Shot peening method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9573247-B2
Application number	US-201514959578-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2015
Priority date	Dec 8, 2014
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

A method of shot peening according to the present invention includes: placing a jig having an appropriate dimension at one face side of a stamped workpiece; and performing shot peening on another face side of the workpiece in a state where the jig is placed at the one face side of the workpiece, and conforming the workpiece to the jig. At this time, the shot peening may be performed in such a way that residual stresses in the inner side and the outer side of the curved part of the workpiece will become compressive stresses.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of shot peening comprising:
placing a jig having an appropriate dimension at one face side of a stamped workpiece; and
performing shot peening on another face side of the workpiece in a state where the jig is placed at the one face side of the workpiece, and conforming the workpiece to the jig and thereby bringing the workpiece into contact with the jig so that no gap is formed between the workpiece and the jig.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
when the jig is placed at an inner side of a curved part of the workpiece, and a radius of curvature of the curved part of the workpiece is greater than that of a curved part of the jig, the shot peening is performed on an outer side of the curved part of the workpiece under a condition that the outer side of the curved part of the workpiece is extended.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein
the condition of the shot peening is such that an impression depth on a surface of the workpiece become greater than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than 0.3 mm.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
when the jig is placed at an outer side of a curved part of the workpiece, and a radius of curvature of the curved part of the workpiece is greater than that of a curved part of the jig, the shot peening is performed on an inner side of the curved part of the workpiece under a condition that the outer side of the curved part of the workpiece is extended.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein
the condition of the shot peening is such that an impression depth on the surface of the workpiece will become greater than or equal to 0.3 mm.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
a stress for forming the stamped wofkpiece to become a workpiece with the appropriate dimension is calculated using a dimensional difference of the stamped workpiece from the appropriate dimension, and
the shot peening is performed under a condition that the calculated stress is applied on the stamped workpiece.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the shot peening is performed so that residual stresses in an inner side and an outer side of a curved part of the workpiece will become compressive stresses.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Egawa Tetsuji
• Umehara Takashi
• Tomoto Hiromi

Classifications

• B21J5/00

  Methods for forging, hammering, or pressing (for working sheet-metal or metal tubes, rods, or profiles B21D; for working wire B21F); Special equipment or accessories therefor · CPC title

• B24C1/10 Primary

  for compacting surfaces, e.g. shot-peening (for deforming sheet metal, tubes or profiles B21D31/06; as a metallurgical treatment C21D7/00, C22F1/00) · CPC title

• C21D7/06

  by shot-peening or the like · CPC title

• B21D26/00

  Shaping without cutting otherwise than using rigid devices or tools or yieldable or resilient pads, i.e. applying fluid pressure or magnetic forces (stamping using resilient pads B21D22/10) · CPC title

• B21D25/00

  Working sheet metal of limited length by stretching, e.g. for straightening · CPC title