JP2004160537A - Reducing tube stock for bulging, method for manufacturing hydrostatic bulging die and reducing tube stock, hydrostatic bulging device, hydrostatic bulging method for reducing tube, and bulged article - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a reducing tube stock to be pressed in an axial direction from the tube end thereof. <P>SOLUTION: Tube end holding dies 12a, 12b are arranged in one end part of die main bodies 11a, 11b. A sealing tool 13 on the side of the tube end holding die is inserted between the tube end holding dies 12a, 12b to hold one end part of the reducing tube stock TP2 together with the tube end holding dies 12a, 12b. A sealing tool 14 on the side of the die main bodies is inserted between the other end parts of the die main bodies 11a, 11b to hold the other end part of the reducing tube stock TP2 together with the die main bodies 11a, 11b. An elastic member 15 for imparting thrust force in the direction of one end part of the tube end holding dies 12a, 12b is provided between the die main bodies 11a, 11b and the tube end holding dies 12a, 12b. The injection hole 14a of working fluid is provided on the sealing tool 14 on the side of the die main bodies. The internal space of the die is made to be changeable in accordance with movement in the axial direction of the sealing tool 13 on the side of the tube end holding dies. In this way, a high expansion ratio is obtained and also the latitude of the forming is remarkably enhanced when applying the hydrostatic bulging to the reducing tube stock. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a deformed element pipe used for hydraulic bulge processing, a mold used for hydraulic bulge processing using the deformed element pipe (hereinafter referred to as “hydraulic bulge mold”), and the hydraulic bulge mold. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing the deformed element tube using a mold, a hydraulic bulge processing apparatus including the hydraulic bulge mold, a method of performing hydraulic bulge processing using the hydraulic bulge processing apparatus, and a bulge processed product. Is.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The hydraulic bulge processing has the following features compared to normal molding methods.
{Circle around (1)} Since a slightly complicated shape having a different cross-sectional shape in the longitudinal direction can be obtained, it is possible to integrally form components that have been assembled by welding in the past.
[0003]
(2) Since work hardening is easily obtained over the entire product, a high-strength product can be obtained even if a soft blank tube is used.
(3) Since the spring back is small and the dimensional accuracy of the product is good (the shape freezing property is good), the rework process can be omitted.
[0004]
The excellent features as described above have been evaluated, and in recent years, hydraulic bulging of pipes has been actively used in various fields including automobile parts.
As shown in FIG. 5 (a), a general pipe hydraulic bulging process is performed by injecting a processing liquid through an injection hole 3 into a raw pipe P1 set in upper and lower molds 1 and 2. In addition to increasing the pressure of the liquid (hereinafter referred to as “internal pressure”), the axial push tool (hereinafter referred to as “seal tool”) 4 and 5 that also serves as a sealing tool is pushed in the axial direction from both pipe ends. For example, a product P2 having a cross-sectional shape as shown in FIG. 5B is manufactured. At this time, the sealing tools 4 and 5 are connected to a hydraulic cylinder (not shown), and the axial position or axial pushing force is controlled during bulging.
[0005]
In such a hydraulic bulging process, the pressing process from the pipe end acting in the axial direction can be said to be a very important process in order to promote the metal flow during bulging and improve the expansion limit. In other words, in this hydraulic bulging process, the axial pressing process from the pipe end is not performed, and simply increasing the internal pressure with the axial position of both ends of the raw pipe fixed is sufficient to cope with material expansion. This is because the plate thickness is remarkably reduced, leading to material breakage at an early stage during processing, and only a limited forming range (expansion limit) can be obtained.
[0006]
However, the above-described hydraulic bulging also has the following problems.
That is, even if it is possible to obtain a slightly complicated shape having a different cross-sectional shape in the axial direction, there is a limit to this. Perimeter increase rate = {(peripheral length of the part / circumferential length of the raw tube) -1} x 100%, depending on the required shape of the product and the material and thickness of the raw tube, In general, the marginal circumferential length increase rate is set to about 0 to 25% except for the tube end region where end axial compression is effective. That is, in order to increase the degree of freedom of product shape design and to obtain a product having a more complicated arbitrary cross-sectional shape, further ingenuity is required.
[0007]
To solve this problem, a substantially conical tube (hereinafter referred to as a “taper tube”) is used instead of the straight tube, so that it is difficult to form the straight tube, such as an automobile part. Thus, the peripheral length increase rate can be kept low even for a part whose peripheral length largely changes along the axial direction, so that molding becomes possible (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0008]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-321842 A (first page)
[0009]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
FIGS. 6 (a) to 6 (c) show before and after processing when a product TP3 is manufactured by bulging the tapered tube TP1 whose cross-sectional shape changes in the axial direction. As apparent from FIG. In addition, when the taper tube TP1 is used, the sealing tools 4 and 5 cannot be pushed into the molds 1 and 2 while maintaining the seal, so that it is difficult to push in the axial direction from the tube end. There is a problem that there is. Note that the force (corresponding to the pressing force) received by the sealing tools 4 and 5 is: (1) the force that plastically deforms the end of the taper tube, (2) the force due to the internal pressure of the working fluid, and (3) the seal is maintained. Therefore, the shaft pressing force F is necessary to maintain the seal.
[0010]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems. For example, even when hydraulic bulging is performed on a tapered pipe whose cross-sectional shape changes in the axial direction, the axial pushing from the pipe end is performed. A deformed element tube for bulge processing and a hydraulic bulge mold that can be processed to obtain a larger expansion rate than before, a method for manufacturing the deformed element tube using the mold, and the mold It is an object of the present invention to provide a hydraulic bulge processing apparatus, a method of performing hydraulic bulge processing using the hydraulic bulge processing apparatus, and a bulge processed product.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides:
For bulge processing having a circumferential length in which the outer diameter gradually increases or decreases from one side to the other in the axial direction, and at least a holding portion whose circumferential length increases toward the end surface on the small diameter side is formed at the small diameter side end portion Deformed element tube
A pair of mold main bodies, and a sealing tool for inserting a tip portion into an end portion of the pair of mold main bodies so as to hold both end portions of the deformed element pipe with the pair of mold main bodies. At least one of the tools is configured to be movable, and one of the sealing tools is provided with a machining fluid injection hole, and the mold is moved along with the movement of the movable sealing tool during processing. Set in the hydraulic bulge mold that can change the internal space composed of the main body and sealing tool,
A hydraulic bulge process is performed by pushing in the axial direction from the pipe end while increasing the internal pressure of the deformed element pipe.
[0012]
In this way, even when a hydraulic bulge is applied to a deformed element pipe such as a tapered pipe, it is possible to push in the axial direction from the end of the pipe, and bulge processing with a larger expansion rate than before. You will be able to get goods.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The deformed element pipe for bulging according to the present invention has a circumferential length in which the outer diameter gradually increases or decreases from one side to the other side in the axial direction, and at least at the end on the small diameter side toward the end surface on the small diameter side. A holding portion having an increased length is formed, and the holding portion preferably has a length necessary for sealing during bulge processing.
[0014]
In the above-described deformed element pipe for bulging according to the present invention, “having a circumferential length in which the outer diameter gradually increases or decreases from one to the other in the axial direction” means that the taper as shown in FIG. It is not limited to the same simple tapered tube, but may be a tapered tube whose taper changes in the axial direction as shown in FIG. Also, in the above-described bulge-shaped deformed element pipe according to the present invention, when the rate of gradual increase is large, and sealability can be secured without forming a holding portion at the large-diameter side end, It is not necessary to form a holding part at the large diameter side end, but when there is anxiety about sealing performance, when the holding part is formed at the large diameter side end, the holding part will increase the circumference. Needless to say, the rate of increase will be larger.
[0015]
Further, the hydraulic bulge mold according to the present invention includes a pair of mold main bodies and a tip portion at the end of the pair of mold main bodies in order to hold both ends of the deformed element pipe by the pair of mold main bodies. And at least one of these sealing tools is configured to be movable, and at least one of the sealing tools is provided with a machining fluid injection hole, and the movement is performed during machining. With the possible movement of the sealing tool, the internal space constituted by the mold body and the sealing tool can be changed.
[0016]
In the hydraulic bulge mold of the present invention described above, the configuration and the moving direction of the moving sealing tool are not particularly limited. For example, when moving in the axial direction of the mold body, the following is performed. Constitute.
[0017]
In the first embodiment, a deformed element tube is composed of a pair of mold bodies, a pair of tube end holding molds disposed in one end of each of these mold bodies, and the pair of tube end holding molds. In order to hold one end, the other end of the deformed element pipe is held by the pipe end holding mold side sealing tool whose tip is inserted into the pair of pipe end holding molds and the pair of mold bodies. Accordingly, a mold body side sealing tool whose tip is inserted into the other end of the pair of mold bodies, and provided between the pair of mold bodies and the tube end holding mold, respectively, at least after the processing liquid is injected Comprises a pair of tube end holding molds and an elastic member for applying a thrust force in the direction of the one end of the mold body, and one of the sealing tools is provided with a machining fluid injection hole. In addition, during processing, the tube end holding mold is moved to the axial direction of the tube end holding mold side sealing tool, and the tube end holding mold is moved by the elastic member. By moving against the preparative force, the mold body, the pipe end holding dies, is obtained by changeably constituting the internal space formed by the sealing tool.
[0018]
The second form includes a pair of mold main bodies, a pair of tube end holding molds disposed in both ends of the mold main bodies, and a pair of tube end holding molds on both sides. A sealing tool for inserting a tip portion into each of the pair of tube end holding molds on both sides to hold the end of each of the deformed element tubes, the pair of mold bodies, and a pair of tube end holding molds on both sides At least after the machining liquid is injected, the pair of tube end holding dies on both sides are provided with an elastic member for applying a thrust force toward the end of the die body, and either one of the two sealing tools Is provided with an injection hole for machining fluid, and during machining, the pipe end holding molds on both sides move against the thrust force of the elastic member as the sealing tools move in the axial direction. The internal space composed of the mold body, the tube end holding mold, and the sealing tool can be changed. Than it is.
[0019]
In the first or second hydraulic bulge mold, the third form is provided between the elastic member for applying a thrust force to the pair of tube end holding molds and the pair of mold main bodies. At least one pair of intermediate holding molds and an elastic member that imparts a thrust force to the pair of intermediate holding molds are sequentially arranged.
[0020]
In this way, the sealing tool can be moved with a simple configuration. The elastic member applies a thrust force toward the pair of tube end holding molds in the axial direction of the mold body after the injection of the machining fluid, even before the internal pressure of the deformed element tube is increased. After increasing the height, it may be immediately before expanding the deformed element tube.
[0021]
That is, in the above hydraulic bulge mold according to the present invention, for example, the mold has a double slide structure of a mold body and a tube end holding mold (and an intermediate holding mold), and the mold body and the tube end. Since an elastic member is installed between the holding molds (or between the tube end holding mold and the intermediate holding mold and between the intermediate holding mold and the mold main body), the driving device for the mold and the sealing tool and the driving According to the hydraulic bulge processing method according to the present invention that employs the hydraulic bulge processing apparatus according to the present invention provided with a drive control device of the apparatus, even when performing hydraulic bulge processing on a deformed element pipe such as a tapered pipe, Pushing in the axial direction from the pipe end becomes possible, and a bulge-processed product according to the present invention having a larger expansion ratio than before can be obtained. The drive control device may be one that controls the axial pushing force of the sealing tool, and when this axial pushing force is applied, the sealing tool on the mold body side is also plastically deformed. It is also possible to control the displacement of the sealing tool (hereinafter referred to as “shaft pushing displacement”) when acted on.
[0022]
During this hydraulic bulging, the tube end holding mold is pressed by the elastic member (and the intermediate holding mold and the elastic member) to maintain the seal and the force to plastically deform the end of the tapered tube toward the sealing tool side. Since a thrust force greater than the force is applied, no leakage occurs between the sealing tool and the deformed element tube.
[0023]
By the way, the deformed element pipe according to the present invention may be pre-processed before being set in the hydraulic bulge mold according to the present invention, or after being set in the hydraulic bulge mold according to the present invention. What was processed in the previous process of carrying out the hydraulic bulge processing concerning the present invention may be used. And when machining by the latter, the raw pipe having a circumference whose outer diameter gradually increases or decreases from one to the other in the axial direction can be set in the hydraulic bulge mold as described above and moved. By moving the sealing tool, a holding portion whose peripheral length increases toward the end surface on the small diameter side may be formed at least on the small diameter side end portion. This is the method for manufacturing a deformed element pipe for bulge processing according to the present invention.
[0024]
【Example】
Hereinafter, a deformed element pipe for bulge processing and a hydraulic bulge mold according to the present invention will be described based on the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and a hydraulic bulge processing apparatus according to the present invention and a book using this apparatus will be described. The invention method and the bulge processed product processed by the method of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the third embodiment of the present invention.
[0025]
In FIG. 1, reference numerals 11a and 11b denote paired mold bodies, for example, upper and lower mold bodies 11a and 11b (hereinafter, 11a is referred to as an upper mold body and 11b is referred to as a lower mold body). A pair of upper and lower tube end holding molds 12a and 12b, for example, are disposed in one end portion shown on the left side of FIG.
[0026]
Reference numeral 13 denotes a tube end holding mold side sealing tool whose tip is inserted between the upper and lower tube end holding molds 12a and 12b. The molds 12a and 12b are hermetically sealed with a small-diameter side end TP2a shown on the left side of the deformed element tube TP2 to be described later.
[0027]
Reference numeral 14 denotes a mold body side sealing tool in which a tip end portion is inserted between the other end portions shown on the right side of the upper and lower mold bodies 11a and 11b. The mold main bodies 11a and 11b are hermetically sealed with a large-diameter side end TP2b shown on the right side of the deformed element tube TP2 in between. In the present embodiment, the mold body side sealing tool 14 is provided with a machining fluid injection hole 14a at, for example, the axial center position.
[0028]
Reference numeral 15 denotes an elastic member such as a gas cushion or a hydraulic cylinder provided between the upper and lower mold bodies 11a and 11b and the upper and lower pipe end holding molds 12a and 12b. The upper and lower tube end holding molds 12a and 12b are moved to the upper and lower mold main bodies 11a and 12b so that the tube end holding molds 12a and 12b do not move in the axial direction toward the other ends of the upper and lower mold main bodies 11a and 11b. Thrust force that is directed toward one end of 11b is applied.
[0029]
The first hydraulic bulge mold according to the present invention is composed of the above-described components, and before processing, the tips of the upper and lower tube end holding molds 12a and 12b are positioned at point A in FIG. The inner space formed by the upper and lower mold main bodies 11a and 11b, the pipe end holding molds 12a and 12b, the pipe end holding mold side sealing tool 13, and the mold main body side sealing tool 14 is the upper and lower pipe end holding molds. The tips of the molds 12a and 12b are larger in the axial direction by A to A ′ than the product shape at the position of the point A ′ in FIG.
[0030]
Prior to performing the hydraulic bulge processing according to the present invention, when manufacturing the deformed element pipe TP2 of the present invention using the above hydraulic bulge mold, the upper and lower mold bodies 11a and 11b, the pipe ends A simple taper tube TP1 which is a material of the deformed element tube TP2 is set in the holding molds 12a and 12b, and the taper tube TP1 of the taper tube TP1 with an appropriate force, for example, by a shaft push displacement control device and a shaft push force control device (not shown), for example. This is done by crushing both ends. Thereafter, the mold body side sealing tool 14 and the tube end holding mold side sealing tool 13 are used for sealing, and the machining liquid is injected into the deformed element pipe TP2 through the injection hole 14a.
[0031]
Thereafter, while increasing the internal pressure of the deformed element pipe TP2, the tip ends of the upper and lower tube end holding molds 12a and 12b are moved into the interior thereof by a drive device, for example, a hydraulic cylinder, in which the axial displacement is properly controlled by the axial displacement controller. The tube end holding mold side sealing tool 13 is moved from the left side to the right side of the drawing until the space reaches the point A ′ in FIG. 1A where the space coincides with the shape of the product PT3. After the machining liquid is injected, the machining liquid does not leak from between the upper and lower pipe end holding molds 12a and 12b and the deformed element pipe TP2 by the action of the elastic member 15.
[0032]
In FIG. 1, the upper and lower tube end holding dies 12a and 12b are provided in one end of the upper and lower die bodies 11a and 11b. In the embodiment shown in FIG. , 11b are provided with upper and lower tube end holding molds 12a, 12b, respectively.
[0033]
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, pipe end holding mold side sealing tools 13 are arranged on both sides of the mold main bodies 11a and 11b in place of the mold main body side sealing tool 14 in the embodiment shown in FIG. The pipe end holding mold side sealing tool 13 is provided with a machining fluid injection hole 13a. And at the time of hydraulic bulge processing, it is the same as the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 except that axial pressing is performed from both sides of the mold main bodies 11a and 11b.
[0034]
Further, the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 includes the elastic member 15 for applying a thrust force to the upper and lower tube end holding dies 12a and 12b in the embodiment shown in FIG. For example, a pair of upper and lower intermediate holding dies 16a and 16b and a thrust that makes the upper and lower intermediate holding dies 16a and 16b face in the direction of the upper and lower tube end holding dies 12a and 12b. It is the structure which has arrange | positioned the elastic member 15 which provides force in order.
[0035]
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, before processing, the tips of the upper and lower tube end holding dies 12a, 12b are at the point A in FIG. 3, and the upper and lower intermediate holding dies 16a, 16b The tips are respectively located at point B in FIG. 3, and upper and lower mold bodies 11a and 11b, pipe end holding molds 12a and 12b, intermediate holding molds 16a and 16b, pipe end holding mold side sealing tool 13, and mold The internal space formed by the mold body side sealing tool 14 is shown with the tips of the upper and lower tube end holding dies 12a and 12b at the point A 'in FIG. 3, and the tips of the upper and lower intermediate holding dies 16a and 16b. 3 is larger in the axial direction by A to A ′ and B to B ′ than the product shape at the position of point B ′.
[0036]
Then, a simple taper tube TP1 serving as a material for the deformed element tube TP2 is set in the upper and lower mold bodies 11a and 11b, the tube end holding molds 12a and 12b, and the intermediate holding molds 16a and 16b. For example, both ends of the tapered tube TP1 are crushed by the die body side sealing tool 14 and the tube end holding die side sealing tool 13 with an appropriate force by the pushing displacement control device and the shaft pushing force control device. After forming the tube TP2 and sealing both end portions TP2a and TP2b of the deformed element tube TP2, a working fluid is injected into the deformed element tube TP2 through the injection hole 14a.
[0037]
Thereafter, the upper and lower tube end holding molds 12a and 12b and the upper and lower intermediate holding molds 16a and 16a are driven by a driving device in which the axial displacement is appropriately controlled by the axial displacement controller while increasing the internal pressure of the deformed element tube TP2. The tube end holding mold side sealing tool 13 is moved from the left side to the right side of the drawing until the tip of 16b reaches the points A ′ and B ′ in FIG. 3 in which the inner space matches the shape of the product PT3. Axial pressing is performed. It should be noted that the processing liquid does not leak between the upper and lower tube end holding molds 12a, 12b and the deformed element tube TP2 by the action of the elastic member 15 after the processing liquid is injected, as in the embodiment shown in FIG. The same.
[0038]
The embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is merely an example of the present invention, and the shape of the inner space of the mold is a relatively simple shape. It may be a three-dimensional complicated shape represented by a part. Further, the configuration for moving the sealing tool is not limited to the configuration shown in FIGS.
[0039]
Moreover, although the said Example demonstrated what uses a mere taper pipe | tube as a raw material of the deformed element pipe | tube TP2, this invention was bent and preformed and was processed into the curve, or a crushing process A taper tube that has been flattened by using a deformed element tube TP2 may be used.
[0040]
Further, in the above embodiment, prior to the bulge processing, the end of the taper pipe TP1 is molded in the hydraulic bulge mold according to the present invention to produce the deformed pipe TP2. Before setting into the hydraulic bulge mold according to the above, the end portion may be molded in advance to manufacture the deformed element tube TP2.
[0041]
In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the upper and lower tube end holding molds 12a and 12b are arranged on the small diameter side of the deformed element tube TP2, but the large diameter side of the deformed element tube TP2 is shown. The upper and lower tube end holding molds 12a and 12b may be arranged.
[0042]
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the upper and lower intermediate holding molds 16a and 16b are in contact with the deformed element tube TP2, but the upper and lower intermediate holding molds 16a and 16b are not necessarily in contact with the deformed element tube TP2. It is not necessary and may have an arbitrary busbar shape.
[0043]
In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the tip shape of the tube end holding mold side sealing tool 13 and the mold body side sealing tool 14 is a simple truncated cone shape. The shape is not limited to the shape, and may be a shape having a step on the truncated cone surface, or a shape in which an inner surface seal or an end surface seal using an O-ring is used in combination.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, even when a hydraulic bulge is applied to a deformed element tube whose cross-sectional shape changes in the axial direction, such as a tapered tube, the axial pressing from the tube end is performed. As a result, it is possible to obtain a larger tube expansion rate than in the prior art, and the degree of freedom of molding is dramatically improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention, where (a) is a longitudinal sectional view before processing, (b) is a longitudinal sectional view after processing, and (c) is a left side view of (a). It is.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a second embodiment of the present invention, showing a longitudinal sectional view before processing.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a third embodiment of the present invention, showing a longitudinal sectional view before processing.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are explanatory views of a deformed element pipe according to the present invention, in which FIG. 4A shows the one having the same taper in the axial direction, and FIG. 4B shows the one in which the taper changes midway in the axial direction. FIG.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are explanatory diagrams of conventional hydraulic bulging of a straight pipe, in which FIG. 5A is a longitudinal sectional view of a mold before processing, and FIG. 5B is a longitudinal sectional view of a mold after processing;
6A and 6B are explanatory diagrams of conventional hydraulic bulge processing of a tapered tube, in which FIG. 6A is a diagram showing a state in which the tapered tube is set, and FIG. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the former metal mold | die, (c) is the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the metal mold | die after a process.
[Explanation of symbols]
11a Upper mold body 11b Lower mold body 12a Upper pipe end holding mold 12b Lower pipe end holding mold 13 Pipe end holding mold side sealing tool 13a Injection hole 14 Mold main body side sealing tool 14a Injection hole 15 Elastic member 16a Upper intermediate holding die 16b Lower intermediate holding die TP2 Deformed element tube TP2a Small diameter end TP2b Large diameter end

Claims (10)

A deformed element pipe used for bulge processing, having a circumferential length in which the outer diameter gradually increases or decreases from one side to the other side in the axial direction, and at least at the end portion on the small diameter side toward the end surface on the small diameter side A deformed element tube for bulge processing, characterized in that a holding portion having an increased circumference is formed. A pair of mold bodies;
In order to hold both ends of the deformed element tube with the pair of mold main bodies, a sealing tool for inserting the tip portion into the end of the pair of mold main bodies,
While configuring at least one of these sealing tools to be movable,
Either one of the sealing tools is provided with a machining fluid injection hole,
A hydraulic bulge mold characterized in that an internal space formed by the mold body and the seal tool can be changed with the movement of the movable seal tool during processing. A pair of mold bodies;
A pair of tube end holding molds respectively disposed in one end of these mold bodies;
In order to hold one end of the deformed element pipe with the pair of tube end holding molds, a tube end holding mold side sealing tool whose tip is inserted into the pair of tube end holding molds,
A mold body side sealing tool in which a tip portion is inserted into the other end of the pair of mold main bodies in order to hold the other end of the deformed element pipe with the pair of mold main bodies;
Provided between the pair of mold main bodies and the tube end holding mold, respectively, and at least after the machining liquid is injected, a thrust force in the direction of the one end of the mold main body is applied to the pair of tube end holding molds. An elastic member
Either one of the sealing tools is provided with a machining fluid injection hole,
In addition, during the processing, the tube end holding mold side seal tool moves in the axial direction against the thrust force of the elastic member, so that the mold body, the tube end A hydraulic bulge mold characterized in that the internal space composed of a holding mold and a sealing tool can be changed. A pair of mold bodies;
A pair of tube end holding molds respectively disposed in the ends on both sides of these mold bodies;
In order to hold the ends of the deformed element pipes with the pair of pipe end holding molds on both sides, respectively, a sealing tool for inserting a tip part into the pair of pipe end holding molds on both sides,
Thrust force is provided between the pair of mold main bodies and the pair of pipe end holding molds on both sides, and at least after the machining liquid is injected, the pair of pipe end holding molds on both sides is thrust toward the end of the mold main body. An elastic member for imparting
Either one of the two sealing tools is provided with a machining fluid injection hole,
Further, during processing, the pipe end holding molds on both sides move against the thrust force of the elastic member as the both sealing tools move in the axial direction, so that the mold main body, the pipe end holding mold A hydraulic bulge mold characterized in that the internal space composed of sealing tools can be changed. In the hydraulic bulge mold according to claim 3 or 4,
Between the elastic member for applying a thrust force to the pair of tube end holding molds and the pair of mold main bodies, at least one pair of intermediate holding molds and a thrust force on the pair of intermediate holding molds A hydraulic bulge mold characterized by sequentially arranging elastic members for imparting the above. An elementary pipe having a circumference whose outer diameter gradually increases or decreases from one to the other in the axial direction is set in the hydraulic bulge mold according to any one of claims 2 to 5, and the movable sealing tool is moved. By forming the holding portion whose peripheral length increases toward the end surface on the small diameter side at least on the small diameter side end portion, the deformed element pipe for bulge processing according to claim 1 is manufactured. To manufacture deformed element pipe for bulge processing A hydraulic bulge processing apparatus comprising: a drive device for the sealing tool, a drive control device for the drive device, and the hydraulic bulge mold according to any one of claims 2 to 5. A method of hydraulic bulging the deformed element tube according to claim 1 using the apparatus according to claim 7 quoting claim 2.
Holding at least one end of the deformed element pipe with a mold body and a movable sealing tool;
While increasing the internal pressure of the deformed element tube, the seal tool is moved in the axial direction, and the deformed tube is formed into the shape of the internal space formed by the mold body and the seal tool as the seal tool moves. A hydraulic bulge processing method for deformed pipes characterized by A method of hydraulic bulging the deformed element tube according to claim 1 using the apparatus according to claim 7 quoting any one of claims 3 to 5,
Holding at least one end of the deformed element pipe with a pipe end holding mold side sealing tool and a pipe end holding mold;
While increasing the internal pressure of the deformed element pipe, with a thrust force applied by an elastic member provided between the pipe end holding mold and the mold body,
By moving the pipe end holding mold side sealing tool, the pipe end holding mold is moved against the thrust force of the elastic member as the pipe end holding mold side sealing tool is moved. A method of forming a deformed pipe into a shape of an internal space formed by a pipe end holding mold, a pipe end holding mold side sealing tool, and a sealing tool. The deformed element pipe according to claim 1 is set in the hydraulic bulge mold according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
A bulged product obtained by performing hydraulic bulge processing by pushing in the axial direction from the tube end while increasing the internal pressure of the deformed element tube.

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