Press forming method and tool for press forming

• US 10,376,941 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2015
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
• Inventors: Wada, Yasuhiro, Yamamoto, Shuji, Yamagata, Mitsuharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Battula, Pradeep C
• Application Number:
  US15/311,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20170100761A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,553 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 22/06 having relatively-movable die parts
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 22/20 Deep-drawing special deep-drawing arrangements in, or in connection with, presses B21D24/00
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 24/00 Special deep-drawing arrangements in, or in connection with, presses
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 15/0094 Press load monitoring means B30B15/281 takes precedence

Abstract

A press forming method includes a first process of obtaining a pressing force applied to each portion of a tool by an workpiece material during press forming while independently driving the respective each portion of the tool divided into multiple portions and press forming the workpiece material, and a second process of adjusting at least one of an applied driving force, an applied driving speed, and an applied driving timing for each portion of the tool to cause a processing portion of the workpiece material in which the state approaching an overload state is detected based on the pressing force to flow to other processing portions of the workpiece material.

Claims

1. A press forming method using a tool including a punch, a die, an outer circumferential punch and a sensor, the method comprising:

a first process of measuring a deformation amount of the die of the tool by the sensor of the tool and obtaining a pressing force applied to the die of the tool by a workpiece material based on the deformation amount during press forming while independently driving each of the punch and the outer circumferential punch of the tool, and press forming the workpiece material; and

a second process of detecting that the tool is in a state approaching an overload state based on the pressing force applied to the die of the tool and adjusting at least one of an applied driving force, an applied driving speed, and an applied driving timing for at least one of the punch and the outer circumferential punch of the tool based on the detecting that the tool is in the state approaching the overload state based on the pressing force applied to the die of the tool.

2. The press forming method according to claim 1,

wherein in the first process, the pressing force is obtained based on a deformation amount of the tool generated according to the flow of the workpiece material during press forming.

3. The press forming method according to claim 2,

wherein in the second process, whether or not the state has approached the overload state is determined by whether or not the pressing force exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

4. The press forming method according to claim 2,

wherein press forming is drawing for forming the workpiece material into a cylindrical member having an axis line, and

wherein the pressing force is obtained at multiple locations along a circumferential direction of which the center is the axis line.

5. The press forming method according to claim 2,

wherein press forming is drawing for forming the workpiece material into a cylindrical member having an axis line, and

wherein the pressing force is obtained at multiple locations along an extension direction of the axis line.

6. The press forming method according to claim 2,

wherein the pressing force is obtained by a strain sensor which is provided on at least one of the die and the punch.

7. The press forming method according to claim 1,

wherein in the second process, whether or not the state has approached the overload state is determined by whether or not the pressing force exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

8. The press forming method according to claim 7,

wherein press forming is drawing for forming the workpiece material into a cylindrical member having an axis line, and

wherein the pressing force is obtained at multiple locations along a circumferential direction of which the center is the axis line.

9. The press forming method according to claim 7,

wherein press forming is drawing for forming the workpiece material into a cylindrical member having an axis line, and

wherein the pressing force is obtained at multiple locations along an extension direction of the axis line.

10. The press forming method according to claim 1,

wherein press forming is drawing for forming the workpiece material into a cylindrical member having an axis line, and

wherein the pressing force is obtained at multiple locations along a circumferential direction of which the center is the axis line.

11. The press forming method according to claim 1,

wherein press forming is drawing for forming the workpiece material into a cylindrical member having an axis line, and

wherein the pressing force is obtained at multiple locations along an extension direction of the axis line.

12. The press forming method according to claim 11,

wherein the pressing force is further obtained at multiple locations along a circumferential direction of which the center is the axis line.

13. The press forming method according to claim 1,

wherein the pressing force is obtained by a strain sensor which is provided on at least one of the die and the punch.

14. The press forming method according to claim 1,

wherein a preliminary process is performed before the first process,

wherein the preliminary processing includes:

a calculation process of obtaining a prediction correspondence relationship between at least one of the driving force, the driving speed, and the driving timing, and the pressing force in which the overload state is not generated, in numerical calculations;

a measurement process of measuring the pressing force applied to the die of the tool by the workpiece material during forming while independently driving at least one of the punch and the outer circumferential punch of the tool and press forming the workpiece material according to the prediction correspondence relationship obtained by the calculation process, and obtaining a measurement correspondence relationship between the measured pressing force and at least one of the driving force, the driving speed, and the driving timing; and

a correction process of obtaining a difference between the prediction correspondence relationship obtained by the calculation process and the measurement correspondence relationship obtained by the measurement process, and correcting the prediction correspondence relationship, and

wherein the first process is performed according to the corrected prediction correspondence relationship obtained by the preliminary process.