Method and device for producing leadthroughs on hollow profiles
US6430981B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49805
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and a device for producing leadthroughs on a hollow profile useing a high fluidic pressure in an internal high-pressure forming tool. Dome-like secondary shaped elements are formed outwards in a radial direction from this hollow profile by the fluidic pressurizing. The secondary shaped elements are then reverse drawn into the interior of the hollow profile by punches at the prevailing internal high pressure. A punched slug is cut out of the base of the reverse-drawn secondary shaped element by the punch. A bent-in margin of the secondary shaped element lying next to the cutout is then straightened by the punch in a displacing movement directed further inwards by being pressed against a hollow-profile wall. To ensure the process reliability when producing the leadthrough even in the case of a hollow-profile material having low formability and to retain the strength of the hollow profile in the transition region to the leadthrough, it is provided in each case to form a secondary shaped element out of the hollow profile at two opposite locations, to reverse draw the secondary shaped elements after the forming, in each case into the hollow-profile interior by a punch in such a…
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