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US3901063A
US3901063A US407318A US40731873A US3901063A US 3901063 A US3901063 A US 3901063A US 407318 A US407318 A US 407318A US 40731873 A US40731873 A US 40731873A US 3901063 A US3901063 A US 3901063A
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  • a plug for use in tube-drawing wherein said plug is formed of a ceramic material and is provided with means for applying to the plug an axially-directed compressive stress.
  • ceramic material as used in the preceding paragraph and in the remainder of this specification is to be taken to mean a suitable material which is formed mainly or wholly from an oxide, carbide, nitride or boride of a metal or semi-metal such as silicon.
  • axially-directed is to be taken as referring to a direction which, when the plug is in use, is parallel to the axis of the tube which is being drawn.
  • said means for applying an axiallydirected compressive stress to the plug comprises screw actuated means and may embody a pair of abutments disposed respectively at the opposite axial faces of the plug.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of one example of a tube-drawing plug formed in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 2 is also an elevation, partly in section, of an alternative embodiment of a tube-drawing plug in accor dance with the invention.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown therein a plug which is formed from any suitable ceramic material as hereinbefore defined.
  • Said plug comprises a generally cylindrical portion 11, a frusto-conical portion 12 and a further generally cylindrical portion 13, the portion 12 integrally connecting the portions 11 and 13.
  • the plug is also provided with means for applying an axially directed compressive stress to the plug and in the example shown said means includes a pair of abutments 14 and 15 which are each formed of metal such as steel.
  • the abutment 14 comprises an end cap from one axial end of which projects a non-circular extension 16 and from the other axial face of which projects a stem 17 which extends through a central unthreaded bore formed in said plug 10.
  • the exterior of said stem 17 at its end remote from the abutment 14 is formed with a screw thread 18 which engages a threaded central bore formed in the abutment 15.
  • said abutment 15 has a bore which is aligned with the bore formed in the plug 10 and which is provided with a screw thread 19.
  • the exterior of said abutment 15 is formed with flats such as that indicated by reference numeral or is otherwise shaped to receive a tool whereby it can be held or turned.
  • the noncircular projection 16 and flats 20 can be used to grip the abutments 14 and 15 whilst they are turned relative to one another in such a direction as to cause the compressive force to be applied to the plug 10 thereby imparting to said plug an axially directed compressive stress, namely a compressive stress which extends in the direction of the length of said stem 17 which will of course be parallel to the axis of the tube being drawn when the plug is used in conjunction with a die on a drawing bench in a known manner.
  • the projection 16 can if desired be removed before the plug is used.
  • the outer end of the screw thread 19 of the abutment 15 is used for screwing the assembly on to the end of a plug bar which again forms part of the known tube drawing apparatus.
  • the plug 10 will be pre-stressed by the aforementioned compressive stress to such an extent that said compressive stress will be balanced or substantially balanced by the tensile stress that will be applied to the ceramic plug in use.
  • the net tensile stress thus applied to the plug in use will, at worst, be relatively small so that the inherent weakness of a ceramic plug in tension will be obviated and so other desirable properties of ceramic materials, such as, for example, the low frictional forces that will be generated in use, can be utilised.
  • the invention can also be applied to a plug which does not have the frusto-conical portion 12 but which is generally cylindrical throughout.
  • a spacer 21 which is inserted between the abutment 15 and the plug 10.
  • Said spacer 21 is also formed of metal but the metal used is chosen so that it has a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than that of the metal used for the abutments l4 and 15.
  • the spacer 21 can be formed for example of brass or copper.
  • Such a spacer will then compensate for the differential thermal expansion of the abutments l4 and 15 on the one hand and the plug 10 on the other hand, it being appreciated that in use the plug 10 may attain a temperature of up to 200C so that at such temperatures and without the spacer 21 as above-described the differential expansion of the steel abutments and the ceramic plug may result in an undesired relaxation of the initial compressive stress.
  • a mandrel having a plug for use in tube-drawing comprising a plug formed of a ceramic material and means on said mandrel for applying to the plug an axially-directed compressive stress equal to the tensile stress that will be applied to the plug in use to counteract the tensile stress generated against the plug during tube-drawing.
  • a plug as claimed in claim 1 wherein said means for applying an axially-directed compressive stress to the plug comprises screw actuated means.
  • a plug as claimed in claim 2 wherein there is provided a pair of metallic abutments which are threadably connected together.
  • a plug as claimed in claim 3 wherein one of said abutments engages one axial face of the plug and wherein there is provided a spacer which is inserted between the other abutment and the other axial face of the plug so as to engage said other axial face of the plug, said spacer being formed of a metal having a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than that of the metal from which said abutments are formed, said spacer being confined between said other abutment and other axial face to produce an expansion force between the abutment and face when the temperature of the mandrel, plug and spacer is raised in use to apply the axially directed compressive stress to the plug.

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A plug for use in tube-drawing operations wherein the plug is formed of a ceramic material and is provided with means whereby an axially-directed compressive stress is applied to the plug.

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United States Patent 1- 1191 Nileshwar Aug. 26, 1975 [5 1 PLUGS FOR USE IN TUBE-DRAWING 2,220,757 11/1940 Engle et a1 72/479 6 1 1 Invent vivek Babum NikShWa-F, Four 338435? 311332 32222 ,1 35/333 Oaks Sutton coldfield, England 2,473,383 6/1949 Messinger 72/347 [73] Assignee: SJLD. Services Limited, 2,525,258 10/1950 Fabnzlo 72/479 Birmingham, England FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 2 Filed: 0 17 1973 587,785 5/1947 United Kingdom 72/283 450,534 8/1948 Canada 72/478 [21] App]. No.: 407,318
Primary Examiner-C. W. Lanham 52 us. (:1. 72/283; 72/383; 72/479; M- "P 72/283; 72/478; 72/lo7 Attorney, Agent, or Fzrm-Fmnegan, Henderson, 51 1m. c1. B2lc 1/24 Farah 72 209, 478 [58] Field of Search [283 ABSTRACT I 56] References a A plug for use in tube-drawing operations v vherein the UNITED STATES PATENTS plug is formed of a' ceramlc materlal and 1s provlded 7'8 082 H903 B dd k 72,478 with means whereby an axially-directed compressive ra oc 1,974,807 9/1934 Dempsey 76/107 mess appled the 2,173,099 9/1939 5 Claims, 2 Drawing Figures Dennis 72/383 PLUGS FOR USE IN TUBE-DRAWING This invention relates to plugs or mandrels (hereinafter referred to as plugs) which are used in tube drawing operations, the object of the invention being to provide such a plug in an improved form.
In accordance with the invention there is provided a plug for use in tube-drawing wherein said plug is formed of a ceramic material and is provided with means for applying to the plug an axially-directed compressive stress.
The term ceramic material as used in the preceding paragraph and in the remainder of this specification is to be taken to mean a suitable material which is formed mainly or wholly from an oxide, carbide, nitride or boride of a metal or semi-metal such as silicon. Furthermore, the term axially-directed is to be taken as referring to a direction which, when the plug is in use, is parallel to the axis of the tube which is being drawn.
Conveniently, said means for applying an axiallydirected compressive stress to the plug comprises screw actuated means and may embody a pair of abutments disposed respectively at the opposite axial faces of the plug.
The invention will now be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawing wherein FIG. 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of one example of a tube-drawing plug formed in accordance with the invention, and
FIG. 2 is also an elevation, partly in section, of an alternative embodiment of a tube-drawing plug in accor dance with the invention.
Referring firstly to the construction seen in FIG. 1 there is shown therein a plug which is formed from any suitable ceramic material as hereinbefore defined. Said plug comprises a generally cylindrical portion 11, a frusto-conical portion 12 and a further generally cylindrical portion 13, the portion 12 integrally connecting the portions 11 and 13.
The plug is also provided with means for applying an axially directed compressive stress to the plug and in the example shown said means includes a pair of abutments 14 and 15 which are each formed of metal such as steel. The abutment 14 comprises an end cap from one axial end of which projects a non-circular extension 16 and from the other axial face of which projects a stem 17 which extends through a central unthreaded bore formed in said plug 10. Furthermore, the exterior of said stem 17 at its end remote from the abutment 14 is formed with a screw thread 18 which engages a threaded central bore formed in the abutment 15. Thus, said abutment 15 has a bore which is aligned with the bore formed in the plug 10 and which is provided with a screw thread 19. The exterior of said abutment 15 is formed with flats such as that indicated by reference numeral or is otherwise shaped to receive a tool whereby it can be held or turned.
The above-described parts can therefore be assembled so that the plug 10 is located between the two abutments 14 and 15 whereas the abutments themselves are interconnected by means of the screw thread 18 formed on said stem 17 and the coacting screw thread 19 formed in the bore of the abutment 15. The noncircular projection 16 and flats 20 can be used to grip the abutments 14 and 15 whilst they are turned relative to one another in such a direction as to cause the compressive force to be applied to the plug 10 thereby imparting to said plug an axially directed compressive stress, namely a compressive stress which extends in the direction of the length of said stem 17 which will of course be parallel to the axis of the tube being drawn when the plug is used in conjunction with a die on a drawing bench in a known manner. After stressing, the projection 16 can if desired be removed before the plug is used. The outer end of the screw thread 19 of the abutment 15 is used for screwing the assembly on to the end of a plug bar which again forms part of the known tube drawing apparatus.
Conveniently, the plug 10 will be pre-stressed by the aforementioned compressive stress to such an extent that said compressive stress will be balanced or substantially balanced by the tensile stress that will be applied to the ceramic plug in use. The net tensile stress thus applied to the plug in use will, at worst, be relatively small so that the inherent weakness of a ceramic plug in tension will be obviated and so other desirable properties of ceramic materials, such as, for example, the low frictional forces that will be generated in use, can be utilised. The invention can also be applied to a plug which does not have the frusto-conical portion 12 but which is generally cylindrical throughout.
In the alternative embodiment shown in FIG. 2, there is provided a spacer 21 which is inserted between the abutment 15 and the plug 10. Said spacer 21 is also formed of metal but the metal used is chosen so that it has a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than that of the metal used for the abutments l4 and 15. Thus where the latter are formed from steel, the spacer 21 can be formed for example of brass or copper. Such a spacer will then compensate for the differential thermal expansion of the abutments l4 and 15 on the one hand and the plug 10 on the other hand, it being appreciated that in use the plug 10 may attain a temperature of up to 200C so that at such temperatures and without the spacer 21 as above-described the differential expansion of the steel abutments and the ceramic plug may result in an undesired relaxation of the initial compressive stress.
I claim:
1. A mandrel having a plug for use in tube-drawing comprising a plug formed of a ceramic material and means on said mandrel for applying to the plug an axially-directed compressive stress equal to the tensile stress that will be applied to the plug in use to counteract the tensile stress generated against the plug during tube-drawing.
2. A plug as claimed in claim 1 wherein said means for applying an axially-directed compressive stress to the plug comprises screw actuated means.
3. A plug as claimed in claim 2 wherein there is provided a pair of metallic abutments which are threadably connected together.
4. A plug as claimed in claim 3 wherein said pair of metallic abutments respectively engage the opposite axial faces of the plug.
5. A plug as claimed in claim 3 wherein one of said abutments engages one axial face of the plug and wherein there is provided a spacer which is inserted between the other abutment and the other axial face of the plug so as to engage said other axial face of the plug, said spacer being formed of a metal having a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than that of the metal from which said abutments are formed, said spacer being confined between said other abutment and other axial face to produce an expansion force between the abutment and face when the temperature of the mandrel, plug and spacer is raised in use to apply the axially directed compressive stress to the plug.

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1. A mandrel having a plug for use in tube-drawing comprising a plug formed of a ceramic material and means on said mandrel for applying to the plug an axially-directed compressive stress equal to the tensile stress that will be applied to the plug in use to counteract the tensile stress generated against the plug during tube-drawing.
2. A plug as claimed in claim 1 wherein said means for applying an axially-directed compressive stress to the plug comprises screw actuated means.
3. A plug as claimed in claim 2 wherein there is provided a pair of metallic abutments which are threadably connected together.
4. A plug as claimed in claim 3 wherein said pair of metallic abutments respectively engage the opposite axial faces of the plug.
5. A plug as claimed in claim 3 wherein one of said abutments engages one axial face of the plug and wherein there is provided a spacer which is inserted between the other abutment and the other axial face of the plug so as to engage said other axial face of the plug, said spacer being formed of a metal having a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than that of the metal from which said abutments are formed, said spacer being confined between said other abutment and other axial face to produce an expansion force between the abutment and face when the temperature of the mandrel, plug and spacer is raised in use to apply the axially directed compressive stress to the plug.
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US6016681A (en) * 1997-08-23 2000-01-25 Ford Motor Company Bullet tube expanding apparatus
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US2220757A (en) * 1937-12-16 1940-11-05 Carboloy Company Inc Tube drawing nib mount
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US4057992A (en) * 1976-04-09 1977-11-15 Granges Nyby Ab Mandrel for cold drawing and/or sizing tubes
US5263351A (en) * 1992-09-01 1993-11-23 Italimpianti Of America, Inc. Locking wedge assembly for two-piece mechanically connected mandrels
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US6070671A (en) * 1997-08-01 2000-06-06 Shell Oil Company Creating zonal isolation between the interior and exterior of a well system
US6016681A (en) * 1997-08-23 2000-01-25 Ford Motor Company Bullet tube expanding apparatus
US20120135197A1 (en) * 2009-08-07 2012-05-31 Ben Halford Composite tool pin

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