EP0796157B1 - Method and device for the deformation of plate material - Google Patents
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- EP0796157B1 EP0796157B1 EP95928036A EP95928036A EP0796157B1 EP 0796157 B1 EP0796157 B1 EP 0796157B1 EP 95928036 A EP95928036 A EP 95928036A EP 95928036 A EP95928036 A EP 95928036A EP 0796157 B1 EP0796157 B1 EP 0796157B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D22/00—Shaping without cutting, by stamping, spinning, or deep-drawing
- B21D22/10—Stamping using yieldable or resilient pads
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D11/00—Bending not restricted to forms of material mentioned in only one of groups B21D5/00, B21D7/00, B21D9/00; Bending not provided for in groups B21D5/00 - B21D9/00; Twisting
- B21D11/20—Bending sheet metal, not otherwise provided for
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- the present invention relates to a device for the deformation of plate material according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Such device is known from British patent specification no. GB-A-833 370.
- This known device has limited applicability, in that it is capable only of producing cylinders, or cylinder sections, having constant diameter, or being of elliptical or other non-circular cross-section.
- Each time plate material to be worked has to be provided with a different shape, one or more components of the device have to be replaced, and adjustments have to be made, in particular with respect to the depth of impression of the sweeping member in the supporting surface of resilient material.
- the object of the invention is to provide an improved device for the deformation of plate material, which is more flexible, and which is able to produce workpieces of different shapes without constantly having to change components each time the plate material to be worked has to be provided with another shape.
- a device for the deformation of plate material comprising a supporting surface of resilient material for supporting a plate of the plate material to be worked, and a sweeping member for pressing the plate of the plate material to be worked in the supporting surface of resilient material, and for following a path over the plate material while maintaining pressure on the plate material, characterized by:
- the device according to the invention it is possible to continously vary the depth of impression of the sweeping member in the supporting surface of resilient material, whilst at the same time the sweeping member follows a path over the plate material to be worked, thereby enabling the device according to the invention to produce workpieces having a great variety of shapes.
- Fig. 1 shows the principle of the method.
- a table 1 which table is represented diagrammatically, a plate 2 of the plate material to be worked, made, for example, from aluminium.
- the supporting leaf 3 of the table 1 is provided on the side upon which the plate material 2 rests with a layer 4 of a resilient material of predetermined thickness.
- the layer of resilient material 4 can be fixedly connected to the supporting leaf 3 but can likewise by means of an appropriate connection be detachably applied to the supporting leaf 3.
- a sweeping member 5 - which in this basic example is elongated and extends perpendicularly to the surface of the figure - is subsequently pressed with means (not represented) appropriate to this purpose, with the plate 2 to be worked, over a certain distance, the depth of impression, into the resilient layer 4.
- the sweeping member 5 is slid substantially parallel to the supporting leaf 3 over the plate 2 in the direction of the arrow P1, the resilient layer 4 being continuously impressed.
- reaction forces are induced in the zone of impression of the resilient layer 4, which reaction forces are directed towards the sweeping member 5 and deform the plate material 2 close to the zone of impression of the resilient layer 4.
- Fig. 2 illustrates in graphical representation the relationship between the impression (in mm) of the layer 4 of resilient material and the obtained radius R. It is evident from this array of graphs that, in the case of one type of plate 2 to be worked, the resulting radius R, apart from the extent of impression of the resilient layer 4, is likewise dependent upon the thickness of the resilient layer 4 and the hardness of the material of the resilient layer 4. It is evident from the graphical drawing that where the impression value is fixed, in one type of plate material the radius R which results after the working operation will increase as the thickness of the resilient layer 4 is increased, but also as the hardness of this layer 4 is reduced.
- Fig. 3 now shows an embodiment of a device according to the invention having two sweeping members, which, in this illustrative embodiment, are likewise elongated and with which, either simultaneously or not, two sweeping motions are able to be performed, and which embodiment is especially suitable for the (in relation to an axis extending parallel to the sweeping members) symmetrical deformation of the plate material.
- the bending device 6 comprises a table 7 which is composed of two table parts 7a and 7b respectively, which can be swung aside about hinge points 8a and 8b.
- the device 6 is provided moreover with two sweeping arms 9a and 9b, which can be operated independently of each other and which, in a manner to be described later, are driven by one or more motors (here indicated diagrammatically by reference numeral 13).
- this bending device 6 Before a plate 2 to be worked can be laid upon the resilient layer 10a, 10b of the table parts 7a and 7b respectively, the table parts have to be brought into a position in which the resilient layers 10a and 10b respectively lie at least substantially in one plane. This can be realized using the - likewise controllable - hydraulic cylinders 11a and 11b respectively, which are connected to the table parts 7a, 7b. In addition, the sweeping arms 9a and 9b have to be brought into such a position that there is sufficient space to lay a plate to be worked on the table 7.
- the plate 2 can now be removed or subjected to subsequent working.
- the device according to the invention can continue the working operation as follows:
- the sweeping arms 9a and 9b are returned to a starting position, free from the worked plate 2, whilst the plate continues constantly to be held in place by the pressure bars 12a and 12b. Subsequently the supporting surface, i.e. the table parts 7a and 7b, is removed by means of the cylinders 11a and 11b from beneath the worked plate 2 by being swivelled away.
- the plate 2 is provided with a V-shaped profile.
- the worked plate has a symmetrical profile which is curved in relation to the V, presupposing that the same impression in the plate 2 has previously been made by the two sweeping arms 9a and 9b.
- the bending device 6 is of the stand-alone type, i.e. where it does not form part of a series of successive automatic machine-working appliances, then in principle, after the sweeping arms 9a and 9b have been returned to a starting position, free from the worked plate 2, the latter can subsequently be manually removed and replaced by a plate which is newly to be worked.
- a grab member 23 which is represented diagrammatically in Fig. 3, can grip the plate 2 and the said plate, once the sweeping arms 9a and 9b have been pulled back and the fixation by the pressure bars 12a and 12b has been lifted, is able to be taken up and introduced to a following machine-working appliance.
- Fig. 4 represents diagrammatically a possible embodiment of the control system of the sweeping arms, this figure illustrating, for the sake of simplicity, only the left half of the sweeping device shown in Figure 3.
- the bending device 6 shown in Fig. 4 comprises, for the driving of the sweeping arm 9a and for the pressing of the sweeping point 14 over a certain distance, the depth of impression, into the resilient layer 10a, two motors 15 and 16 respectively, which can be commanded independently from each other.
- the motor 15 is hingingly connected at a point 18, by means of a spindle 17 or the like, to a stand 20, which is tiltable about a hinge point 19. If the motor 15 is driven such that, via the spindle 17, the tiltable stand 20 is moved from the table part 7a, then, provided the motor 16 is not being driven, the sweeping arm 9a will likewise perform a tilting motion, the sweeping point 14 rotating about the point 19 and detaching itself from the plate 2.
- the driving of the motor 16 drives a spindle 21, which is connected to the sweeping arm 9a and causes the latter to pivot, when the motor 15 is not being driven, at the point 22 where the sweeping arm 9a is connected to the tiltable stand 20.
- a spindle 21 which is connected to the sweeping arm 9a and causes the latter to pivot, when the motor 15 is not being driven, at the point 22 where the sweeping arm 9a is connected to the tiltable stand 20.
- the sweeping arm 9a By driving the motors 15 and 16 simultaneously, the sweeping arm 9a, once this has been placed with its sweeping point 14 on the plate 2, can be swept over the plate 2.
- the vertical position of a sweeping point 14 in relation to the plate 2 and hence also the depth of impression in the plate 2 is particularly defined, whilst following the predetermined path of the sweeping point, by the motor 16.
- the control of the two motors 15, 16 should preferably be programmed. Any changes to the composition or thickness of a plate 2, after having being introduced to the control unit (not represented and not specified here in any greater detail), can be processed in a programmed manner, whereafter such plates are also able to be provided with the desired profile.
- FIG. 5 shows a different favourable embodiment of the device according to the invention.
- This device 24 is similar to that of Fig. 3 and those components which conform to the components from the device 6 of Fig. 3 have one and the same reference numeral.
- the device 24 is arranged moreover such that, during a sweeping operation by the sweeping arms 9a and 9b, the surface of a plate 2 to be worked is protected against damage such as scratches and the like by virtue of the plate 2 being covered during sweeping with a foil 25, preferably made from a strong plastic material.
- the device 24 is provided with supply rollers 26 holding the foil 25 of a width which is at least as large as the longitudinal dimension of the elongated sweeping point.
- the foil is led via a conducting member 27, such as a roller, about the sweeping point 14 towards a collecting member 28, which collects foil 25 which has been used once.
- a conducting member 27 such as a roller
- the foil 25 is arrested by the supply roller 26 and the foil is unrolled under tension from the collecting member 28, so that the foil 25 slides underneath the sweeping point 14 but does not move over the plate surface, which once again reduces the occurrence of scratches.
- the supply roller 26 is unrolled to some extent so that, in the following working operation, the foil surface which has previously been swept with the sweeping point 14 is not swept again in full.
- the extent of unrolling i.e. the number of times which a foil surface can be swept, is primarily determined by the strength of the foil 25.
- a device 24 of this type is particularly favourable in the machine-working of high-gloss plate material, as is used in fluorescent-light fittings.
- plate material which was already lined with a protective foil, which then, following the working operation, was able to be removed with great difficulty, this giving rise to a considerable expense.
- this action may be omitted, thereby producing a saving in both time and cost.
- Fig. 6 shows part of an embodiment, which embodiment is to some extent altered, those components conforming to the components from Fig. 1 having the same reference numerals.
- Fig. 6 shows the situation in which a spring-steel foil 29 is fitted between the plate 2 to be worked and the layer 4 of resilient material.
- the spring-steel foil 29 is preferably laminated in structure and not bonded to the layer 4 of spring material.
- the thickness of the foil 29 should be matched to the material to be bent and measures, for example, between 0.05 and 0.7 mm.
- the sweeping body can be, for example, an elongated, substantially rectangular body, having a margin which is rounded to some extent towards the plate 2 to be worked.
- the sweeping body can also be constructed as an elongated roller body of small radius, whilst deformation operations according to the present invention can also be executed, furthermore, with non-elongated sweeping bodies.
- the sweeping motion is performed by the sweeping arms/blades in relation to an immovable plate
- the reverse is likewise possible in principle, namely a fixed arrangement of one or more sweeping bodies with a sweeping table which is mobile in relation thereto and on which the plate to be worked is fastened.
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Description
- Fig. 1
- is an illustration showing part of the method and device embodying the invention;
- Fig. 2
- is a graphic representation of the relationship between the impression of the supporting surface and the radius of curvature to be acquired with the working operation as a function of the thickness and hardness of the material of the supporting surface;
- Fig. 3
- shows an embodiment of the device according to the invention;
- Fig. 4
- shows an embodiment of the pressure and displacement means in the embodiment of the device according to Fig. 3;
- Fig. 5
- shows an alternative favourable embodiment of the device according to the invention; and
- Fig. 6
- is an illustration showing part of the method and device according to the invention, which embodiment is altered in relation to Fig. 1.
Claims (17)
- Device for the deformation of plate material, comprising a supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b) of resilient material for supporting a plate (2) of the plate material to be worked, and a sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14) for pressing the plate (2) of the plate material to be worked in the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b) of resilient material, and for following a path over the plate material while maintaining pressure on the plate material, characterized by:a sweeping table (1; 7), which is designed to support the plate material (2) to be worked, and is provided with the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b) of resilient material;the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14) comprising an elongate sweeping body (5; 14) ;displacement means (13, 15, 16, 17, 21) for displacing the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14) and the sweeping table (1; 7) in relation to one another such that the path which is to be followed by the elongate sweeping body (5; 14) over the plate material (2) extends substantially in transverse alignment to the longitudinal dimension of the sweeping body (5; 14); andcontrol means for commanding the displacement means (13, 15, 16, 17, 21) and for adjusting the depth of impression to be realized with a sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14), via the plate material (2) to be worked, in the resilient supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b).
- Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14) comprises a leaf-shaped sweeping body (5; 14) having a rounded margin extending substantially parallel to the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b) and directed towards the plate material (2) to be worked.
- Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14) comprises a roller body.
- Device according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized by a plate surface-protection element (25) which is present between that side of the plate material (2) facing away from the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b) and the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14).
- Device according to claim 4, characterized in that the plate surface-protection element is a foil (25) which originates from a supply holder (26), is led along the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14) and is guided towards a collecting member (28).
- Device according to one or more of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that a spring-steel foil (29) is applied to the supporting surface ( 4; 10a, 10b).
- Device according to one or more of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the control means, on the basis of one or more items of input data, adjust or vary the depth of impression.
- Plate-material deforming machine, characterized by a combination of at least two devices according to one or more of claims 1 to 7.
- Plate-material deforming machine comprising two devices according to one or more of claims 1 to 7, which devices are constructed in mirror-image in relation to each other and are fitted side by side.
- Method for the deformation of plate material using the device according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:placing a plate (2) of the plate material against the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b) of resilient material;applying the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14) against that side of the plate material (2) facing away from the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b) ;pressing the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14) and the plate material (2) located between the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14) and the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b) to a predefined depth of impression in the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b);following a path over the plate material (2), substantially parallel to the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b), the said supporting surface being impressed with the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14); andremoving the plate material (2) from the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b), wherein
whilst following a path over the plate material (2) with the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14), the depth of impression in the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b) may be varied according to a predetermined pattern. - Method according to claim 10, characterized in that the predetermined pattern of the depth of impression is defined in a programmed manner.
- Method according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that there is a surface-protection element (25) present between the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14) and that side of the plate material (2) facing away from the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b).
- Method according to claim 12, characterized in that the surface-protection element is a foil (25).
- Method according to one ore more of claims 10 to 13, characterized in that a spring-steel foil (29) is fitted between the plate material (2) and the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b).
- Method according to claim 14, characterized in that the foil (29) is laminated in structure.
- Method according to one or more of claims 14 or 15, characterized in that the foil (29) is between 0.05 mm and 0.7 mm thick.
- Method according to one or more of claims 10 to 16, characterized in that whilst following a path over the plate material (2) with the sweeping member (5; 9a, 9b, 14), the depth of impression in the supporting surface (4; 10a, 10b) is varied according to a predetermined pattern.
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NL9401365 | 1994-08-23 | ||
NL9401365A NL9401365A (en) | 1994-08-23 | 1994-08-23 | Process and device for the deformation of plate material |
NL9500114 | 1995-01-23 | ||
NL9500114A NL9500114A (en) | 1994-08-23 | 1995-01-23 | Method and device for deforming sheet material. |
PCT/NL1995/000275 WO1996005922A1 (en) | 1994-08-23 | 1995-08-18 | Method and device for the deformation of plate material |
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