Device for drawing tubular workpiece

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9636727-B2
Application number	US-200913059681-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2009
Priority date	Aug 21, 2008
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

A device 10 for drawing a tubular workpiece is provided with a drawing die 20 and a drawing plug 30 . The drawing die 20 includes a first curved surface section 1 C from which the workpiece 40 is detached while being reduced in diameter, a die bearing section 2 B arranged radially inward of and downstream of a workpiece separation point K of the first curved surface section 1 C, and a guide section 2 D having a second curved surface section 2 C which smoothly continues to an upstream end of the die bearing section 2 B and configured to again come into contact with the workpiece 40 detached from the first curved bearing section 1 C to guide the workpiece to the die bearing section 2 B while reducing a diameter of the workpiece 40 . The drawing plug 30 has a plug bearing section 3 B shorter than a length L 4 of the die bearing section 2 B. The plug bearing section 3 B is arranged at a position corresponding to the die bearing section 2 B.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for drawing a tubular workpiece, comprising:
a drawing die for processing an outer surface of the tubular workpiece; and
a drawing plug arranged in a hollow portion of the workpiece to process an inner surface of the workpiece,
wherein the drawing die includes:
a first curved surface section including a workpiece separation point at which the workpiece is detached from the first curved surface section while being reduced in diameter;
a transition section downstream of the workpiece separation point of the first curved surface section, the first curved surface section and the transition section being configured such that the workpiece is not in contact with the transition section and the workpiece is further reduced in diameter while the workpiece is in the transition section;
a die bearing section arranged radially inward of and downstream of the workpiece separation point of the first curved surface section; and
a guide section including a second curved surface section smoothly continuing to an upstream end of the die bearing section and configured to again come into contact with the workpiece detached from the first curved surface section to guide the workpiece to the die bearing section while reducing a diameter of the workpiece,
wherein the drawing plug has a plug bearing section arranged at a position corresponding to the die bearing section and shorter than the die bearing section, and
wherein the first curved surface section, the transition section, the guide section, and the die bearing section of the drawing die are integrally formed.

2. The device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 , wherein a position of an upstream end of the plug bearing section is arranged at the same as or at a downstream side of a position of an upstream end of the die bearing section.

3. The device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 , wherein in a cross-section including a die axis of the drawing die, an inclination of a tangent line of the first curved surface section with respect to the die axis of the drawing die and an inclination of a tangent line of the second curved surface section with respect to the die axis of the drawing die each gradually decrease as it advances in a drawing direction of the workpiece.

4. The device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 , wherein a curvature radius of the second curved surface section is set to be equal to or smaller than a curvature radius of the first curved surface section.

5. The device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 , wherein the guide section includes an auxiliary curved surface section which smoothly continues to an upstream end of the second curved surface section and curves in a direction opposite to a curving direction of the second curved surface section.

6. The device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 , wherein a length of the plug bearing section in a drawing direction of the workpiece is set so as to fall within a range of 5 to 70% of a length of the die bearing section in the drawing direction.

7. The device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 , wherein an axis of the die bearing section is parallel to a die axis of the drawing die or substantially parallel to within ±3°.

8. The device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 , wherein an axis of the plug bearing section is parallel to a die axis of the drawing die or substantially parallel to within ±3°.

9. The device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 , wherein a length of the die bearing section in a drawing direction of the workpiece is 5 mm or more.

10. The device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 , wherein a distance between the workpiece separation point of the first curved surface section and the die bearing section in a radial direction of the drawing die is set to be 0.3 mm or more but less than 3 mm.

11. The device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 , wherein the drawing plug is provided with a third curved surface section which smoothly continues to an upstream end of the plug bearing section.

12. The device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a pulling device for pulling the workpiece in a drawing direction so that a drawing rate falls within a range of 10 to 100 m/min.

13. A drawing die for processing an outer surface of a tubular workpiece, comprising:
a first curved surface section including a workpiece separation point at which the workpiece is detached from the first curved surface section while being reduced in diameter;
a transition section downstream of the workpiece separation point of the first curved surface section, the first curved surface section and the transition section being configured such that the workpiece is not in contact with the transition section and the workpiece is further reduced in diameter while the workpiece is in the transition section;
a die bearing section arranged radially inward of and downstream of the workpiece separation point of the first curved surface section; and
a guide section including a second curved surface section which smoothly continues to an upstream end of the die bearing section and configured to again come into contact with the workpiece detached from the first curved surface section to guide the workpiece to the die bearing section while reducing a diameter of the workpiece, wherein
the first curved surface section and the transition section are configured such that the workpiece is further reduced in diameter while the workpiece is in the transition section; and
the first curved surface section, the transition section, the guide section, and the die bearing section of the drawing die are integrally formed.

14. The drawing die as recited in claim 13 , wherein the drawing die is used in combination with a drawing plug disposed in a hollow portion of the workpiece to process an inner surface of the workpiece.

15. A method of drawing a tubular work piece using the device for drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 1 .

16. A method of drawing a tubular workpiece with a drawing device equipped with a drawing die for processing an outer surface of the tubular workpiece and a drawing plug arranged in a hollow portion of the workpiece to process an inner surface of the workpiece, the method comprising the steps of:
detaching the workpiece from a first curved surface section of the drawing die while reducing a diameter of the workpiece;
further reducing the diameter of the workpiece in a transition section downstream of the first curved surface section while the workpiece is detached from the drawing die and not in contact with the transition section; then
guiding the workpiece to a die bearing section which smoothly continues to a second curved surface section of the guide section while reducing the diameter of the workpiece by again bringing the workpiece into contact with the guide portion of the drawing die; and
making the workpiece pass between the die bearing section and a plug bearing section of the drawing plug to process an outer surface of the workpiece; wherein
the first curved surface section, the transition section, the guide section, and the die bearing section of the drawing die are integrally formed.

17. The method of drawing a tubular workpiece as recited in claim 16 , wherein the die bearing section is arranged radially inward of and downstream of a workpiece separation point of the first curved surface section, wherein a length

Assignees

• Hisayuki Koji
• Aoya Shigeru
• Oide Masaaki
• Showa Denko Kk

Inventors

• Hisayuki Koji
• Aoya Shigeru
• Oide Masaaki

Classifications

• B21C9/00

  Cooling, heating or lubricating drawing material (B21C3/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B21C3/16

  Mandrels; Mounting or adjusting same · CPC title

• B21C3/04

  with non-adjustable section (B21C3/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B21C1/24 Primary

  by means of mandrels · CPC title

• B21C9/005

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic