EP0123923B1 - A method of drawing ribs on tubes - Google Patents
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- EP0123923B1 EP0123923B1 EP19840103536 EP84103536A EP0123923B1 EP 0123923 B1 EP0123923 B1 EP 0123923B1 EP 19840103536 EP19840103536 EP 19840103536 EP 84103536 A EP84103536 A EP 84103536A EP 0123923 B1 EP0123923 B1 EP 0123923B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
- B21C37/00—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape
- B21C37/06—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape of tubes or metal hoses; Combined procedures for making tubes, e.g. for making multi-wall tubes
- B21C37/15—Making tubes of special shape; Making tube fittings
- B21C37/20—Making helical or similar guides in or on tubes without removing material, e.g. by drawing same over mandrels, by pushing same through dies ; Making tubes with angled walls, ribbed tubes and tubes with decorated walls
- B21C37/207—Making helical or similar guides in or on tubes without removing material, e.g. by drawing same over mandrels, by pushing same through dies ; Making tubes with angled walls, ribbed tubes and tubes with decorated walls with helical guides
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- the subject of the invention is a method of drawing ribs on tubes, especially ribs of small pitches or ribs on tubes of low-plastic materials.
- Forming the ribs on the tube is the result of producing in the zone of the action of the tool a corresponding state of stresses in the material of the tube, causing a plastic strain.
- the material of the tube deforms in the zone of the action of the tool in the axial and radial direction.
- Radial strain manifests itself in a form of increasing the diameter of ribs
- axial strain manifests itself in a form of elongation of the tube.
- Elongation of the tube in the process of drawing the ribs is a disadvantageous phenomenon because the quantity of the elongation is random variable for each segment of the tube. This characteristic causes the necessity of applying technological allowances, and thus, production of wastes.
- Axial strains of the tube are caused by corresponding axial stresses induced by the tool in the zone of its operation.
- the tool In the result of the action of the said stresses the tool is subject to very high loads in the axial direction.
- the said loads cause bending out the disks of which the tool consists.
- the pitch of ribs In the result thereof the pitch of ribs is not uniform and always bigger than the pitch of the disks.
- the substantial problem in the hitherto applied methods of drawing the ribs is a low durability of the tool whose disks are destroyed in the result of the action of bending loads of a fatigue character.
- polish patent specification No. 113419 presents the design of a tool with the use of an additional disk stiffening the tool and increasing its durability. Such a solution does not eliminate, however, the elongation of the tube and it is difficult to draw ribs of very small pitches on tubes of materials having big resistance of the plastic strain because the increase of loads in the axial direction of the tool is considerably bigger than the possibility of increasing the rigidity of the tool.
- a method is known of producing bimetallic ribbed tubes with the application of blocking the possibility of elongation of the tube on which ribs are drawn.
- This blocking consists in clamping the end of the external tube on the internal tube, and then the drawing process starts from the second, free end of the tube.
- different values of axial stresses are observed along the length of the tube.
- axial stresses in the non-deformed part of the tube grow systematically till reaching a definite state of equilibrium of stresses in the material of the external tube.
- the essence of the method of drawing ribs on tubes according to the invention consists in that to the material of the tube from which ribs are drawn initial compressive stress is introduced, of the quantity smaller than the elasticity limit Re of the material of the tube, and then in the zone of the action of disk tools, with maintenance of the initial compressive stress in the material of the tube, ribs are formed by pressing down the tube driven rolling-disk tools. It is preferable when the quantity of the initial compressive strength is in the range of where Fo denotes the size of the area of the section of the tube, and Fr denotes the size of the area of the section of the core of the tube, after drawing the rib.
- the tool By introducing the initial state of compressive stresses to the material of deformed tube, the tool is discharged from loads along the axis, bending out the rolling-form-disks, practically already in the first stage of the contact of the tool with the material.
- Another effect of introducing the initial state of compressive stresses is the avoidance of the axial elongation of the tube. In these conditions the work or the tool resolves itself to inducing plastic strains of the tube in the radial direction.
- the tube 1 before the operation of drawing ribs has been clamped with a screw 2, thus inducing the origination of an initial compressive stress of an established quantity.
- the quantity of the said stress is preferably in the range of where Fo is the size of the area of the cross-section of the tube before the drawing operation, Fr is the size of the area of the cross-section of the core of the tube 3 after the operation of drawing the rib 4, and Re is the elasticity limit of the material of the tube.
Description
- The subject of the invention is a method of drawing ribs on tubes, especially ribs of small pitches or ribs on tubes of low-plastic materials.
- Hitherto, production of ribs on tubes by the drawing method, called also the rolling method, has been carried out in heads comprising usually three symmetrically arranged cylinders composed of a series of rolling disks. The axis of each cylinder forms with the axis of rolling, which is the axis of the tube, a constant angle. The value of the said angle results from the geometrical dependencies of the helical outline of ribs drawn on the tube. Cylinders are driven with rotary motion, due to which, after introducing the tube into the zone of the action thereof, the cylinders transmitting the rotary motion to the tube draw the rib. Forming the ribs on the tube is the result of producing in the zone of the action of the tool a corresponding state of stresses in the material of the tube, causing a plastic strain. The material of the tube deforms in the zone of the action of the tool in the axial and radial direction. Radial strain manifests itself in a form of increasing the diameter of ribs, and axial strain manifests itself in a form of elongation of the tube. Elongation of the tube in the process of drawing the ribs is a disadvantageous phenomenon because the quantity of the elongation is random variable for each segment of the tube. This characteristic causes the necessity of applying technological allowances, and thus, production of wastes. Axial strains of the tube are caused by corresponding axial stresses induced by the tool in the zone of its operation. In the result of the action of the said stresses the tool is subject to very high loads in the axial direction. The said loads cause bending out the disks of which the tool consists. In the result thereof the pitch of ribs is not uniform and always bigger than the pitch of the disks. The substantial problem in the hitherto applied methods of drawing the ribs is a low durability of the tool whose disks are destroyed in the result of the action of bending loads of a fatigue character.
- The Polish patent specification No. 113419 presents the design of a tool with the use of an additional disk stiffening the tool and increasing its durability. Such a solution does not eliminate, however, the elongation of the tube and it is difficult to draw ribs of very small pitches on tubes of materials having big resistance of the plastic strain because the increase of loads in the axial direction of the tool is considerably bigger than the possibility of increasing the rigidity of the tool.
- A method is known of producing bimetallic ribbed tubes with the application of blocking the possibility of elongation of the tube on which ribs are drawn. This blocking consists in clamping the end of the external tube on the internal tube, and then the drawing process starts from the second, free end of the tube. During drawing ribs by the said method different values of axial stresses are observed along the length of the tube. In the initial stage, when starting drawing the ribs from the free end of the tube, axial stresses in the non-deformed part of the tube grow systematically till reaching a definite state of equilibrium of stresses in the material of the external tube. At the same time, in the result of increasing axial stresses, in the external tube, from the value "0" at the beginning to the value corresponding to the state of equilibrium, the diameter of ribs increases from a certain initial quantity to the required quantity. The segment of the tube with different diameters of ribs usually does not meet the requirements imposed to dimensional tolerances and is a waste material. A disadvantageous phenomenon in the first stage of drawing is also the excessive bending load of the disks of the tool.
- The essence of the method of drawing ribs on tubes according to the invention consists in that to the material of the tube from which ribs are drawn initial compressive stress is introduced, of the quantity smaller than the elasticity limit Re of the material of the tube, and then in the zone of the action of disk tools, with maintenance of the initial compressive stress in the material of the tube, ribs are formed by pressing down the tube driven rolling-disk tools. It is preferable when the quantity of the initial compressive strength is in the range of
- By realizing the production of ribbed tubes with the presented method tubes of a constant geometry over the whole length are obtained, with maintenance of the high service life of tools. By means of the tool discharged from harmful bending stresses it is possible to draw ribs of very small pitches and big heights, from materials having high plasticity limits.
- The method of drawing ribs on tubes according to an embodiment of the invention is presented in more detail in the drawings, wherein shows:
- Fig. 1 the tube clamped with a screw and the diagram of compressive stresses of the said tube,
- Fig. 2 the axial section through the tube and the tool in the course of drawing ribs,
- Fig. 3 the cross-section through the tube before the operation of drawing ribs, and
- Fig. 4 the cross-section through the tube after drawing ribs.
- The tube 1 before the operation of drawing ribs has been clamped with a
screw 2, thus inducing the origination of an initial compressive stress of an established quantity. The quantity of the said stress is preferably in the range oftube 3 after the operation of drawing therib 4, and Re is the elasticity limit of the material of the tube. After initial clamping the tube 1 with thescrew 2, the tube is introduced into the zone of the action of driventools 5 provided with rolling-form-disks 6. During drawing ofribs 4 axial stresses practically do not act on thedisks 6, which enables obtaining very small pitches of ribs, and the material of the tube is subject to plastic strains only in the radial direction.
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PL241323 | 1983-03-31 | ||
PL24132383A PL139848B1 (en) | 1983-03-31 | 1983-03-31 | Method of pressing of fins on pipes |
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EP0123923B1 true EP0123923B1 (en) | 1986-09-03 |
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CS (1) | CS247175B2 (en) |
DE (1) | DE3460598D1 (en) |
HU (1) | HU192046B (en) |
PL (1) | PL139848B1 (en) |
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PL139850B1 (en) * | 1983-04-23 | 1987-02-28 | Zakl Urzadzen Chem Metalchem | Method of drawing of fins on bimetal pipes |
CA1247592A (en) * | 1983-08-04 | 1988-12-28 | James L. Cunningham | Finned heat exchanger tubes and method and apparatus for making same |
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US2463997A (en) * | 1944-06-19 | 1949-03-08 | Calumet And Hecla Cons Copper | Method of making integral external and internal finned tubing |
US2508517A (en) * | 1945-10-01 | 1950-05-23 | Calumet And Hecla Cons Copper | Method of forming integral fins on tubing |
US3881342A (en) * | 1972-07-14 | 1975-05-06 | Universal Oil Prod Co | Method of making integral finned tube for submerged boiling applications having special o.d. and/or i.d. enhancement |
US3868754A (en) * | 1973-09-21 | 1975-03-04 | Hatsuo Kawano | Method of manufacturing a finned-tube heat exchanger |
US4353234A (en) * | 1977-07-13 | 1982-10-12 | Carrier Corporation | Heat transfer surface and method of manufacture |
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- 1983-03-31 PL PL24132383A patent/PL139848B1/en unknown
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- 1984-03-30 EP EP19840103536 patent/EP0123923B1/en not_active Expired
- 1984-03-30 HU HU129784A patent/HU192046B/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1984-03-30 DE DE8484103536T patent/DE3460598D1/en not_active Expired
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EP0123923A1 (en) | 1984-11-07 |
HUT38068A (en) | 1986-04-28 |
HU192046B (en) | 1987-05-28 |
CS247175B2 (en) | 1986-12-18 |
PL241323A1 (en) | 1984-10-08 |
PL139848B1 (en) | 1987-02-28 |
DE3460598D1 (en) | 1986-10-09 |
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