Spinning forming method and spinning forming apparatus

• US 10,549,468 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2013
• Issued: 02/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Ogishi, Hideyuki, Iwasaki, Hayato, Imamura, Yoshihide, Sakane, Yuto, Tsuji, Toshiro, Kitano, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, William P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Swanson, Andrew L
• Application Number:
  US14/424,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20150209991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,349 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 22/14 Spinning
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 22/16 over shaping mandrels or formers
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 22/18 using tools guided to produce the required profile
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 37/16 Heating or cooling
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 48/05 Filamentary, e.g. strands
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/731 Filamentary material, i.e. comprised of a single element, e.g. filaments, strands, threads, fibres cables B29L2031/707

Abstract

A spinning forming method includes a first forming step and a second forming step, in each of which a plate fixed to a main shaft is formed while being rotated. In the first forming step, a processing tool is brought into contact with a first main surface of the plate to form a first level-changing portion extending from the first main surface toward a second main surface. In the second forming step, the processing tool is brought into contact with the second main surface at an outer peripheral side of the first level-changing portion to form a second level-changing portion extending in an opposite direction to the first level-changing portion.

Claims

1. A spinning forming method comprising:

a first forming step of forming a first level-changing portion at a position between flat portions of a plate by, while rotating the plate fixed to a main shaft, causing a processing tool to contact a first main surface of the plate, the first level-changing portion extending from the first main surface toward a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, the flat portions being flat in a radial direction of the main shaft; and

a second forming step of forming a second level-changing portion by, while rotating the plate fixed to the main shaft, causing the processing tool to contact the second main surface of the plate at an outer peripheral side of the first level-changing portion, the second level-changing portion extending in an opposite direction to the first level-changing portion, wherein;

in the first forming step, a heater provided at an opposite side of the plate relative to the processing tool locally heats a position of the second main surface of the plate by induction heating,

in the second forming step, the heater provided at the opposite side of the plate relative to the processing tool locally heats a position of the first main surface of the plate by induction heating,

the first level-changing portion is fully formed at a position on the plate such that the first level-changing portion is not in contact with a first receiving jig, which is attached to the main shaft and on which the plate is placed before the first forming step, and

the second level-changing portion is fully formed at a position on the plate such that the second level-changing portion is not in contact with a second receiving jig that replaces the first receiving jig after the first forming step and before the second forming step.

2. The spinning forming method according to claim 1, further comprising:

a preparing step before the first forming step; and

an intermediate step after the first forming step and before the second forming step, wherein;

in the preparing step, the plate is placed on the first receiving jig attached to the main shaft, and the plate is fixed to the main shaft via the first receiving jig by a fixing jig; and

in the intermediate step, the first receiving jig is replaced with the second receiving jig, which is larger than the first receiving jig and includes an annular protruding portion that supports a bottom portion of the first level-changing portion, the plate turned over is then placed on the second receiving jig, and the plate is fixed to the main shaft via the second receiving jig by the fixing jig.

3. The spinning forming method according to claim 2, wherein an edge portion that is pointed toward a predetermined radial position of the bottom portion of the first level-changing portion is formed at a tip end of the protruding portion of the second receiving jig.

4. The spinning forming method according to claim 3, wherein in the second forming step, the processing tool is brought into contact with the second main surface of the plate at a position immediately next to the edge portion of the second receiving jig.

5. The spinning forming method according to claim 1, further comprising:

a preparing step before the first forming step; and

an intermediate step after the first forming step and before the second forming step, wherein;

in the preparing step, the plate is placed on a first receiving jig attached to the main shaft, and the plate is fixed to the main shaft via the first receiving jig by a first fixing jig; and

in the intermediate step, the first receiving jig is replaced with a second receiving jig larger than the first receiving jig and including an annular protruding portion that supports a bottom portion of the first level-changing portion, the plate turned over is then placed on the second receiving jig, and the plate is fixed to the main shaft via the second receiving jig by a second fixing jig having a size that is not smaller than a minimum diameter of a portion where the protruding portion of the second receiving jig contacts the plate.

6. The spinning forming method according to claim 5, wherein when the plate turned over is placed on the second receiving jig, only the protruding portion of the second receiving jig receives the first main surface of the plate.

7. The spinning forming method according to claim 1, wherein:

in the first forming step, the position of the second main surface of the plate locally heated by the heater is located on a circumference defined by a position, with which the processing tool contacts, of the plate; and

in the second forming step, the position of the first main surface of the plate locally heated by the heater is located on the circumference defined by the position, with which the processing tool contacts, of the plate.

8. The spinning forming method according to claim 1, wherein multistage forming of the plate is realized by repeatedly performing the first forming step and the second forming step.

9. The spinning forming method according to claim 1, wherein:

in the first forming step, the first level-changing portion is formed at the same time as the induction heating by the heater; and

in the second forming step, the second level-changing portion is formed at the same time as the induction heating by the heater.

10. The spinning forming method according to claim 1, wherein:

the first level-changing portion extends from the first main surface toward the second main surface in a direction away from a rotational axis of the main shaft; and

the second level-changing portion extends from the second main surface toward the first main surface in the direction away from the rotational axis of the main shaft.