EP0623408B1 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing a metal element - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21K—MAKING FORGED OR PRESSED METAL PRODUCTS, e.g. HORSE-SHOES, RIVETS, BOLTS OR WHEELS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- the present invention relates to a plant for the manufacture of a metal element for a joint, in particular for a ball joint.
- the present invention may be applied to advantage, but not exclusively, to the manufacture of a metal element of the type intended to be connected to one end of a drive rod and which includes a head with a seat for receiving a portion of another element of the ball joint and a shank which is usually cylindrical and is integral with the head.
- the shank generally has a blind hole which extends from the opposite end of the shank from the head and is adapted for positive engagement by the end portion of an associated drive rod.
- the joint element described above is manufactured mechanically, by machine-shaving from a rod, preferably a circular-section rod.
- this method of manufacture is extremely expensive, a fact which is not of negligible importance in the case of large scale production.
- a considerable quantity of material is not used as it forms the shavings, which are very expensive to recover.
- the manufacturing process described above requires the use of a considerable number of machine tools assembled in work stations which, in addition to being relatively expensive in themselves, carry not inconsiderable operating and maintenance costs which noticeably increase the unit cost of the manufactured joint.
- the joint element described above is manufactured by a series of operations including a first working process constituted by permanent hot deformation, in which a semifinished product is formed from a piece of rod and has a geometry similar to that of the piece to be manufactured, and a second operation involving the removal of shavings.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a plant for the manufacture of a metal element for a joint which overcomes the disadvantages described above simply and economically.
- the present invention provides a plant for the manufacture of a metal element for a joint, in particular for a ball joint; the plant comprising :
- a plant is generally indicated 1 for the manufacture of a metal element 2 (Figure 2e) designed to form part of a ball joint (not shown) and to be coupled to a drive member, preferably a motor-driven rod (not shown).
- the element 2 includes a head 3 and a cylindrical shank 4 integral with the head 3 and defining its own axis 5.
- the head 3 has two flat side faces 6, parallel to each other and to the axis 5 and spaced by a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the shank 4, and two further convex side faces 7 which are symmetrical about a plane perpendicular to the faces 6 and containing the axis 5.
- the head 3 has a central seat 10 which is preferably cylindrical and is defined by two portions 8 and 9, of which the portion 8 is substantially a portion of a spherical cap with a cross-section transverse the axis 5 which is substantially rectangular.
- the portion 9, on the other hand, is substantially frustoconical with its larger base, also substantially rectangular, coincident with a base of the portion 8.
- the shank 4 extends from the smaller base of the portion 9 and has a blind hole 11 which extends coaxially of the axis 5 from the end of the shank opposite the head 3 and is threaded to enable the element 2 to be engaged, in use, with a threaded end of a drive rod (not shown).
- the shank 4 also has a circumferential rib or flange 12 around a free end portion of the shank itself.
- the plant 1 includes a support frame 13 which in turn includes a fixed, flat bottom plate 14, which forms a base for the plant 1 itself, and a movable upper plate 15 which is parallel to and spaced from the plate 14 and defines with the latter a space 16 of varying size which houses a plurality of presses for manufacturing the element 2.
- the element 2 is formed from a cylindrical piece 17 of ferrous material, preferably lead-bearing steel or, alternatively, manganese-silicon steel, cut from a reel of rod (not shown) by means of a known cutting assembly, illustrated schematically, which is arranged in a cutting station 19 and controlled by a known control unit 19a.
- the plant 1 includes, in addition to the cutting station 19, three cold press assemblies 20, 21 and 22 arranged in the space 16 alongside each other and adjacent the station 19 and comprising respective forming stations 23, 24 and 25 for forming the head under the control of the control unit 19a.
- the plant 1 also includes two further cold press assemblies 26 and 27 which are also housed alongside each other in the space 16 and are controlled by the control unit 19a and comprise, respectively, an extrusion station 28 at which the hole 11 is formed and an upsetting station 29 at which the flange 12 is formed.
- the assembly 20 includes a press 30 which in turn includes an upper die 31 and a lower die 32 which are aligned on a vertical axis 33, the lower die 32 being a button die coupled to a support body 34 ( Figure 3) and securely fixed to the lower plate 14, and the upper die 31 being a movable punch.
- the dies 31 and 32 When closed, the dies 31 and 32 define a cavity 35 which communicates with the exterior through two cylindrical ducts 36 and 37 formed, respectively, in the die 31 and the die 32 in positions coaxial with the axis 33 and each having a diameter slightly greater than that of the piece 17.
- the cavity 35 is defined by two flat side faces 38, parallel to each other and to the axis 33 and spaced by a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the ducts 36 and 37.
- the cavity 35 is further defined by two convex side faces 39 which are symmetrical about a plane perpendicular to the faces 38 and containing the axis 33.
- the upper die 31 is carried by a tubular support body 40 which is slidable axially in a tubular guide body 41 which is securely fixed to the plate 15 which is movable towards and away from the plate 14 along a line A parallel to the axis 33 so as to move the upper die 31 towards and away from the lower die 32 under the action of a known actuator 42, preferably a mechanical actuator, controlled by the control unit 19a.
- the support body 40 houses a compression spring 43 interposed between the body 40 itself and the body 41, and houses a cylindrical body 44 which is movable along the axis 33 under the action of a mechanical actuator 45 and carries a cylindrical punch 46 securely fixed thereto. This latter has a diameter slightly smaller than that of the duct 36 and is slidable axially in the duct 36 itself and in holes formed in the plate 15 and the body 41.
- the assembly 20 includes a piercing punch 47 which extends coaxially of the axis 33 and is slidable in the duct 37 and holes formed in the plate 14 and the body 34.
- the pointed punch 47 ends in a pointed tip 48 coaxial with the axis 33 and is movable along this axis 33 relative to the lower die 32 between a withdrawn position ( Figures 1 and 3) and an extended position, not shown, under the action of a mechanical actuator 49.
- the press 30 enables a first end portion 50 (Figure 1) of the piece 17 to be permanently cold formed, thus providing a semifinished piece 17a, shown in Figure 2a, which includes an elongate head 51 and a cylindrical shank 52 with a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the piece 17 and having a tapered centring hole 48a formed by the tip 48.
- the head 51 includes a first portion 53 and a second portion 54, each being shaped substantially like a truncated pyramid with a substantially rectangular base (Figure 2a). The larger bases of the portions 53 and 54 coincide and the smaller base of the portion 54 is connected to the shank 52.
- the head 51 has two parallel flat side faces 55 spaced by a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the shank 52 and two convex side faces 56 which are symmetrical about a plane perpendicular to the faces 55 and containing the axis of the shank 52.
- the assembly 21 enables the head 51 to be worked further and differs from the assembly 20 only in a few structural details.
- the component parts of the assembly 21 are indicated, where possible, by the same reference numbers as those used for the corresponding parts of the assembly 20.
- the assembly 21 differs from the assembly 20 in that it includes an upper die 57 and a lower die 58 aligned on an axis 59 parallel to the axis 33 and differing from the dies 31 and 32 in that they define a cavity 60 which differs, in turn, from the cavity 35 only in that it is defined, as well as by the side faces 38, by two side faces 61 each of which is more curved than the faces 39.
- the assembly 21 also differs from the assembly 20 in that the upper die 57 is carried by an associated tubular support body 62 which is securely fixed to the plate 15 and houses two bodies 63 aligned along the axis 59 with a compression spring 64 acting between them.
- this is carried by a body 65 which is coupled to its guide body 34 for sliding along the axis 59 with the interposition of a pair of springs 66.
- the semifinished piece 17a is transformed in the assembly 21 into a semifinished piece 17b, shown in Figure 2b, which differs from the semifinished piece 17a in that its head has respective faces 68 which are substantially more curved than the faces 56 of the semifinished piece 17a.
- the semifinished piece 17b also has a shank 52a which is shorter than the shank 52.
- the assembly 22 is similar to the assembly 21 and its constituent parts are indicated, where possible, by the same reference numbers as the corresponding parts of the assembly 21.
- the assembly 22 differs from the assembly 21 in that it includes an upper die 69 and a lower die 70 which are aligned on an axis 71 parallel to the axis 33 and which form a cavity 72 which differs from the cavity 60 only in that it is defined, as well as by the side faces 38, by two concave side faces 73 which are substantially symmetrical about a plane perpendicular to the faces 38 and containing the axis 71 and each of which is more curved than the faces 61 and includes a spherical portion.
- the assembly 26 is substantially the same as the assembly 22 and its constituent parts are indicated by the same reference numbers as the corresponding parts of the assembly 22.
- the assembly 26 is an extrusion assembly which enables the hole 11 to be formed in a second end portion 80 of the piece 17, opposite the first portion 50 (see Figure 1) and forming part of the shank 4, and includes an upper die 75 and a lower die 76 which are aligned on an axis 77 parallel to the axis 33 and are substantially the same as the dies 69 and 70.
- the assembly 26 differs from the assembly 22 in that the lower die 76 is coupled to the plate 14 so as to be slidable along the axis 77 with the interposition of a pair of springs 78 and the pointed punch 47 associated with the dies 32, 58 and 70 is replaced by a pointed punch 79 which has a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the hole 11 and extends through a bush 79a, an upper portion of which partly engages the duct 37 and a lower, end portion of which bears on a shoulder carried by the plate 14.
- the rib or flange 12 of the element 2 on the shank 4 may be formed by the assembly 27, shown in Figure 7, which differs from the assembly 26 only in a few structural details and includes, in particular, an upper die 81, substantially the same as the die 75, and a lower die 82, aligned on an axis 82a parallel to the axis 77.
- the die 82 comprises two portions 83 and 84, the portion 83 being a button die with a cavity 85 shaped to complement the flange 12, and the portion 84 being an annular body interposed between the die 83 and the upper die 81 so as partly to close the cavity 85.
- the annular body defining the portion 84 is divided into three sectors 86 which are interconnected in known manner and include respective reference and guide appendages each of which engages a respective guide 88 for axial sliding movement.
- the guides 88 are formed in a body 88a coupled to the respective body 34 so as to be slidable axially and to the plate 14 with the interposition of a pair of springs 89.
- the pointed punch 79 associated with the assembly 27 extends through the portion 83 of the die 82 and through the associated bush 79a and is loaded by a spring 93 interposed between a shoulder of the punch 79 and a flat wall of a drive cylinder controlled by the actuator 49.
- the plant finally includes a known handling device 90 for simultaneously transferring the semifinished pieces 17a, 17b, 17c and 17d from one machining station to the next.
- the device 90 includes, for each assembly 20, 21, 22, 26 & 27, a pair of jaws 91 which can couple positively with the portion 80 of a semifinished piece and a known unit, not shown, for controlling the jaws 91.
- the metal rod wound on the reel (not shown) is cut by the cutting assembly 18 to form the piece 17 which is then placed in the die 32 against the pointed punch 47.
- the actuator 42 is then actuated to move the plate 15 towards the plate 14.
- the die 31 is positioned against the surface of the die 23 to define the cavity 35 and moves backwards relative to the plate 15 against the action of the spring 43.
- the portion 50 of the piece 17 is deformed progressively between the punch 46 which bears against the plate 15 and the pointed punch 47, and the pointed tip 48 punches into the end face of the portion 80 of the piece 17.
- the actuator 42 is reactivated and moves the plate 15 in the opposite direction from the previous one, separating the dies 31 and 32 again, while the actuator 49 is activated to force the semifinished piece 17a out of the duct 37 by means of the pointed punch 47.
- the device 90 is activated and the appropriate pair of jaws 91 lifts the semifinished product 17a and moves it onto the axis 59 of the dies 57 and 58.
- the actuator 42 is then activated again and moves the plate 15 and the punch 46, which initially projected, back again, this latter causing the face 38 to be inserted into the die 57 under the action of the spring 64.
- the plate 15 moves the die 57 against the die 58 which is supported by the spring 66, so as to define the cavity 60 in which the semifinished piece 17a is further deformed by the punch 47 to give the semifinished piece 17b.
- the semifinished piece 17b is then removed from the dies 57 and 58, by the same steps as those described for the dies 31 and 32, and is moved onto the axis 71 between the two dies 69 and 70 after which, again in the way described earlier, the die 69 is moved towards the die 70 and the semifinished piece 17b is deformed so as to form the further semifinished piece 17c.
- the die 69 is moved away from the die 70 and the semifinished piece 17c is removed and transferred to the subsequent assembly 26 by means of the steps described above after which the semifinished piece 17c is held between the dies 75 and 76 and, as a result of a new advance of the plate 15, the fixed pointed punch 79 penetrates the shank 68' of the semifinished piece 17c, forming the hole 11 by extrusion and thereby lengthening the shank 68' and forming the semifinished piece 17d.
- the semifinished piece 17d is transferred to the assembly 27 and arranged coaxially of the axis 82a and then, following the advance of the plate 15, the sprung punch 46 pushes the semifinished piece 17d towards the plate 14 until the pointed punch 79 has completely engaged the hole formed in the shank 81a and is thus able to support this semifinished piece 17d.
- the die 81 pushes the three sectors 86, which tighten radially around the shank 81a of the semifinished piece 17d and, at the same time, advances both the body 88a supported by the springs 89 and the semifinished piece 17d, the free end of which is first positioned against an end wall of the cavity 85 and is then progressively deformed into this cavity 85 so as to form the flange 12.
- the dies 81 and 82 are moved apart once again and the finished element 2 is removed from the die 82, after which the seat 10 is formed by machine-shaving.
- the plate 15 is replaced by a fixed plate and the dies 31, 57, 69, 75 and 81 are moved by a plurality of independent actuators controlled by the control unit 19a and connected to the fixed plate.
- plant 1 is of relatively simple construction and is extremely reliable in operation. In particular, it does not require complicated setting or maintenance operations while having the characteristic of being extremely compact and thus requiring relatively little space.
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Description
- cutting means for cutting off a substantially cylindrical piece of metal,
- at least one first forming assembly for cold deforming a first end portion of the substantially cylindrical piece, the at least one forming assembly comprising an upper die and a lower die;
- one second forming assembly for cold extruding a second end portion of the substantially cylindrical piece, said second forming assembly comprising an upper die, a lower die and a punch;
- handling means for moving the substantially cylindrical piece between the assemblies; and
- a control unit for controlling the operations; the plant being charactesized in that it further comprises :
- one upsetting assembly for permanently cold deforming the second end portion of the substantially cylindrical piece, the upsetting assembly comprising an upper die, a lower die and holding means of the substantially cylindrical piece placed between the upper die and the lower die ; the holding means being subdivided in a plurality of sectors which engage a respective guide for an axial sliding movement along an axis, the radial movement of the sectors, in order to hold the substantially cylindrical piece, being due to the axial downwards movement of the upper die along the axis.
Claims (8)
- A plant (1) for the manufacture of a metal element (2) for a joint, in particular for a ball joint; the plant (1) comprising:cutting means (18) for cutting off a substantially cylindrical piece (17) of metal,at least one first forming assembly (20; 21; 22) for cold deforming a first end portion (50) of the substantially cylindrical piece (17), said at least one forming assembly (20; 21; 22) comprising an upper die (31; 57; 69) and a lower die (32; 58; 70);one second forming assembly (26) for cold extruding a second end portion (80) of said substantially cylindrical piece (17), said second forming assembly (26) comprising an upper die (75), a lower die (76) and a punch (79);handling means (90) for moving said substantially cylindrical piece (17) between said assemblies (20; 21; 22; 26; 27); anda control unit (19a) for controlling the operations;
the plant (1) being characterized in that it further comprises:one upsetting assembly (27) for permanently cold deforming said second end portion (80) of said substantially cylindrical piece (17), said upsetting assembly (27) comprising an upper die (81), a lower die (82, 83) and holding means (84) of said substantially cylindrical piece (17) placed between said upper die (81) and lower die (82, 83); said holding means (84) being subdivided in a plurality of sectors (86) which engage a respective guide (88) for an axial sliding movement along an axis (82a), the radial movement of said sectors (86), in order to hold said substantially cylindrical piece (17), being due to the axial downwards movement of said upper die (81) along said axis (82a). - A plant (1) according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of sectors (86) consists of three sectors (86).
- A plant (1) according to claim 1, wherein said at least one first forming assembly (22) includes a first die (69) and a second die (70) aligned with a second axis (71), and second drive means (15, 42) for moving the dies (69, 70) relative to each other; the dies (69, 70) forming between them a first cavity (72) defined by a first pair of flat faces (38) parallel to each other and to the second axis (71) and a second pair of concave faces (73), and including at least one second cavity (36, 37) communicating with the first cavity (72).
- A plant (1) according to claim 3, wherein the second curved faces are substantially symmetrical about a plane perpendicular to the first face (38) and parallel to the second axis (71) and wherein the second cavity (36, 37) is a cylindrical cavity coaxial with the second axis (71).
- A plant (1) according to claim 3 or to claim 4, wherein the first forming means (20, 21, 22) also include a third forming assembly (21); said third forming assembly (21) including further dies (57, 58) which form a third cavity (60) defined by a pair of parallel flat faces (38) and by third concave faces (61) which have different curvatures from the second curved faces (73).
- A plant (1) according to claim 3 or to claim 4, wherein the first forming means (20, 21, 22) further include a fourth forming assembly (20); this fourth forming assembly (20) including further dies (31, 32) which form a fourth cavity (35) defined by a pair of parallel flat faces (38) and by fourth concave faces (39) which have different curvatures from the third curved faces (61).
- A plant (1) according to claim 6, wherein it includes extractor means (47) associated with the dies (31, 32) (57, 58) for extracting the piece (17) deformed by the dies (31, 32) (57, 58) themselves.
- A plant (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein it includes punch means (48) associated with any one of the first forming means (20, 21, 22) and the second forming means (26, 27) for punching the second end portion (80) of said substantially cylindrical piece (17).
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ITTO930157A IT1260621B (en) | 1993-03-05 | 1993-03-05 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR THE REALIZATION OF A METALLIC ELEMENT FOR A JOINT, IN PARTICULAR A SPHERICAL JOINT. |
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