Method for quick gas bulging forming of hot metal sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10710139-B2
Application number	US-201916541583-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2019
Priority date	Aug 23, 2017
Publication date	Jul 14, 2020
Grant date	Jul 14, 2020

Abstract

A method for quick forming of a metal sheet. In an embodiment, the method includes the following steps: placing a metal sheet blank to be formed on a forming mold; introducing high-pressure gases with equal pressures simultaneously into upper and lower enclosed cavities respectively formed by the metal sheet blank and the sealing mold, and the metal sheet blank and the forming mold; heating the metal sheet blank to a preset forming temperature condition; quickly releasing the high-pressure gas from the cavity formed by the metal sheet blank and the forming mold, such that the metal sheet blank bulges; and discharging the gas from the cavity formed by the metal sheet blank and the sealing mold, and opening the mold to obtain a formed metal sheet part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for gas bulging forming of a hot metal sheet, wherein the method is implemented according to the following steps:
step one, placing a metal sheet blank to be formed on a forming mold, and closing a sealing mold to form enclosed cavities on upper and lower surfaces of the metal sheet blank;
step two, introducing high-pressure gases with equal pressures simultaneously into upper and lower enclosed cavities respectively formed by the metal sheet blank and the sealing mold, and the metal sheet blank and the forming mold;
step three, heating the metal sheet blank to a preset forming temperature condition;
step four, quickly releasing the high-pressure gas from the enclosed cavity formed by the metal sheet blank and the forming mold, such that the metal sheet blank bulges quickly under the action of the high-pressure gas in the upper cavity and thus fits into the mold cavity of the forming mold; and
step five, discharging the gas from the cavity formed by the metal sheet blank and the sealing mold, and opening the sealing mold to obtain a formed metal sheet part.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heating of the metal sheet blank in step three is conducted through contact heating using a hot steel plate.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein in step four, multiple non-uniformly distributed vent holes are opened at the bottom of the forming mold, a first vent hole is located on the left side of the lower cavity, and a second vent hole and a third vent hole are located on the right side of the lower cavity.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein in step four, a gas regulating valve is further provided on the multiple vent holes opened at the bottom of the forming mold, and a deflation speed of each vent hole can be adjusted by the respective gas regulating valve.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step four, multiple non-uniformly distributed vent holes are opened at the bottom of the forming mold, a first vent hole is located on the left side of the lower cavity, and a second vent hole and a third vent hole are located on the right side of the lower cavity.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein in step four, a gas regulating valve is further provided on the multiple vent holes opened at the bottom of the forming mold, and a deflation speed of each vent hole can be adjusted by the respective gas regulating valve.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein in steps one to five, both the sealing mold and the forming mold are at a temperature condition of room temperature, and the metal sheet blank is also at room temperature before being placed on the forming mold, and in step three, the metal sheet blank is quickly heated by an electrode provided thereon.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein in steps one to five, both the sealing mold and the forming mold are at a temperature condition of room temperature, and the metal sheet blank is also at room temperature before being placed on the forming mold, and in step three, the metal sheet blank is quickly heated by an electrode provided thereon.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a pressure in the enclosed cavity on the lower surface has a linearly increasing phase corresponding to step two and a linearly decreasing phase corresponding to step four, the linearly decreasing phase occurring immediately after the linearly increasing phase.

10. A method for gas bulging forming of a hot metal sheet, wherein the method is implemented according to the following steps:
step one, placing a metal sheet blank to be formed on a forming mold, and closing a sealing mold to form enclosed cavities on upper and lower surfaces of the metal sheet blank;
step two, introducing high-pressure gases with equal pressures simultaneously into upper and lower enclosed cavities respectively formed by the metal sheet blank and the sealing mold, and the metal sheet blank and the forming mold;
step three, heating the metal sheet blank to a preset forming temperature condition;
step four, quickly releasing the high-pressure gas from the enclosed cavity formed by the metal sheet blank and the forming mold, such that the metal sheet blank bulges quickly under the action of the high-pressure gas in the upper cavity and thus fits into the mold cavity of the forming mold; and
step five, discharging the gas from the cavity formed by the metal sheet blank and the sealing mold, and opening the sealing mold to obtain a formed metal sheet part;

wherein:
step four is completed in less than 5 seconds; and
the high-pressure gas has a pressure of at least 10 MPa.

Assignees

• Harbin Inst Technology

Inventors

• Yuan Shijian
• He Zhubin
• Fan Xiaobo
• Ding Mingqu
• Han Guofeng

Classifications

• B21D37/16

  Heating or cooling · CPC title

• B21D26/029

  Closing or sealing means · CPC title

• B21D53/045

  by inflating partially united plates · CPC title

• B21D26/021 Primary

  Deforming sheet bodies · CPC title

• B21D26/055

  Blanks having super-plastic properties · CPC title