US3343430A - Method of making metal forming dies - Google Patents

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US3343430A
US3343430A US514093A US51409365A US3343430A US 3343430 A US3343430 A US 3343430A US 514093 A US514093 A US 514093A US 51409365 A US51409365 A US 51409365A US 3343430 A US3343430 A US 3343430A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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  • ABSTRACT F THE DISCLOSURE A process for fabricating a thin shelled die upon a backing body, in which a master pattern is utilized to form a mandrel of disposable material. A thin shell of material is conformed to the mandrel and While the same is in place thereon a owable hardenable back-up material is applied to the thin shell. Upon hardening of the latter back-up material the mandrel is removed from the shell. The shell secured on the backup member may be used as a die.
  • One prior method has included the steps of machining ⁇ a plastic body to the die shape, coating it with a conductive material, electro-depositing a metal shell or jacket on it, and then iinishing the outer surface of the metal jacket to nal form.
  • One diiiiculty with that method is that there is a tendency to separate at the conductive coating.
  • Another is that the cost offinishing the plastic backing body is considerable.
  • Another is the cost of nishing the metal jacket on the deposit side.
  • each item has to be tool-shaped separately Without the use of a common pattern so that exact duplication is dii'iicult and ex-l pensive.
  • Another prior method has included the carbonyl deposit of a surface jacket directly on a shaped plastic backing member; and while this avoids the conductive coating, 4the method requires elaborate and very expensive equipment which is also potentially Adangerous to personnel. Preforming of the plastic backing member and the final shaping of the surface layer are about the same as with the electroplating method.
  • Another method is to deposit on a shaped plastic body a layer of hard metal from Ia spaced shape-matching metal body in a dielectric liquid by electro-spark transfer.
  • Another object of the vinvention is to provide a method which requires no pre-forming of the jacket-backing rbody and a minimal amount of final forming of the facing metal layer.
  • Another object is to provide a method which employs a single pattern for all dies produced so, in kind, they will all be substantially identical.
  • Another object is to provide a method which employs a single basic master pattern for both male and female dies of an operating set of dies.
  • FIG. .1 is a vertical section through a set of mating sheet forming dies showing a flat sheet between them ready to be shaped;
  • FIGS. 2 through 6 show the steps of forming a male die member, and wherein:
  • FIG. 2 is a section through a shaped master or starting pattern
  • FIG. 3 shows the pattern of FIG. 2 with a shape-retain ing, face-shaping body or mandrel flow-formed thereon;
  • FIG. 4 shows the face-shaping body separated from the ⁇ pattern and with a hard metal facing layer or jacket formed thereon, as by electro-deposition;
  • FIG. 5 shows the assembly of FIG. 4 with a final flow- ⁇ formed, rigid, shape-stable backing body supporting the metal facing layer;
  • FIG. 6 shows the assembly of FIG. 5 with shaping body or mandrel removed
  • FIGS. 7 through 13 show the steps of forming a female die member from the same 'pattern used for forming theV male die member and wherein:
  • FIG. 7 shows the same starting master pattern as shown' metal sheet shown in FIG. 1 which is to be formed by the dies;
  • FIG. 9 shows the assembly of FIG. 8 with a transfer body, as of plaster or other suitable material, how-formed4 thereon, this body being the pattern for the female die member corresponding to the pattern of FIG. 2 for the male die member;
  • FIG. l0 shows the pattern of FIG. 9 with a face-shap ing body or mandrel flow-formed thereon, this view corresponding to FIG. 3 for the male die member;
  • FIG. 11 shows the face-shaping body or mandrel separated from the pattern and with a hard metal facing layer formed thereon, the view corresponding to FIG. 4
  • FIG. 12 shows the assembly of FIG. 1l with a final iiow-formed, rigid shape-stable backing body supporting the metal facing layer, the view corresponding to FIG. 5 for the male die member;
  • FIG. 13 shows the assembly of FIG. 12 with the faceshaping body or mandrel removed, the view corresponding to FIG. 6 for the male die member.
  • FIG. 1 shows the end product. namely a male die member 20 and a female die member 21 ready to be brought together to shape a metal sheet or workpiece W between them.
  • the male die member comprises a flow-formed, rigid, shape-stable backing body 22 and a hard metal facing layer, shell, or jacket 23 iirmly'bonded thereto.
  • the female die member comprises a flow-formed, rigid, shapestable backing body 24 and a hard facing layer, shell, 0r jacket 25 firmly bonded thereto.
  • VSuitable How-formed, rigid, shape-stable backing materials andsuitable facing materials are well known but, by way of example, it may be noted that they are of i such a nature that they will provide a hard, firm but nonfragile shape-stable backingsupport and a ⁇ hard shape- 0 stable facing and will adhesively bond irmly together;
  • the facing layer may be a hard material, such as electrothe faceu ported and rigidied by the backing body and will accurately form a sheet in the press.
  • the nal steps of forming the male and female dies are alike and all steps would be alike if male and female master patterns were provided; but since a single master pattern is used, the making of the female die member requires some additional starting steps-as would the making of a male die member if the master pattern were fe-v male-and the making of a male die member from a male master pattern is simpler, so that will be described first, reference being made to FIGS. 2 through 6.
  • the master pattern 28 of FIG. 1 may be of suitable hard stable wood, as is usual. As shown in FIG. 2, it has had how-formed against its shaped surface a body or mandrel 29 of suitable material, such, for example, as a low melting point metal which will not harm the pattern and which can easily be melted away later. Many low melting point metals are known, as see Fusible Alloys in Websters unabridged dictionary. An alloy known as Cerrobend which is similar to Woods metal or Roses metal, which melts near the .boiling point of water, and
  • fusible alloys which is very hard when solidified has been found to be very suitable for the described purposes.
  • These fusible alloys usually contain bismuth, lead, tin, cadmium, mercury, and the like.
  • the present invention is not dependent on the use of any particular metal or even upon any other particular material, the important point being that it can be flow-formed to exactly conform to the pattern shape; that it will be rigid and shape-stable; and that it has a suitable facing jacket formed on it.
  • the hard metal facing layer 23, as of electro-deposited nickel, is formed on the surface of the body of mandrel 29 after it has been removed from the pattern 28. If the mandrel is of cast metal, as mentioned above, it will take .a metal plating directly; if it is of a nonconductive material and a conductive surface is needed for depositing the jacket electrolytically or otherwise, a metal coating can be applied at the start.
  • the backing body 22 has been flowformed on the outer surface of the facing layer 23.
  • the rough surface of the electro-deposited layer 23 greatly aids the adhesive bonding of the plastic body thereto.
  • the plastic may, if desired, be reinforced by stronger materials, such as concrete, metal, or the like, or may even be flowed in a space provided between a backing body of solid material and the facing jacket, the important feature being that the material immediately backing the work-engaging facing or jacket will have sufficient owability to completely conform to the back of the jacket and will be permanently bonded thereto-and to the solid reinforcement, if tused.
  • the mandrel 29 has been removed to expose the surface opposite that attached to the backing body 22. Since this surface of the jacket was formed against a smooth surface of the mandrel 29 which, in turn, was formed against the smooth surface of the master pattern 28, this die-active or working surface of the facing layer of the die will be very smooth. If any rough or irregular spots are noted, these can easily be dressed before the die is used.
  • the formation of the female die member from the single master pattern, as shown in FIGS. 7 through 13, is different from that for the male die member in that the thickness of the sheet W to be formed must be provided for and a surface reversal must be provided to change from a male working surface to a female working surface.
  • FIG. 7 shows the start with the master pattern 28, which is the same as in FIG. 2.
  • a sheet replica 30, of the same thickness as the sheet W to be formed, is deposited on the pattern 2S.
  • This is a known process termed packing and may employ wax, plastic, or other suitable easily-shaped, flowable material which will temporarily adhere to the pattern and permit later stripping therefrom.
  • the thickness of this layer will depend upon the thickness, etc. of the sheet material to be drawn or formed and may, for example, be .030l to .040, more or less.
  • a transfer body or female pattern 31 of suitable material such as plaster, plastic, or the like, is next formed, as by flow-forming or casting, on the sheet replica 30.
  • the transfer body or female pattern 31 has been removed from the assembly 28, 30 and has had formed thereon a mandrel 32, the same corresponding to the mandrel 29 for the male die member shown in FIG. 3.
  • the pattern or transfer body 31 has been removed from the mandrel 32 and the mandrel has had formed on it a hard metal facing layer or jacket 25.
  • the backing body 24 has been formed on the back of the facing layer 25.
  • FIG. 13 shows the die member 21, comprising the elements 24, 25, after the mandrel 32 has been removed therefrom.
  • the backing body 24 is flow-formed on the rough surface of the facing layer 25 and the smooth opposite surface of the facing layer is presented as the working die surface, suitable finishing being given to it if needed.
  • the method of forming the dies is relatively simple and economical and requires a minimum of hand finishing, flow-forming as contrasted to toolshaping being used at all stages, yet obtains great accuracy of shape and perfect matching of the die members for the particular thickness of sheet to be formed in the dies.
  • the method of forming a die member with a hard metal facing layer or jacket and a rigid, shape-stable, backing body which comprises, providing a master pattern, conforming a sheet replica to the master pattern, applying a How-forming hardenable body to the sheet replica conformed to the master pattern, removing the hardened transfer body from the sheet replica and master pattern and applying to the transfer body a owable, disposable, hardenable material to form a rigid shape-stable mandrel body, forming a hard metal facing layer on the mandrel body, forming a body of owable hardenable material on the back of the metal facing layer to form a rigid, shapestable, adherent, backing body thereon, and removing the mandrel body from the backing body.

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US3847036A (en) * 1973-10-10 1974-11-12 Centenary Central Method of producing cutting plates for die cutting operations
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US3847036A (en) * 1973-10-10 1974-11-12 Centenary Central Method of producing cutting plates for die cutting operations
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FR2399326A1 (fr) * 1977-08-05 1979-03-02 Chambon Machines Machine de gaufrage rotative
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