Manufacturing method of member, manufacturing method of member for vehicle, and die and punch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12179249-B2
Application number	US-202017442938-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2020
Priority date	Mar 29, 2019
Publication date	Dec 31, 2024
Grant date	Dec 31, 2024

Abstract

A manufacturing method of a member according to an aspect of the present invention is a manufacturing method of a member including a specific three-dimensional tubular portion, the manufacturing method including: a U-forming step of performing U-forming on metal material sheet using a U-forming die and punch including a U-forming punch to manufacture a U-formed article having a recessed cross-sectional shape; and an O-forming step of causing side end portions of the U-formed article to abut each other by an O-forming die to form abutting portions, in which a forming condition ratio a=Du/Do is set to 0.85 to 0.95.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of a member for manufacturing a member which includes a specific three-dimensional tubular portion including at least any one of a cross-sectional shape changing portion in which a cross-sectional shape of a tubular portion changes along a centroid line, a circumferential length change rate changing portion in which a circumferential length of the tubular portion changes along the centroid line and a change rate of the circumferential length changes, and a curved portion in which the centroid line of the tubular portion has a curvature, by processing a metal material sheet, the manufacturing method comprising:
a U-forming step of performing U-forming on the metal material sheet using a U-forming die and punch including a U-forming punch to manufacture a U-formed article having a recessed cross-sectional shape; and
an O-forming step of causing side end portions of the U-formed article to abut each other by an O-forming die to form abutting portions,
wherein a forming condition ratio a=Du/Do which is a ratio of a punch width Du of a portion of the U-forming punch corresponding to the specific three-dimensional tubular portion to a recessed part width Do of a portion of the O-forming die corresponding to the specific three-dimensional tubular portion is set to 0.85 to 0.95;
wherein a forming condition ratio setting step performed in one or a plurality of cycles before the U-forming step,
wherein, in the forming condition ratio setting step, a finite element analysis is performed in consideration of conditions including the forming condition ratio a set in the forming condition ratio setting step in a previous cycle or an initial value of the forming condition ratio a, material properties of the member, a shape and a sheet thickness of the metal material sheet, forming conditions in the U-forming step, and forming conditions in the O-forming step to estimate a shape parameter including a strain amount generated in the U-forming step in a direction along the centroid line of the specific three-dimensional tubular portion, a strain amount generated in the O-forming step in the direction along the centroid line of the specific three-dimensional tubular portion, and relative positions of the side end portions, and the forming condition ratio setting step is repeated until the shape parameter satisfies desired conditions.

2. The manufacturing method of a member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the U-forming die and punch has a press forming punch which is the U-forming punch, and a press forming recessed die in which a press forming recessed part corresponding to the press forming punch is formed, and
the U-forming step includes
a press forming step of relatively moving the press forming punch in a direction toward the press forming recessed die to form the metal material sheet into a press-formed article having a recessed cross-sectional shape portion and an extending portion extending outward from both side end portions of the recessed cross-sectional shape portion, and
a flangeless forming step of removing the extending portion from the press-formed article to manufacture the U-formed article.

3. The manufacturing method of a member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the U-forming die and punch has a bending forming punch which is the U-forming punch, and a bending forming recessed die in which a bending forming recessed part corresponding to the bending forming punch is formed, and
in the U-forming step, the bending forming punch is relatively moved in a direction toward the bending forming recessed die to manufacture the U-formed article.

4. The manufacturing method of a member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the forming condition ratio a changes along the centroid line of the specific three-dimensional tubular portion.

5. A manufacturing method of a member for a vehicle, comprising:
applying the manufacturing method of a member according to claim 1 .

6. A die and punch used in the manufacturing method of a member according to claim 1 , comprising:
the U-forming die and punch; and
the O-forming die,
wherein the forming condition ratio a is set to 0.85 to 0.95;
wherein the forming condition ratio a is a value set by a forming condition ratio setting step performed in one or a plurality of cycles,
in the forming condition ratio setting step, a finite element analysis is performed in consideration of conditions including the forming condition ratio a set in the forming condition ratio setting step in a previous cycle or an initial value of the forming condition ratio a, material properties of the member, a shape and a sheet thickness of the metal material sheet, forming conditions in the U-forming step, and forming conditions in the O-forming step to estimate a shape parameter including a strain amount generated in the U-forming step in a direction along the centroid line of the specific three-dimensional tubular portion, a strain amount generated in the O-forming step in the direction along the centroid line of the specific three-dimensional tubular portion, and relative positions of the side end portions, and
the forming condition ratio setting step is repeated until the shape parameter satisfies desired conditions.

7. The die and punch according to claim 6 ,
wherein the U-forming die and punch has a press forming punch which is the U-forming punch, and a press forming recessed die in which a press forming recessed part corresponding to the press forming punch is formed.

8. The die and punch according to claim 6 ,
wherein the U-forming die and punch has a bending forming punch which is the U-forming punch, and a bending forming recessed die in which a bending forming recessed part corresponding to the bending forming punch is formed.

9. The die and punch according to claim 6 ,
wherein the forming condition ratio a changes along the centroid line of the specific three-dimensional tubular portion.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Sato Masahiko
• Yoshida Tohru

Classifications

• B21D53/88

  other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards · CPC title

• B21D51/10

  conically or cylindrically shaped objects · CPC title

• B21D5/01

  between rams and anvils or abutments · CPC title

• B21C37/08

  Making tubes with welded or soldered seams {(with helically arranged seams B21C37/122)} · CPC title

• B21C37/185

  starting from sheet material · CPC title