Impact forming device and method for local small features on metal thin-walled curved-surface part

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11897219-B2
Application number	US-202217685712-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2022
Priority date	Mar 24, 2021
Publication date	Feb 13, 2024
Grant date	Feb 13, 2024

Abstract

An impact forming device and method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part. The impact forming device includes impact forming dies, impact loading units and a forming supporting die, wherein the impact forming die is provided with an impact forming part, and the impact forming part is a convex part corresponding to a local small feature; the forming supporting die can support and fix a metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features, and the forming supporting die is provided with concave parts matched with the impact forming parts; and the impact loading unit includes a guide rail, an explosive ball and a detonating block, under the impact loading of the impact loading units, the impact forming parts can impact the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features under the matching action of the concave parts to form the local small features.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An impact forming device for forming local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part, comprising impact forming dies, impact loading units and a forming supporting die, wherein
each impact forming die is provided with an impact forming part, and the impact forming part is a convex part corresponding to a local small feature;
the forming supporting die can support and fix a metal thin-walled curved-surface part without local small features, and the forming supporting die is provided with concave parts matched with impact forming parts; and
each impact loading unit comprises a guide rail, an explosive ball and a detonating block, the detonating block and the explosive ball are both arranged in the guide rail, the explosive ball can be triggered through the detonating block to apply an instantaneous impact load to the impact forming die, and under an impact loading of the impact loading units, the impact forming parts can impact the metal thin-walled curved-surface part to form the local small features.

2. The impact forming device for forming local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rail is arranged to be a linear cylinder, and the detonating block is arranged to be a firing pin.

3. The impact forming device for forming local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rail is a curve cylinder, and the detonating block is arranged to be a steel ball.

4. The impact forming device for forming local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 1 , wherein fixed blocks are arranged on the forming supporting die and are used for fixing the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features on the forming supporting die.

5. An impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part based on an impact forming device for forming local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
S1, analyzing an overall shape of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part and local small features intended to be formed, and designing and machining the forming supporting die and the impact forming dies;
S2, supporting and fixing the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features by using the forming supporting die; and
S3, applying the instantaneous impact load to the impact forming die by using the impact loading unit, and impacting the metal thin-walled curved-surface part by the impact forming parts to complete the impact forming of the local small features.

6. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 5 , wherein the guide rail is arranged to be a linear cylinder, and the detonating block is arranged to be a firing pin.

7. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 6 , wherein when the local small features are concave features, an inner wall of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features is supported through the forming supporting die, and the impact loading units perform impact loading inwards from an outer side of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features through the impact forming dies.

8. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 6 , wherein when the local small features are convex features, an outer wall of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features is supported through the forming supporting die, and the impact loading units perform impact loading outwards from an inner side of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features through the impact forming dies.

9. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 6 , wherein when the local small features are a plurality of same local small features, the plurality of same local small features are formed in sequence one by one by means of a group of impact forming die and impact loading units.

10. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 5 , wherein the guide rail is a curve cylinder, and the detonating block is arranged to be a steel ball.

11. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 10 , wherein when the local small features are concave features, an inner wall of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features is supported through the forming supporting die, and the impact loading units perform impact loading inwards from an outer side of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features through the impact forming dies.

12. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 10 , wherein when the local small features are convex features, an outer wall of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features is supported through the forming supporting die, and the impact loading units perform impact loading outwards from an inner side of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features through the impact forming dies.

13. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 10 , wherein when the local small features are a plurality of same local small features, the plurality of same local small features are formed in sequence one by one by means of a group of impact forming die and impact loading unit.

14. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 5 , wherein fixed blocks are arranged on the forming supporting die and are used for fixing the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features on the forming supporting die.

15. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 14 , wherein when the local small features are concave features, an inner wall of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features is supported through the forming supporting die, and the impact loading units perform impact loading inwards from an outer side of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features through the impact forming dies.

16. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 14 , wherein when the local small features are convex features, an outer wall of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features is supported through the forming supporting die, and the impact loading units perform impact loading outwards from an inner side of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features through the impact forming dies.

17. The impact forming method for local small features on a metal thin-walled curved-surface part according to claim 5 , wherein when the local small features are concave features, an inner wall of the metal thin-walled curved-surface part without forming local small features is supported through the forming supporting

Assignees

• Univ Dalian Tech

Inventors

• He Zhubin
• Zhu Haihui

Classifications

• B30B1/001 Primary

  by explosive charges · CPC title

• B21D22/02

  Stamping using rigid devices or tools · CPC title

• B21D37/12

  Particular guiding equipment, {e.g. pliers}; Special arrangements for interconnection or cooperation of dies · CPC title

• B21D1/06 Primary

  Removing local distortions · CPC title

• B21D37/10

  Die sets; Pillar guides · CPC title