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Resiliently mounted, segmented hot forming tool and method for producing a hot formed and press-hardened steel component having a sharply defined transition region

US10245632B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

Oliver LUETKEMEYER · Paderborn, DE
Matthias Wiemers · Paderborn, DE
Robert Stockter · Hannover, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2015
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 1, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB30B15/067
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hot forming tool includes a top tool and a bottom tool, both of which can be moved towards each other. When the hot forming tool is closed, a mold cavity is formed between the top tool and the bottom tool, with the top tool and/or the bottom tool being divided into at least two segments. The hot forming tool has one segment designed as a heating segment. The heating segment includes a compensating element on a side thereof opposite the mold cavity, to compensate for a thermal expansion of the heating segment in the press stroke direction.

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