Processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12434289-B2
Application number	US-202318323565-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2023
Priority date	Jun 20, 2022
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

It is possible to improve heating efficiency of an end surface of an open trim edge. A processing method includes punching a steel plate to open a part of an end surface of the steel plate to form an open trim edge, and disposing a heating coil in a non-contact manner along the end surface of the open trim edge formed in the punching to sandwich the end surface of the open trim edge therebetween, and heating the end surface of the open trim edge by applying an alternating current to the heating coil to generate an induced electromotive force on the steel plate. A current direction of the heating coil disposed on one side of the end surface of the open trim edge is opposite to a current direction of the heating coil disposed on another side of the end surface of the open trim edge.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processing method comprising:
punching a steel plate to open a part of an end surface of the steel plate to form an open trim edge;
disposing a heating coil in a non-contact manner along the end surface of the open trim edge formed in the punching to sandwich the end surface of the open trim edge therebetween, so that the heating coil is disposed on a first side of the end surface of the open trim edge and on a second side of the end surface of the open trim edge; and
heating the end surface of the open trim edge by applying an alternating current to the heating coil to generate an induced electromotive force on the steel plate, wherein
a current direction of the heating coil that is disposed on the first side of the end surface of the open trim edge is opposite to a current direction of the heating coil that is disposed on the second side of the end surface of the open trim edge.

2. The processing method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the heating,
the heating coil on the first side of the end surface of the open trim edge is disposed on a side of the opened part of the end surface of the steel plate, and
the heating coil on the second side of the end surface of the open trim edge is disposed on a side of the steel plate.

3. The processing method according to claim 2 ,
in the heating,
the first side on which the heating coil is disposed is an upper side of the end surface and the second side on which the heating coil is disposed is a lower side of the end surface, and
in a cross-sectional view of the open trim edge, the heating coil disposed on the first side of the end surface of the open trim edge is an upper heating coil, and the heating coil on the second side of the end surface of the open trim edge is a lower heating coil,
viewed from a vertical direction, a cross-section of the upper heating coil does not overlap a cross-section of the open trim edge, while a cross-section of the lower heating coil overlaps the cross-section of the open trim edge.

4. The processing method according to claim 3 , wherein
the upper heating coil is disposed within a rectangular upper proper range having a length a and a width b,
the lower heating coil is disposed within a rectangular lower proper range having a length c and a width d,
the upper proper range is set starting from an upper angle of the end surface of the open trim edge,
the lower proper range is set starting from a position a predetermined distance α from a lower angle of the end surface of the open trim edge, and
when diameters of the upper heating coil, and the lower heating coil are defined as D, the following relation holds:
0≤ a≤ 1.5× D

0≤ b≤ 1.5× D

α≤ c≤ 1.2× D

0≤ d≤ 1.5× D.

5. The processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising
forming a stretch flange at the open trim edge on the first side of the steel plate, wherein
a distance between a central axis of the heating coil disposed on the first side of the steel plate to be stretched and the end surface of the open trim edge is shorter than a distance between a central axis of the heating coil disposed on the second side of the steel plate opposite to the first side of the steel plate to be stretched and the end surface of the open trim edge.

6. The processing method according to claim 1 , wherein
the steel plate punched in the punching is disposed on a heating jig and then heated by the heating coil in the heating,
the heating jig includes a positioning guide on which the steel plate punched in the punching is placed and which is for positioning the steel plate in a predetermined position, and heating is performed by the heating coil on the end surface of the open trim edge of the steel plate, and
when the steel plate punched in the punching is placed on the positioning guide, the heating coil positioned on a front side is offset to an outer side of the steel plate.

7. The processing method according to claim 6 , wherein
the heating is performed during any step of the processing method in a pressing machine.

8. The processing method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
forming a stretch flange at the trim edge, wherein
the heating is carried out in idling for adjusting a conveying pitch when the steel plate is conveyed from a place where the punching is performed to a place where the forming is performed.

9. The processing method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
in the pressing machine, while the steel plate formed product is continuously conveyed by a holding part, at least the punching and the idling are continuously carried out at a predetermined conveying pitch, wherein
by disposing the heating jig at a position corresponding to the idling, the idling is replaced by the heating.

10. The processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising
forming a stretch flange at the open trim edge, wherein
in the heating, the heating coil heats a curved flange-formed part of a framework member of a high tensile strength steel of a vehicle formed in the forming of the stretch flange.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ihara Tomoaki

Classifications

• B21D28/02

  Punching blanks or articles with or without obtaining scrap (cutting nails or pins from strips or sheet material B21G3/26); Notching · CPC title

• B21D19/08

  by single or successive action of pressing tools, e.g. vice jaws · CPC title

• H05B6/40

  Establishing desired heat distribution, e.g. to heat particular parts of workpieces · CPC title

• B21D19/005

  Edge deburring or smoothing · CPC title

• H05B6/101

  for local heating of metal pieces · CPC title