JP2006272396A - Tube drawing tool, and tube manufacturing method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tube drawing tool capable of stabilizing the position of a plug to be inserted in an inner face of a tube. <P>SOLUTION: The tube drawing tool comprises: a die 1 having a tapered part 11 of a conical surface shape; and a plug 2 having a straight part 22 of a columnar surface shape which is inserted in an inner face of a tube P to be drawn while being reduced by the die, and a tapered part 21 of a conical surface shape continuous to the straight part. The inequalities (1) 15≤α≤30 and (2) α-10≤β≤α-3 are satisfied, where α (°) is the both corner angle of the die, and β (°) is the both plug corner angle of the plug. The arithmetic mean roughness Ra in the longitudinal direction of the straight part of the plug and the tapered part is set to be ≤0.20 μm. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a tool used for pipe drawing and a method of manufacturing a pipe using the same, and more particularly to a pipe drawing tool capable of stabilizing the position of a plug inserted into the inner surface of a pipe and the tool. The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing the pipe used.

  Conventionally, when manufacturing pipes for various applications, pipes are drawn for the purpose of improving dimensional accuracy such as outer diameter, inner diameter, and wall thickness, improving surface smoothness, and ensuring mechanical strength. There is a case.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the pipe is drawn by inserting a plug 2 whose rear end is supported by a mandrel M into the inner surface of the pipe P and drawing the pipe P in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The plug 2 is inserted into the inner surface of the pipe P so as to be concentric with the die 1 and the pipe P. At this time, the pipe P deforms along the conical surface tapered portion 11 of the die 1 and the conical surface tapered portion 21 of the plug 2, while the cylindrical surface straight portion 12 of the die 1 and the plug 2 are deformed. A pipe P guided between the straight portion 22 having a cylindrical surface shape and having the diameter of the opening of the die 1 defined by the opposing straight portions 12 as the outer diameter and the diameter of the straight portion 22 of the plug 2 as the inner diameter. To be processed. Since the plug 2 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a tapered portion 21, the force acting in the axial direction of the plug 2 and thus the mandrel M is a frictional force in the pulling direction (right direction in FIG. 1). In addition, a pushing-back force in the direction opposite to the drawing direction is added.

  Here, as one means for efficiently performing the drawing process of the pipe P, it is conceivable to increase the length of the pipe P. However, when the length of the tube P is increased, the length of the mandrel M that supports the plug 2 also needs to be increased according to the tube P. As a result, it is difficult to fix the plug 2 at a specific position (axial position). This is because, although the mandrel M is generally manufactured using a material having high rigidity, elastic deformation of the mandrel M is unavoidable in applications where a strong force such as drawing is applied, and the longer the length, the more the mandrel M is deformed. This is because the amount increases.

  In order to stabilize the position of the plug 2 (fix it to a specific position), the absolute value of the axial force applied to the plug 2 and, consequently, the mandrel M, and its variation may be reduced. In other words, the inclination angle (plug both angles) of the taper portion 21 of the plug 2 and the die 1 are adjusted so that the difference between the frictional force in the pulling direction and the pushing-back force in the direction opposite to the pulling direction is reduced. It is considered that the inclination angle (both dice angles) of the taper portion 11 may be set.

  From the above viewpoint, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses that the inclination angle of the taper portion of the plug and the inclination angle of the taper portion of the die are set to predetermined values (however, in Patent Document 1). The plug described is a so-called floating plug whose rear end is not supported by a mandrel).

Patent Document 2 and Non-Patent Document 1 also disclose examples of the inclination angle of the taper portion of the die or the inclination angle of the taper portion of the plug.
JP 11-300411 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-225522 Edited by Japan Iron and Steel Institute, “Third Edition Steel Handbook III (2)”, Maruzen, 1980, pp. 1178-1179

  However, the inventors of the present invention have intensively studied, and merely setting the inclination angle of the taper portion of the plug and the inclination angle of the taper portion of the die disclosed in Patent Document 1 in the axial direction of the plug. It proved difficult to stabilize the position. Patent Document 2 and Non-Patent Document 1 do not disclose an optimal combination of the inclination angle of the taper portion of the plug and the inclination angle of the taper portion of the die.

  The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and uses a tube drawing tool capable of stabilizing the position of a plug inserted into the inner surface of the tube and the same. It is an object to provide a method for manufacturing a pipe.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the inventors of the present invention have made extensive studies, and as a result, set the inclination angle of the taper portion of the plug (both plug angles) and the inclination angle of the taper portion of the die (both dice angles) within a predetermined range. Thus, it has been found that the absolute value of the axial force applied to the plug and thus the mandrel can be reduced. It has also been found that if the plug surface has a large roughness, the applied force fluctuates as a result of a large fluctuation in frictional resistance with the pipe even if an appropriate lubricant is applied. In other words, it has been found that if the surface roughness in the longitudinal direction of the straight portion and the taper portion of the plug is defined to be equal to or less than a predetermined value, fluctuations in the applied force can be suppressed.

The present invention has been completed based on the above-mentioned new findings found by the inventors. That is, the present invention is inserted into a die having a conical tapered portion and an inner surface of a pipe that is drawn while being drawn by the die, and is connected to the cylindrical straight portion and the straight portion. A tube drawing tool including a plug having a conical taper portion, where both dies of the die are α (°), and both plugs of the plug are β (°), Pulling out a tube characterized by satisfying the following formulas (1) and (2) and having an arithmetic average roughness Ra in the longitudinal direction of the straight and tapered portions of the plug of 0.20 μm or less A processing tool is provided.
15 ≦ α ≦ 30 (1)
α-10 ≦ β ≦ α-3 (2)

  According to such an invention, by setting the shape of the die and the plug so that the die angle α of the die satisfies the formula (1) and the plug angle β of the plug satisfies the equation (2), It is possible to reduce the absolute value of the difference between the axial force applied to the mandrel, that is, the frictional force in the pulling direction and the pushback force in the opposite direction to the pulling direction. Further, by setting the arithmetic average roughness Ra in the longitudinal direction of the straight portion and the tapered portion of the plug to 0.20 μm or less, fluctuations in the force applied to the plug and thus the mandrel can be suppressed. As a result, it is possible to stabilize the position of the plug.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), the “die both angles” in the present invention is an angle α formed by the inner edge of the taper portion of the die in the axial section of the die (the inner edge of the taper portion of the die is relative to the axial direction). 2 times the angle formed). In addition, as shown in FIG. 1B, the “plug both angles” in the present invention is an angle β formed by the outer edge of the taper portion of the plug in the axial section of the plug (the outer edge of the taper portion of the plug is relative to the axial direction). 2 times the angle formed).

  The present invention is also provided as a method of manufacturing a pipe, characterized by including a step of drawing using the drawing tool.

  According to the pipe drawing tool according to the present invention, since the position of the plug can be stabilized, there is an excellent effect that the pipe can be drawn in a stable state. .

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings as appropriate.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a schematic configuration of a pipe drawing tool according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is an overall view, and FIG. 1 (b) is a cross-sectional view of FIG. The enlarged view of the part enclosed with the broken line is shown. As shown in FIG. 1, a pipe drawing tool according to the present invention is inserted into a die 1 having a conical tapered portion 11 and an inner surface of a pipe P to be drawn while being drawn by the die 1. And a plug 2 having a cylindrical surface-shaped straight portion 21 and a conical surface-shaped tapered portion 22 connected to the straight portion 21.

  2 sets the die angle α of the taper portion 11 for the die 1 shown in FIG. 1 to various values, and sets the plug angle β of the taper portion 21 for the plug 2 to various values. 6 is a graph showing the results of evaluating the stability when the pipe P is drawn using a tool composed of a combination of the plug angle β. Note that the arithmetic average roughness Ra in the longitudinal direction of the straight portion 22 and the taper portion 21 of the plug 2 was 0.10 μm for any tool.

  As shown in FIG. 2, when the dice angle α is less than 15 °, the plug 2 is drawn in the drawing direction, and stable drawing cannot be performed. As shown in FIG. 3 (a), if the die angle α is too small, the direction of the force (reaction force) applied from the die 1 to the plug 2 via the pipe P (in the white arrow in the figure). This is because the axial component of the reaction force (that is, the pushing-back force) becomes small because the direction shown in FIG. That is, as a result of the magnitude of the push-back force in the direction opposite to the pulling direction of the pipe P applied to the plug 2 being reduced, the balance between the frictional force and the pushing force applied to the plug 2 in the pulling direction is lost. It is considered that the plug 2 was pulled in the drawing direction and stable drawing processing could not be performed.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, when the die angle α is larger than 30 °, the shear stress acting on the tube P becomes too large. As a result, the material of the tube P sticks to the die 1 or the tube P The phenomenon of breaking occurred.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, even when the difference between the die angle α and the plug angle β is larger than 10 ° (that is, β <α−10), the plug 2 is pulled in the drawing direction and stabilized. The drawing process could not be performed. As shown in FIG. 3B, when the difference between the die angle α and the plug angle β is too large (when the plug angle β is too small with respect to the die angle α), the die 1 passes through the pipe P. Since the direction of the force (reaction force) applied to the plug 2 (the direction indicated by the white arrow in the figure) deviates greatly from the axial direction of the plug 2, the axial component of the reaction force (that is, the pushing back force) is The reason is that it becomes smaller. That is, the balance between the friction force and the push-back force applied to the plug 2 in the pull-out direction as a result of the magnitude of the push-back force in the direction opposite to the pull-out direction of the pipe P applied to the plug 2 being insufficient. It is considered that the plug 2 was pulled in the drawing direction and the stable drawing process could not be performed.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, even when the difference between the die angle α and the plug angle β is smaller than 3 ° (that is, β> α−3), the plug 2 is pulled in the drawing direction and stabilized. The drawing process could not be performed. As shown in FIG. 3C, when the difference between the die angle α and the plug angle β is too small (when the plug angle β is too large with respect to the die angle α), the taper portion 21 of the plug 2 It is thought that the reason is that the end bites into the inner surface of the pipe P (broken line portion in FIG. 3C) and is drawn together with the pipe P in the drawing direction.

With respect to these results, the pipe P is pulled out by using a tool comprising a combination of the die 1 and the plug 2 in which the die angle α satisfies the following formula (1) and the plug angle β satisfies the following formula (2). In the case of processing (data plotted with “◯” in FIG. 2), it was possible to perform drawing of the tube in a stable state without causing the above problems.
15 ≦ α ≦ 30 (1)
α-10 ≦ β ≦ α-3 (2)

  As shown in FIG. 3 (d), the direction of the force (reaction force) applied from the die 1 to the plug 2 via the pipe P (the direction indicated by the white arrow in the figure) is as shown in FIG. Compared to the cases shown in a) and (b), as a result of approaching the axial direction of the plug 2, an appropriate axial component of the reaction force (that is, pushing-back force) is obtained, and in the pulling direction applied to the plug 2. This is thought to be due to the balance between the frictional force and the pushing back force.

  Next, for the tool that satisfies the conditions of the above formulas (1) and (2), the arithmetic average roughness Ra in the longitudinal direction of the straight portion 22 and the taper portion 21 of the plug 2 is changed to various values, and the tube P was drawn and the frequency with which the plug 2 was drawn in the drawing direction was evaluated. FIG. 4 shows an example of the evaluation result. Note that the plug pull-in frequency (%) shown on the vertical axis in FIG. 4 means the number of pipes P in which the plugs 2 have been pulled / the total number of pipes P that have been drawn × 100.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the arithmetic average roughness Ra is larger than 0.20 μm, the plug 2 is pulled even if a tool that satisfies the conditions of the above formulas (1) and (2) is used. Occurred.

  Based on the results described above, the drawing tool according to the present invention satisfies the above-described formulas (1) and (2), and the arithmetic average in the longitudinal direction of the straight portion 21 and the taper portion 22 of the plug 2. The roughness Ra is 0.20 μm or less.

Table 1 shows a case where a pipe is drawn using a drawing tool according to the present invention that satisfies the above-described conditions and a drawing tool according to a comparative example that does not satisfy any of the conditions. The result of having evaluated stability is shown. In addition, the numerical value shown in the column of “Surface roughness Ra” in Table 1 means the arithmetic average roughness Ra in the longitudinal direction of the straight portion and the tapered portion of the plug. Further, “x” in the “Evaluation Result” column indicates that the plug has been pulled in, and “○” indicates that the plug has not been pulled in.

  As shown in Table 1, when the pipe is drawn using the drawing tool according to the present invention, the plug is drawn unlike the case where the pipe is drawn using the drawing tool according to the comparative example. It was possible to perform the drawing process of the pipe in a stable state without being drawn.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a tube drawing tool according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a graph showing the results of evaluating the stability in the case of drawing a tube with the die angle α and the plug angle β set to various values. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the reason why the result shown in FIG. 2 is obtained. FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the arithmetic average roughness Ra in the longitudinal direction of the straight portion and the tapered portion of the plug and the frequency with which the plug is drawn in the drawing direction.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Dice 2 ... Plug 11 ... Tapered part of die 12 ... Straight part of die 21 ... Tapered part of plug 22 ... Straight part of plug M ... Mandrel P ... ·tube

Claims (2)

A die having a conical taper portion, and a cylindrical surface straight portion and a conical surface taper portion connected to the straight portion inserted into the inner surface of a pipe that is drawn while being squeezed by the die. A pipe drawing tool comprising a plug comprising:
When both die angles of the die are α (°) and the plug both angles of the plug are β (°), the following equations (1) and (2) are satisfied, and the straight portion and the tapered portion of the plug A tool for drawing a tube, wherein an arithmetic average roughness Ra in the longitudinal direction is 0.20 μm or less.
15 ≦ α ≦ 30 (1)
α-10 ≦ β ≦ α-3 (2)   A method for manufacturing a pipe, comprising a step of drawing using the drawing tool according to claim 1.

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