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In order to produce a metal bellows of a length of “Ls” for use in a heated atmosphere, the following steps take place. First, a blank of the bellows is prepared, which is a metal pipe having a plurality of bulges formed therearound. The blank has a length of “L” that is longer than the length “Ls”. Then, the blank is axially compressed by a length of “a”, so that the compressed blank has a length of “L−a” that is shorter than the length “Ls”. Then, the compressed blank is axially expanded so that the expanded blank has a length of “L−a+b” that is longer than the length “Ls”. Then, the force that has been applied to the blank is removed, and then the treated blank is left in room temperature until the time when the treated blank becomes to have the length of “Ls” due to the spring-back phenomenon.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates in general methods and devices for producing or reforming a bellows, and more particularly methods and devices for producing or reforming a metal bellows installed in a flexible tube that is disposed in an exhaust pipe line of an automotive internal combustion engine to absorb undesired vibration of the exhaust pipe line and compensate relative displacement between two portions of the exhaust pipe line.
- 2. Description of the Prior Art
- In order to clarify the task of the present invention, one conventional flexible tube to which a bellows is practically applied will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings. The conventional flexible tube depicted by FIGS. 5 and 6 is described in detail in Japanese Utility Model First Provisional Publication 61-187916.
- In FIG. 6, there is shown the flexible tube which is generally designated by
numeral 100. As is seen from this drawing, theflexible tube 100 is a device arranged to connect upstream and downstream exhaust pipes “UP” and “DP” of an exhaust pipe line in such a manner as to absorb the vibration of the pipe line, and/or compensate a relative displacement between the two pipes “UP” and “DP”. - The
flexible tube 100 comprises ametal bellows 102 that has an upstream end tightly disposed on a downstream end of the upstream exhaust pipe “UP” and a downstream end tightly disposed on an upstream end of the downstream exhaust pipe “DP”. Acover 104 of braided metal wire covers or encloses thebellows 102 having an upstream end tightly disposed on the upstream end of thebellows 102 and a downstream end tightly disposed on the downstream end of thebellows 102. For the tight mounting of the upstream and downstream ends of both thebellows 102 and thecover 104 onto the upstream and downstream exhaust pipes “UP” and “DP”,respective metal collars cover 104, as shown. Thebellows 102 can absorb vibration transmitted thereto from an internal combustion engine (not shown) through the upstream exhaust pipe “UP”. That is, upon receiving vibration, thebellows 102 is subjected to a certain resilient deformation due to the nature thereof, which absorbs the vibration and compensates a relative displacement between the upstream and downstream pipes “UP” and “DP”. - The
cover 104 functions to restrict an excessive elongation of thebellows 102 and to protect thebellows 102 from being hit by small stones or the like flying from the road. That is, by a certain length, thecover 104, which is constructed of braided metal wire, can axially expand following the elongation of thebellows 102. Thus, when the elongation of thebellows 102 reaches to the certain length, thecover 104 now functions to stop the further elongation of thebellows 102. That is, due to provision of thecover 104, thebellows 102 can be protected from making an excessive elongation. In other words, thebellows 102 can expand axially by a certain length within thecover 104. - For assembling the
flexible tube 100, themetal bellows 102 is reformed before being put into thecover 104. That is, themetal bellows 102 is subjected to a so-called “single compression process” for achieving both a dimensional stability of the treatedbellows 102 and an appropriate axial flexibility of the treatedbellows 102. That is, as is seen from FIG. 5, in this compression process, a blank 102X of thebellows 102 is compressed once to the length “L−a” which is shorter than the normal length “Ls” of thebellows 102. This compression process is positively carried out for the reason originating from an inevitably occurring “spring-back phenomenon” of thecompressed bellows 102Y. In fact, due to this spring-back phenomenon, after the compression, the over-compressedbellows 102Y gradually expands to have the normal length of “Ls”. Furthermore, due to this compression, the pitch of bulges of the treatedbellows 102 becomes small causing each bulge to have a generally Q-shaped cross section, which brings about an appropriate axial flexibility or resilient deformation of thebellows 102. - However, it has been revealed that the above-mentioned single compression of the
bellows 102X leaves in the bellows 102 a stress (or residual stress) of a type that causes thebellows 102 to expand in an axial direction when heated. - Accordingly, when the
flexible tube 100 having the above-mentionedbellows 102 installed therein is practically used, that is, used in an exhaust pipe line of the engine, the entire length “Ls” of thebellows 102 tends to increase due to releasement of the residual stress by the heat of the exhaust gas from the engine. The increase in the entire length “Ls” of thebellows 102 however means a reduction in the certain length by which thebellows 102 can expand axially within thecover 104. That is, a so-called “elongation flexibility” of thebellows 102 is reduced or lowered at the time when theflexible tube 100 is being practically used. - The expansion/contraction of the
bellows 102 is carried out while being interrupted by thecover 104. Thecover 104 has such a structure as to reduce its diameter when axially expanded. Thus, elongation of thebellows 102 caused by application of the exhaust gas heat thereto brings about elongation of thecover 104 and thus reduces the diameter of the same. Reduction in diameter of thecover 104 narrows an annual space defined between thebellows 102 and thecover 104, which causes an obstacle to the elongation flexibility of thebellows 102. This fact will be understood from the graph of FIG. 4. - The graph of FIG. 4 shows a relationship between the force “F” needed for elongation of a bellows and the elongation “E” of the bellows. In the graph, the solid line curve represents the elongation flexibility possessed by a normally dimensioned
bellows 102A installed in thecover 104, which has the normal length “Ls” and the critical elongation “S”. As is seen from this graphs in the normally dimensionedbellows 102A, within the region of the critical elongation “S”, the elongation “E” of thebellows 102A increases substantially in proportional to the elongation force “F” applied to thebellows 102A. While, when the elongation “E” extends beyond the critical elongation “S”, the elongation force “F” suddenly increases and thus the elongation flexibility of thebellows 102A is lowered. The broken line curve represents the elongation flexibility possessed by abellows 102B somewhat expanded due to the exhaust gas heat applied thereto, which has the length “Ls1” greater than “Ls” and the critical elongation “S1” smaller than “S”. As is seen from the graph, in thisbellows 102B, due to the reduction in critical elongation, the sudden increase of the elongation force “F” appears at an initial stage of the elongation “E”. This means that the elongation flexibility of thebellows 102B is poor as compared with that of thebellows 102A. The phantom line curve represents the elongation flexibility possessed by abellows 102C somewhat shorter than thebellows 102A due to excessive compression applied thereto, which has the length “Ls2” smaller than “Ls” and the critical elongation “S2” greater than “S”. Although thisbellows 102C can provide a sufficient elongation under the practical use, the shorter initial length “LS2′” of thebellows 102C brings about a difficulty with which thebellows 102C is installed in thecover 104. That is, in this case, theflexible tube 100 assembled fails to have a normally dimensioned structure. - According to tests executed by the inventors, the following facts have been further revealed. That is, when a bellows of the length of about 300 mm that has been subjected to a single compression process is left in a room temperature, the bellows is expanded or elongated by about 2 mm. While, when the bellows is practically used or heated by the exhaust gas from an engine, the bellows is expanded or elongated by about 6 to 8 mm. This means that even if the bellows is subjected to the single compression process, a certain stress (or residual stress) is left in the bellows, which causes the bellows to expand in an axial direction particularly when heated. The inventors have further revealed that the stress in the bellows can be sufficiently removed when the bellows is annealed at about 600° C. for about 2 minutes. However, in this case, due to adding of the annealing process, the production process becomes complicated and thus the cost of the flexible tube is increased.
- It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method of producing a bellows which is free of the above-mentioned drawbacks.
- It is another object of the present invention to provide a producing device with which the method of the present invention can be practically carried out.
- According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for producing a metal bellows of a length of “Ls” for use in a heated atmosphere. The method comprises the steps of (a) preparing a blank of the bellows, the blank being a metal pipe having a plurality of bulges formed therearound, the blank having a length “L” that is longer than the length “Ls”; (b) axially compressing the blank by a length of “a”, so that the compressed blank has a length of “L−a” that is shorter than the length “Ls”; (c) axially expanding the compressed blank so that the expanded blank has a length of “L−a+b” that is longer than the length “Ls”; (d) removing the force that has been applied to the blank for expanding the same; and (e) leaving the treated blank in a room temperature until the time when the treated blank becomes to have the length of “Ls” due to the spring-back phenomenon.
- According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for reforming a bellows for use in a heated atmosphere. The bellows is a metal pipe having a plurality of bulges formed therearound. The device comprises a base member; a first clamp device fixedly mounted on the base member, the first clamp device having a first hydraulically actuated clamping means which clamps one tubular end of the bellows when actuated; a second clamp device movably mounted on the base member, the second clamp device having a second hydraulically actuated clamping means which clamps the other tubular end of the bellows when actuated; a hydraulic power source which hydraulically actuates the first and second hydraulically actuated clamping means when assuming ON condition; and an electric moving device which moves the second clamp device toward and away from the first clamp device when electrically energized.
- Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
- FIG. 1 shows bellows producing or reforming steps employed in a method according to the present invention;
- FIG. 2 is a partially sectioned front view of a bellows producing or reforming device which practically execute the method of the present invention;
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the part indicated by reference “A” in FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing the characteristics of three bellows in terms of a relationship between the force needed for elongation of the bellows and the elongation of the bellows;
- FIG. 5 shows bellows producing or reforming steps employed in a conventional method; and
- FIG. 6 is a partially sectioned front view of a flexible tube to which the bellows produced or reformed by the conventional method is applied.
- In the following, the method of the present invention, through which a bellows2 is produced or reformed, will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 of the accompanying drawings. The shape of the
bellows 2 produced by the method is substantially the same as that of thebellows 102 employed in the conventionalflexible tube 100 of FIG. 6. For ease of description, in the following description, only the term “produce” and its corresponding terms will be used for explaining the method of the invention. - For producing the
bellows 2, the following production steps take plate, which are depicted in FIG. 1. - That is, first, a blank2X of the
bellows 2 is prepared. The blank 2X is a double-layered stainless steel pipe having a plurality of bulges formed therearound. For the production of the blank 2X, a known hydraulic bulging process is used. That is, to carry out this process, a double-layered stainless straight pipe is set in a split mould whose inner surface is formed with a plurality of annular grooves, and then a certain hydraulic pressure is led into the interior of the pipe to expand the pipe radially outward. With this, the pipe is forced to have therearound a plurality of bulges due to abutment against the grooved inner surface of the mould, that is, the blank 2X having the length “L” is produced. - Then, the blank2X is axially compressed by the length “a” against a counterforce produced by the blank 2X when compressed, so that the compressed blank 2Y has the length “La” which is shorter than the normal length “Ls” of the
bellows 2. - Then, the compressed blank2Y is axially expanded by the length “b” against a counterforce produced by the blank 2Y when expanded, so that the expanded blank 2Z has the length “L−a+b” which is longer than “Ls” but shorter than “L”.
- Then, the force for expanding the blank2Z is removed. Upon this, the expanded blank 2Z is forced to contract to have a certain length which is somewhat longer than the normal length “Ls”. Then, the blank 2Z is left in a room temperature for several minutes. With this, because of the spring-back phenomenon of the blank 2Z, the blank 2Z becomes to have the normal length “Ls”. That is, the
bellows 2 is produced. - As will be described in detail hereinafter, the
bellows 2 thus produced in the above-mentioned manner exhibits excellent performance. - Referring to FIG. 2, there is shown a
bellows producing device 50 through which the above-mentioned bellows production steps are practically carried out. - The
bellows producing device 50 comprises abase member 10. On thebase member 10, there are mounted first, second, third and fourth stands 12, 14, 16 and 18. Thefirst stand 12 holds thereon both a firsthydraulic actuator 20 and afirst clamp device 22. Theactuator 20 has aplunger 20 a that can project toward a center of thefirst clamp device 22. The detail of theclamp device 22 will become apparent hereinafter. Thesecond stand 14 holds thereon aguide 24 for the blank 2X. Thesecond stand 14 rotatably carries a front end portion of a threadedshaft 26. Thethird stand 16 rotatably carries a rear end portion of the threadedshaft 26. Thefourth stand 18 holds a servo-motor 28 that has an output shaft connected through acoupling 30 to the rear end of the threadedshaft 26. Thus, upon energization of the servo-motor 28, the threadedshaft 26 is rotated about its axis. Disposed on the threadedshaft 26 is aslider 32 that has a threaded bore through which the threadedshaft 26 passes while establishing a meshed engagement therebetween. Although not shown in the drawing, a slider guide is mounted on thebase member 10, which guides an axial movement of theslider 32 while suppressing rotation of theslider 32 about the axis of the threadedshaft 26. Thus, when, due to energization of theservomotor 28, the threadedshaft 26 is rotated about its axis, the slider-32 runs in fore-and-aft directions on the threadedshaft 26. Theslider 32 carries thereon afifth stand 34. Thefifth stand 34 holds thereon both a second hydraulic actuator 36 and asecond clamp device 38 which are thus moved together with theslider 32. The actuator 36 has anoutput plunger 36 a that can project toward a center of thesecond clamp device 38. As shown, the first andsecond camp devices hydraulic actuators 20 and 36 are connected through aflexible fluid pipe 40 to a pressurizedfluid source 42. Although not shown in the drawing, thefluid source 42 is equipped with an ON/OFF valve by feeding of the fluid pressure from thefluid source 42 to the first and secondhydraulic actuators 20 and 36 is controlled. - The detail of the
second clamp device 38 will be described with reference to FIG. 3. Since thefirst clamp device 22 is substantially the same as thesecond clamp device 38, the description of thefirst clamp device 22 will be omitted. - As is seen from FIG. 3, the
second clamp device 38 comprises atubular housing 38 a in which theoutput plunger 36 a of the second hydraulic actuator 36 is axially movably received. As shown, theplunger 36 a has a tapered leading end. Within thetubular housing 38 a, there are movably disposed a plurality (viz., three in the illustrated embodiment) ofclamp pieces 38 b that are arranged to surround an axis of thetubular housing 38 a. Eachclamp piece 38 b is formed with a tapered inner surface which can mate the tapered end of theplunger 36 a. Theclamp pieces 38 b are formed with an annular groove in which an O-ring 38 c is received. Theclamp pieces 38 b are supported by supportingmembers 38 d which surround a major portion of theplunger 36 a. Acircular cap 38 e is put on theclamp pieces 38 b. As shown, in use, a right tubular end of the blank 2X is received in an annular clearance defined between thetubular housing 38 a and a cylindrical unit consisting of theplunger 36 a, theclamp pieces 38 b, the supportingmembers 38 d and thecircular cap 38 e. When, due to energization of the second hydraulic actuator 36, theplunger 36 a is shifted leftward (viz., in the direction of the arrow “M”) by a certain degree, the tapered end of theplunger 36 a urge theclamp pieces 38 b to move radially outwardly causing the O-ring to press the right tubular end of the blank 2X against thetubular housing 38 a. With this, the right tubular end of the blank 2X is tightly clamped by thesecond clamp device 38. It is to be noted that a left tubular end of the blank 2X is clamped by thefirst clamp device 22 in substantially the same manner as that effected in the above-mentionedsecond clamp device 38. - In the following, operation of the
bellows producing device 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. - First, by energizing the servo-
motor 28 to rotate in one direction, thesecond clamp device 38 is moved away from thefirst clamp device 22 to a certain position. Then, the blank 2X of thebellows 2 is set in theguide 24 having its left tubular end led into the annular clearance of thefirst clamp device 22. Then, by energizing the servo-motor 28 to rotate in the other direction, thesecond clamp device 38 is moved toward thefirst clamp device 22 while receiving the right tubular end of the blank 2X in the annular clearance thereof. When the left and right tubular ends of the blank 2X are properly received in the respective annular clearances of the first andsecond clamp devices motor 28 is deenergized. Then, by energizing the ON/OFF valve of thefluid source 42, pressurized fluid of thefluid source 42 is led to both the first and secondhydraulic actuators 20 and 36. With this, therespective plungers clamp pieces 38 b, and thus for the above-mentioned reasons, the left and right tubular ends of the blank 2X are tightly clamped by the first andsecond clamp devices - Then, by energizing the servo-
motor 28, thesecond clamp device 38 is moved toward the fixedfirst clamp device 22 to compress the blank 2X. When the blank 2X is compressed to such a degree as to have the length of “L−a” (see FIG. 1), the energization of the servo-motor 28 is reversed to expand the compressed blank 2Y. When, due to the expansion, the blank 2Y becomes to have the length of “L−a+b”, the servo-motor 28 is deenergized. Then, the ON/OFF valve is deenerigzed to release the right and left tubular ends of the expanded blank 2Z from the first andsecond clamp devices motor 28, thesecond clamp device 38 is moved away from thefirst clamp device 22 to dismantle the blank 2Z from the first andsecond clamp devices - The
bellows 2 thus produced or reformed in the above-mentioned manner is used for assembling the flexible tube such as that shown in FIG. 6. - It has been revealed that the
bellows 2 produced in the above-mentioned manner has an excellent dimensional stability as compared with the bellows 102 (see FIG. 5) produced in the conventional manner. That is, even when thebellows 2 is practically used in the exhaust pipe line of the internal combustion engine as a part of the flexible tube, the entire length “Ls” is kept substantially unchanged irrespective of the temperature change of the exhaust pipe line. In fact, a very small shrinkage takes place in thebellows 2. This may be caused from the residue of a stress of a type that causes thebellows 2 to contract in an axial direction when heated. It is however to be noted that the reduction in length of thebellows 2 means an increase in the certain length by which thebellows 2 can expand axially within the cover of the flexible tube. That is, the elongation flexibility of thebellows 2 is increased at the time when the flexible tube is practically used. - The entire contents of Japanese Patent Application P9-327735 (filed Nov. 28, 1997) are incorporated herein by reference.
- Although the invention has been described above by reference to a certain embodiment of the invention, the invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. Modifications and variations of the embodiment described above will occur to those skilled in the art, in light of the above teachings.
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1. A method for producing a metal bellows of a length of “Ls” for use in a heated atmosphere, comprising the steps of:
(a) preparing a blank of the bellows, said blank being a metal pipe having a plurality of bulges formed therearound, said blank having a length “L” that is longer than the length “Ls”;
(b) axially compressing said blank by a length of “a”, so that the compressed blank has a length of “L−a” that is shorter than the length “Ls”;
(c) axially expanding the compressed blank so that the expanded blank has a length of “L−a+b” that is longer than the length “Ls”;
(d) removing the force that has been applied to the blank for expanding the same; and
(e) leaving the treated blank in a room temperature until the time when the treated blank becomes to have the length of “Ls” due to the spring-back phenomenon.
2. A method as claimed in , in which said blank prepared at the step (a) is a double-layered stainless steel pipe having the plurality of bulges formed therearound.
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3. A method as claimed in , in which said blank prepared at the step (a) is produced through a hydraulic bulging process.
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4. A method as claimed in , in which the step (b) is carried out against a counterforce produced when the blank is being compressed.
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5. A method as claimed in , in which the step (c) is carried out against a counterforce produced when the blank is being expanded.
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6. A method as claimed in , in which said steps (b) and (c) are so controlled that the treated blank prepared at the step (e) leaves therein a stress of a type that causes the bellows to contact slightly in an axial direction when heated.
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7. A method as claimed in , in which said steps (b) and (c) are so controlled that the treated blank prepared at the step (e) leaves therein a stress of a type that causes the bellows to have a fixed axial length even when heated.
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8. A device for reforming a bellows for use in a heated atmosphere, said bellows being a metal pipe having a plurality of bulges formed therearound, said device comprising:
a base member;
a first clamp device fixedly mounted on said base member, said first clamp device having a first hydraulically actuated clamping means which clamps one tubular end of said bellows when actuated;
a second clamp device movably mounted on said base member, said second clamp device having a second hydraulically actuated clamping means which clamps the other tubular end of said bellows when actuated;
a hydraulic power source which hydraulically actuates said first and second hydraulically actuated clamping means when assuming ON condition; and
an electric moving device which moves said second clamp device toward and away from said first clamp device when electrically energized.
9. A device as claimed in , in which each of said first and second hydraulically actuated clamping means comprises:
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a hydraulic actuator having an output plunger, said output plunger having a tapered leading end;
a tubular housing in which said output plunger is axially movably received;
a plurality of clamp pieces installed in said tubular housing in a manner to surround the tapered leading end of said output plunger, each clamp piece having a tapered inner surface which can mate the tapered end of said plunger;
an O-ring received in an annular groove which is formed in the clamp pieces;
supporting members installed in said tubular housing in a manner to surround a major portion of said output plunger, each supporting member supporting one end of the correspond clamp piece; and
a circular cap installed in said tubular housing and put on the clamp pieces.
10. A device as claimed in , in which said electric moving device comprises:
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a slider on which said second clamp device is mounted to move therewith, said sliding having a threaded bore formed therethrough;
a threaded shaft passing through said threaded bore of said slider while providing a meshed engagement therebetween;
a supporting device for rotatably supporting said threaded shaft on said base member; and
a servo-motor for rotating said threaded shaft when electrically energized.
11. A device as claimed in , in which said supporting device holds a guide by which said bellows is held and guided.
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