Device for producing hollow bodies according to an internal high pressure metal forming process
US5575172A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB21D26/047
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for producing a hollow body according to an internal high pressure metal forming process has a tool which is divided along a mold joint into a stationary tool part and a liftable tool part. The tool has an impression for receiving a tube-shaped blank. A press opens and closes the tool. An axially movable slide is attached to an open end of the blank, through which a pressure medium is introduced into the blank. A hydraulic working cylinder which is angularly and vertically adjustable on a support member has a piston rod which holds the slide and which displaces the slide axially. A pair of pull rods connect the tool and the working cylinder and are arranged on opposite sides of the piston rod at the same level as the piston rod, each pull rod extending into the end-side portion of the mold joint and being releasably anchored to each of the stationary tool part and the liftable tool part in a form-locking manner in corresponding recesses along the mold joint. The recesses are configured such that after a working cycle the liftable tool part can be lifted away from the pull rod in a vertical direction without resistance. In another embodiment the pull rods are releasably anc…
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