Ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming system and method for special-shaped component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11660653-B2
Application number	US-202117339460-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2021
Priority date	Aug 19, 2020
Publication date	May 30, 2023
Grant date	May 30, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming system for a special-shaped component, including a control system, a supercharger, a driving device, a preforming unit, and a final forming unit. The present disclosure further provides an ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming method for a special-shaped component, including the following steps: S1: making an equal diameter cylindrical coil blank with an overlapping part in a longitudinal direction by using a plate blank; S2: bulging the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank into a variable diameter cylindrical prefabricated coil blank; S3: cutting and welding the overlapping part remaining on the variable diameter cylindrical prefabricated coil blank in the axial direction to obtain a variable diameter prefabricated tube blank; S4: filling liquid and press-forming the variable diameter prefabricated tube blank, so that the variable diameter prefabricated tube blank occurs compressive deformation, thereby forming the special-shaped component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming system for a special-shaped component, comprising:
a control system;
a preforming unit comprising a preforming die and a self-sealing liquid bag;
a supercharger having a liquid outlet and electrically connected to the control system, wherein the liquid outlet is connected to the self-sealing liquid bag;
a final forming unit comprising a liquid filling press-forming die and two tube end self-sealing devices, wherein each of the tube end self-sealing devices comprises:
a tube end self-sealing punch; and
an oil cylinder used for driving the tube end self-sealing punch, wherein one of the tube end self-sealing punches is provided with a liquid through pipe, the liquid through pipe is connected to the liquid outlet; and

a driving device electrically connected to the control system, wherein the driving device can drive the preforming die and the liquid filling press-forming die between an open position and a closed position.

2. The ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming system for a special-shaped component of claim 1 , wherein a shape and size of a mold cavity of the preforming die are matched with a shape and size of a variable diameter cylindrical prefabricated coil blank, wherein a shape and size of a mold cavity of the liquid filling press-forming die is further matched with the shape and size of the special-shaped component.

3. The ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming system for a special-shaped component of claim 1 , wherein a mold cavity of the preforming die is arranged with a coil blank; the supercharger is configured to fill a high-pressure liquid into the self-sealing liquid bag to bulge the coil blank into a variable diameter cylindrical prefabricated coil blank, wherein the high-pressure liquid is filled into the variable diameter cylindrical prefabricated coil blank arranged in a mold cavity of the liquid filling press-forming die through the supercharger and the liquid through pipe.

4. The ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming system for a special-shaped component of claim 1 , further comprising a recovery unit, wherein the recovery unit comprises:
a sedimentation tank arranged below the liquid filling press-forming die, wherein a liquid overflowing from the liquid filling press-forming die flows into the sedimentation tank;
a water tank connected to the sedimentation tank through a connecting pipe;
a liquid recovery pump and a filter separately arranged on the connecting pipe, wherein the filter is closer to the water tank than the liquid recovery pump; and
a safety valve.

5. The ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming system for a special-shaped component of claim 4 , further comprising a constant pressure unit, wherein the constant pressure unit comprises:
an energy accumulator;
a liquid inlet of a liquid inlet hydraulic pump connected to the water tank;
a liquid outlet of the liquid inlet hydraulic pump connected to the supercharger;
a one-way valve arranged on a pipeline between the liquid inlet hydraulic pump and the supercharger;
a pressure sensor arranged in the supercharger that is separately and electrically connected to the control system; and
a three-way valve having a first end, a second end, and a third end, wherein the first end is connected to the energy accumulator, the second end is connected to a pipeline between the one-way valve and the supercharger, and the third end is connected to the water tank.

6. An ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming method for a special-shaped component comprising the following steps:
S 1 : making an equal diameter cylindrical coil blank with an overlapping part in a longitudinal direction by using a plate blank, wherein two ends of the plate blank are overlapped at an overlapping part;
S 2 : arranging the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank in a mold cavity of a preforming die, bulging the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank through a self-sealing liquid bag with low pressure hydraulic force, and making the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank deform into a variable diameter cylindrical prefabricated coil blank, wherein the perimeter of the variable diameter cylindrical prefabricated coil blank is equal to that of the cross section of the special-shaped component;
S 3 : cutting and welding the overlapping part remaining on the variable diameter cylindrical prefabricated coil blank in an axial direction to obtain a variable diameter prefabricated tube blank with a perimeter equal to that of the cross section of the special-shaped component; and
S 4 : arranging the variable diameter prefabricated tube blank in a mold cavity of a liquid filling press-forming die, filling a high-pressure liquid into the tube cavity of the variable diameter prefabricated tube blank through a supercharger to apply a supporting force to the tube cavity, and applying compressive deformation to the variable diameter prefabricated tube blank through the liquid filling press-forming die, so as to form the special-shaped component.

7. The ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming method for a special-shaped component of claim 6 , wherein the shape and size of the mold cavity of the preforming die are matched with the shape and size of a variable diameter cylindrical prefabricated coil blank, wherein the shape and size of the mold cavity of the liquid filling press-forming die are matched with the shape and size of the special-shaped component.

8. The ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming method for a special-shaped component of claim 7 , wherein in S 1 , the special-shaped component needing to be formed is unfolded by using numerical simulation software, the shape and size of the required plate blank are determined according to the shape and size of the unfolded special-shaped component, and the plate blank is made into the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank through a bending forming process.

9. The ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming method for a special-shaped component of claim 7 , wherein in S 2 :
the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank is placed in a lower die of the preforming die;
the self-sealing liquid bag is arranged in the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank;
two ends of the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank are axially limited through baffle plates at two ends of the lower die of the preforming die;
an upper die of the preforming die is driven to move downwards through a driving device so that the preforming die is closed;
the driving device is controlled, through a control system, to apply a proper die closing force to the preforming die;
a liquid medium is introduced into the self-sealing liquid bag through the supercharger;
the supercharger is controlled to gradually increase the pressure inside the self-sealing liquid bag and ensure that the applied pressure is lower than the yield pressure of the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank but is enough to overcome the frictional force between adjacent plate blanks at the overlapping part of the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank;
the overlapping part of the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank is unfolded along with the expansive deformation of the self-sealing liquid bag; and
the variable diameter cylindrical prefabricated coil blank is obtained.

10. The ultra-low pressure liquid filling forming method for a special-shaped component of claim 6 , wherein the equal diameter cylindrical coil blank arranged in the mold cavity of the preforming die is bulged into the variable diameter cylindrical prefabricated coil blank by filling a high-pressure liquid into the self-sealing liquid bag through the supercharger, wherein the high-pressure liquid can be filled into the variable diameter

Assignees

• Harbin Inst Technology

Inventors

• Han Cong
• Yuan Shijian
• Cui Xiaolei

Classifications

• B21D26/041 Primary

  Means for controlling fluid parameters, e.g. pressure or temperature · CPC title

• B23P15/00

  Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass · CPC title

• B21D26/033 Primary

  Deforming tubular bodies (corrugating tubes by applying fluid pressure B21D15/03, B21D15/10) · CPC title