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Hardening tool and method for producing hardened profiled shaped articles

US10023927B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG · DE
thyssenkrupp AG · DE

Inventors

Sascha Sikora · Grafenau, DE
Jörg Gorschlüter · Hamm, DE
Thomas Flehmig · Ratingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 2, 2015
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 18, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC21D9/46
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A hardening tool is disclosed for producing hardened profiled shaped articles from a sheet steel material, which hardening tool has at least two tool parts which are movable relative to one another and between which a heated sheet steel material which has been preformed into a profiled shaped article and is optionally finally formed and is cooled in a hardening process, wherein the hardening tool has a mold core which, during the hardening process, is arranged in a recess of the profiled shaped article, and wherein the mold core has at least one outlet opening for the pressurization of cooling medium from a cooling medium duct on the profiled shaped article.

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