Resiliently mounted, segmented hot forming tool and method for producing a hot formed and press-hardened steel component having a sharply defined transition region
US11548050B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 14, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2040 |
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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