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Roll forming method and device

US5711174A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 16, 1996
Grant dateJan 27, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 16, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21H7/187
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A roll forming method is used for forming an annular product with a radially outwardly extending flange portion at an end and includes steps of holding a center portion of a work for forming the annular product by a holding device, rotating the work, contacting a circumferential end portion of the rotating work with a forming roller to be pressed to form the flange portion while retaining a circumferential outer end of the work. The present invention is advantageous in that the resultant product has a good quality without deficiency, such as underfill of the material and has an improved toughness unlike a cast product, a product made by welding and the like of the same structure.

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