EP1342515A1 - Procédé de fabrication des sections fermées, trempées sans limitation de profile - Google Patents

Procédé de fabrication des sections fermées, trempées sans limitation de profile Download PDF

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EP1342515A1
EP1342515A1 EP03445005A EP03445005A EP1342515A1 EP 1342515 A1 EP1342515 A1 EP 1342515A1 EP 03445005 A EP03445005 A EP 03445005A EP 03445005 A EP03445005 A EP 03445005A EP 1342515 A1 EP1342515 A1 EP 1342515A1
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Mats A. Bergman
Finn Olsen
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D8/00—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment
    • C21D8/10—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of tubular bodies
    • 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
    • B21D26/00—Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces
    • B21D26/02—Shaping 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
    • B21D26/033—Deforming tubular bodies
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D7/00—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation
    • C21D7/02—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working
    • C21D7/10—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working of the whole cross-section, e.g. of concrete reinforcing bars
    • C21D7/12—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working of the whole cross-section, e.g. of concrete reinforcing bars by expanding tubular bodies
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D9/00—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
    • C21D9/0006—Details, accessories not peculiar to any of the following furnaces
    • C21D9/0025—Supports; Baskets; Containers; Covers
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D9/00—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
    • C21D9/08—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for tubular bodies or pipes

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  • closed sections often relates to hollow metal bodies of thin-walled sheet steel.
  • the present invention affords the facility for new, cost-effective development of sections having these desired characteristics.
  • Press hardening may give shaped sections with a very large degree of freedom, but the disadvantage with press hardening is that it cannot produce closed sections.
  • Hardened, roll-formed sections can be made closed, but are limited by the actual roll forming, which cannot respond so freely to changes in cross-section. Roll forming only allows limited freedom of geometric design.
  • Hydroforming usually involves forming against two or more rigid tool parts by means of high-pressure fluid, which presses the sheet metal against the tool. Hydroforming can provide great freedom of geometric design but cannot go as close to the tensile yield strength of the constituent material.
  • a procedure is generally used in which the blank is first heated, following which it is introduced into a forming tool for forming.
  • the blank in the heated state is deformed, and by cooling the forming tool and/or direct cooling of the blank remaining in the forming tool, a hardened end product is obtained.
  • the product is taken out of the forming tool.
  • the use of a cooled forming tool with a heated blank, which is placed in the forming tool and subjected to pressure so that it is formed into the desired shape in a short period of time was also previously known.
  • the forming time is usually less than 3 seconds and preferably less than 1 second in order to ensure that the blank does not harden during the forming through contact with the hydraulic medium and the cooled forming tool.
  • the formed product is allowed to come into contact with the forming tool and the hydraulic medium for a sufficient length of time in order to harden before the product is then taken out of the forming tool.
  • the present invention relates to a combined hydroforming and post-hardening process.
  • a hydraulic fluid presses a blank out against a substantially enclosing forming tool whilst a mechanical pressure is applied to the blank in order to transport the blank material into the areas devoid of material.
  • a mechanical pressure is applied to the blank in order to transport the blank material into the areas devoid of material.
  • a hardenable steel blank is used, the shape of which can be modified for subsequent processing stages by bending the blank, for example, or by modifying the blank through other means of deformation.
  • the blank is placed in a forming tool of the required shape, which substantially encloses the blank.
  • the blank in the form of a tube, for example is then sealed at both ends and a hydraulic fluid, preferably water, is pumped in and pressurizes the tube whilst a mechanical pressure is applied at both ends of the blank.
  • a desired shape is obtained by modifying the shape of the blank, following which the water is removed from the forming tool, as is the blank, which in the next stage of the process is heated up in an oven to hardening temperature.
  • the blank is further placed in a fixing tool so that the blank will retain its shape during the forthcoming cooling phase, in which the heated blank is cooled by suitable media, such as water or oil.
  • suitable media such as water or oil.
  • Figure 1 shows a flow chart for a hydroforming process with hardening.
  • the blank used is preferably in the form of a tube of hardenable steel, such as boron steel, for example, the shape of which can be modified for subsequent stages of the process.
  • the tubular blank is placed in an enclosing forming tool of the desired shape.
  • the tubular blank is then closed at both ends and connections for hydraulic fluid are provided to the inside of the blank, following which a hydraulic fluid, preferably water, is pumped in at a pressure of approximately 2000 bar, which pressurizes the tubular blank, whilst a mechanical pressure of approximately 150 tonnes is applied at both ends of the tubular blank.
  • These pressures act on the tubular blank for at least 30 seconds, preferably for approximately 60 seconds, which deforms the tubular blank according to the tool at a tubular blank and tool temperature of less than 100°C, preferably room temperature.
  • the pressure needed to close the tool during the process is approximately 5000 tonnes.
  • the hydroforming process imparts the required shape to the tubular blank.
  • the water is removed from the forming tool, as is the blank, which in the next stage of the process is heated up in an oven to a hardening temperature of approximately 900°C.
  • the heating process lasts less than approximately 50 seconds.
  • the tubular blank In order that the tubular blank will retain its shape during the forthcoming cooling phase, the tubular blank is placed in a fixing tool.
  • the tubular blank is fixed in a suitable number of areas and/or at a suitable number of points by a mechanical fixing pressure of approximately 50 tonnes, the heated blank being cooled down by a suitable medium, such as water or oil.
  • the cooling medium is sprayed on to the tubular blank from a number of different directions for approximately 30 seconds at a pressure of approximately 10 bar, the heated tubular blank being cooled to approximately 40°C
  • the hardening process generally takes less time than the hydroforming process. That is to say the process of hardening the blank after hydroforming is included in the time taken for the hydroforming process, which results in a cost-effective overall process.
  • the present invention is not limited to a simple tubular blank with two openings at each end, it being possible to also use the process with a considerably more complex shape which also permits fewer or more than two openings in the blank.

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DE102007018281A1 (de) 2007-04-18 2008-10-23 Volkswagen Ag Werkzeug zum Innenhochdruckformen, sowie Verfahren zum Innenhochdruckformen
CN102886456A (zh) * 2011-07-20 2013-01-23 本特勒尔汽车技术有限公司 用于制造机动车用管形结构件的方法以及结构件
WO2017186220A1 (fr) * 2016-04-28 2017-11-02 Schuler Pressen Gmbh Procédé de fabrication d'un élément structural, élément structural et presse de fabrication d'un élément structural
WO2019120858A1 (fr) 2017-12-20 2019-06-27 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Procédé pour la fabrication d'un élément profilé ainsi qu'élément profilé

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EP0494843A1 (fr) * 1991-01-11 1992-07-15 Scambia Industrial Developments Aktiengesellschaft Procédé de fabrication d'une pièce tubulaire à parois double .
DE19642824A1 (de) * 1996-10-17 1998-04-23 Hermann Bartels Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Verformen von Hohlprofil-Werkstücken aus Metall
US6151940A (en) * 1997-12-13 2000-11-28 Amborn; Ing Peter Hydroforming process
DE10012974C1 (de) * 2000-03-16 2001-03-15 Daimler Chrysler Ag Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Hohlprofiles
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EP0494843A1 (fr) * 1991-01-11 1992-07-15 Scambia Industrial Developments Aktiengesellschaft Procédé de fabrication d'une pièce tubulaire à parois double .
DE19642824A1 (de) * 1996-10-17 1998-04-23 Hermann Bartels Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Verformen von Hohlprofil-Werkstücken aus Metall
US6151940A (en) * 1997-12-13 2000-11-28 Amborn; Ing Peter Hydroforming process
DE10012974C1 (de) * 2000-03-16 2001-03-15 Daimler Chrysler Ag Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Hohlprofiles
WO2002081115A1 (fr) * 2001-04-04 2002-10-17 Copperweld Canada Inc. Procede de fabrication de composants structuraux a partir d'ebauches de tubes a epaisseur de paroi variable

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DE102007018281A1 (de) 2007-04-18 2008-10-23 Volkswagen Ag Werkzeug zum Innenhochdruckformen, sowie Verfahren zum Innenhochdruckformen
CN102886456A (zh) * 2011-07-20 2013-01-23 本特勒尔汽车技术有限公司 用于制造机动车用管形结构件的方法以及结构件
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WO2017186220A1 (fr) * 2016-04-28 2017-11-02 Schuler Pressen Gmbh Procédé de fabrication d'un élément structural, élément structural et presse de fabrication d'un élément structural
WO2019120858A1 (fr) 2017-12-20 2019-06-27 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Procédé pour la fabrication d'un élément profilé ainsi qu'élément profilé
DE102017223374A1 (de) 2017-12-20 2019-06-27 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Profilbauteils sowie Profilbauteil
US11873537B2 (en) 2017-12-20 2024-01-16 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Method for producing a profiled component, and profiled component

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