2015041009A1 (en) Press-molded product, method for producing press-molded product, and device for producing press-molded product
US6763693B1 (en) Method for shaping an initial profile or a similar workpiece using an internal high pressure and profile therefor
JPWO2004041458A1 (en) Deformed element pipe for hydraulic bulge processing, hydraulic bulge processing apparatus using the same, hydraulic bulge processing method, and hydraulic bulge processed product
JPH08168814A (en) Method for manufacturing hollow member for automobile structure made of Al alloy
JP4217992B2 (en) Method for manufacturing deformed container
CA2548271A1 (en) Method for producing a hollow profile
US7484393B2 (en) Profile mother pipe for hydraulic bulging, hydraulic bulging apparatus using the same, hydraulic bulging method, and hydraulic bulged product
US20160001341A1 (en) Method for producing a torsional profile from a tubular hollow profile, and torsional profile
JP3351331B2 (en) A method of manufacturing a deformed metal tube and a method of manufacturing a bent metal tube.
JPH10175027A (en) Metal tube for hydroforming
DE10322752B4 (en) Method for producing workpieces made of sheet metal
US20230182191A1 (en) Hollow shell part manufacturing method
JP4653196B2 (en) Method for manufacturing deformable container
JP2005205488A (en) Method for working metallic tube
JP2005125384A (en) Press-formed product and press-forming method
US20070090569A1 (en) Method of making variable thickness tubular member for vehicles

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
FZDE Discontinued