Method for producing pipe material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11167335-B2
Application number	US-201716095533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2017
Priority date	Jul 12, 2016
Publication date	Nov 9, 2021
Grant date	Nov 9, 2021

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a pipe material and to provide a mandrel with which resistance between a member to be processed and the mandrel during bending processing can be reduced and overall processing time can be shortened. The method for producing a pipe material includes: a step for inserting a mandrel, which is provided on the inside thereof with a flow path through which dry ice powder flows and spray holes at the tip thereof for spraying the dry ice powder, inside pipe material; a step for spraying the dry ice powder from the spray holes inside the pipe material; and a step for performing bending processing on the pipe material wherein the mandrel has been inserted.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing a pipe material, comprising:
an insertion step of inserting a mandrel into a pipe material;
an injection step of injecting dry ice powder into the pipe material;
a bending processing step of performing bending processing on the pipe material into which the mandrel is inserted; and
an injection stop step of stopping injection of the dry ice powder,
wherein the insertion step includes a first insertion step of inserting the mandrel up to a portion positioned in front of a processing portion of the pipe material to be subjected to the bending processing,
wherein the injection step includes a preceding injection step of injecting the dry ice powder to the processing portion inside the pipe material from the portion positioned in front of the processing portion after the first insertion step,
wherein the injection stop step includes a step of stopping the injection of the dry ice powder after the preceding injection step, and
wherein the insertion step includes a second insertion step of inserting the mandrel into the processing portion after the injection stop step.

2. The method for producing a pipe material according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the bending processing step, the dry ice powder is continuously injected.

3. The method for producing a pipe material according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mandrel includes a flow path, through which the dry ice powder flows, inside the mandrel, and an injection hole, through which the dry ice powder is injected, on a tip of the mandrel.

4. The method for producing a pipe material according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mandrel is formed of aluminum, bronze, iron, aluminum alloy, or iron alloy, and
wherein a coating portion is formed on a surface of the mandrel, the coating portion being made by chrome plating or chrome plating, or being made of a fluororesin, a nylon resin, a phenolic resin, Diamond like Carbon, or MoS 2 .

5. The method for producing a pipe material according to claim 1 ,
wherein a porous coating portion is formed on a surface of the mandrel.

6. The method for producing a pipe material according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the injection step, a film of the dry ice powder is formed on an inner surface of the pipe material and a surface of the mandrel.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Kawamoto Hiroshi
• Yasui Toyoaki
• Sano Yoichi
• Kiyota Yoshihiro

Classifications

• B21D9/04 Primary

  the mandrel being rigid · CPC title

• B21D9/18

  for heating or cooling of bends · CPC title

• B21D37/18

  Lubricating {, e.g. lubricating tool and workpiece simultaneously (lubricating workpieces for deep-drawing B21D22/201)} · CPC title

• B21D9/125

  by pushing through a curved die · CPC title

• B21D9/16 Primary

  Auxiliary equipment, e.g. machines for filling tubes with sand · CPC title