Method for working steel sheet, and apparatus for working steel sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9687900-B2
Application number	US-201214646862-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2012
Priority date	Nov 30, 2012
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a technique capable of inexpensively working a steel sheet. A method for working a workpiece with an apparatus for working a workpiece, includes: a drawing step for performing drawing with a drawing device having an upper die and a lower die; and a cutting step for cutting the drawn workpiece with a cutting device having nibblers. The nibbler has a cylindrical case, a punch housed in the case, which reciprocates in a top-bottom direction to punch the workpiece, and a die arranged below the case, the die having a die hole into which the punch enters, and an ejecting hole communicating with the die hole, through which a scrap is ejected. The nibbler trims the workpiece fed between the case and the die.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method for working a steel sheet into a predetermined shape, comprising:
a drawing step for drawing the steel sheet using at least one pair of dies; and
a cutting step for cutting the steel sheet drawn in the drawing step using at least one nibbler, wherein
the nibbler has a cylindrical case, a punch housed in the case, which reciprocates in a top-bottom direction to punch the steel sheet, and a die arranged below the case so as to be on the opposite side of the case across the steel sheet, the die having a die hole into which the punch enters, and an ejecting hole communicating with the die hole, through which a scrap punched from the steel sheet is ejected, and
in the cutting step, while moving the nibbler, the steel sheet fed between the case and the die is continuously punched by the punch to cut the steel sheet,
wherein
in the drawing step, a bead protruding toward a side where one of both surfaces of the steel sheet is situated is formed in a ring on a peripheral part of the steel sheet over the whole circumference of the peripheral part,
a low part having a height smaller than the shortest distance between the case and the die of the nibbler is formed in at least one part of the bead,
in the cutting step, a part of the peripheral part including the bead is cut out by moving the nibbler over the low part from a periphery of the steel sheet to a part of the steel sheet situated inward from the bead and changing the cutting direction of the nibbler.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the low part of the bead is formed flush with the surface of the steel sheet.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a bending step for bending the steel sheet cut in the cutting step.

4. A method for working a steel sheet into a predetermined shape, comprising:
a drawing step for drawing the steel sheet using at least one pair of dies; and
a cutting step for cutting the steel sheet drawn in the drawing step using at least one nibbler, wherein
the nibbler has a cylindrical case, a punch housed in the case, which reciprocates in a top-bottom direction to punch the steel sheet, and a die arranged below the case so as to be on the opposite side of the case across the steel sheet, the die having a die hole into which the punch enters, and an ejecting hole communicating with the die hole, through which a scrap punched from the steel sheet is ejected, and
in the cutting step, while moving the nibbler, the steel sheet fed between the case and the die is continuously punched by the punch to cut the steel sheet, wherein
in the drawing step, a bead protruding toward a side where one of both surfaces of the steel sheet is situated is formed on a peripheral part of the steel sheet over the whole circumference of the peripheral part,
the bead is cut off in at least one part thereof,
one section and the other section of the part where the bead is cut off is arranged at an interval in an inward-outward direction of the steel sheet to form a gap therebetween through which the nibbler passes, and
in the cutting step, the nibbler is moved to a part of the steel sheet situated inward from the bead through the gap to cut out a part of the peripheral part including the bead.

5. A method for working a steel sheet into a predetermined shape, comprising:
a drawing step for drawing the steel sheet using at least one pair of dies; and
a cutting step for cutting the steel sheet drawn in the drawing step using at least one nibbler, wherein
the nibbler has a cylindrical case, a punch housed in the case, which reciprocates in a top-bottom direction to punch the steel sheet, and a die arranged below the case so as to be on the opposite side of the case across the steel sheet, the die having a die hole into which the punch enters, and an ejecting hole communicating with the die hole, through which a scrap punched from the steel sheet is ejected, and
in the cutting step, while moving the nibbler, the steel sheet fed between the case and the die is continuously punched by the punch to cut the steel sheet, wherein
in the drawing step, a bead protruding toward a side where one of both surfaces of the steel sheet is situated is continuously formed in a ring on a peripheral part of the steel sheet over the whole circumference of the peripheral part,
in the cutting step, the steel sheet is milled from a periphery of the steel sheet to a part of the steel sheet situated inward from the bead, and then the nibbler is entered into the milled part of the steel sheet to cut out a part of the peripheral part including the bead.

6. A method for working a steel sheet into a predetermined shape, comprising:
a drawing step for drawing the steel sheet using at least one pair of dies; and
a cutting step for cutting the steel sheet drawn in the drawing step using at least one nibbler, wherein
the nibbler has a cylindrical case, a punch housed in the case, which reciprocates in a top-bottom direction to punch the steel sheet, and a die arranged below the case so as to be on the opposite side of the case across the steel sheet, the die having a die hole into which the punch enters, and an ejecting hole communicating with the die hole, through which a scrap punched from the steel sheet is ejected, and
in the cutting step, while moving the nibbler, the steel sheet fed between the case and the die is continuously punched by the punch to cut the steel sheet, wherein
in the drawing step, a bead protruding toward a side where one of both surfaces of the steel sheet is situated is continuously formed in a ring on a peripheral part of the steel sheet over the whole circumference of the peripheral part,
in the cutting step, at least one of the bead is pressed to make a height thereof smaller than the shortest distance between the case and the die of the nibbler, and then the nibbler is moved over the pressed part of the bead from a periphery of the steel sheet to a part of the steel sheet situated inward from the bead to cut out a part of the peripheral part including the bead.

7. A method for working a steel sheet into a predetermined shape, comprising:
a drawing step for drawing the steel sheet using at least one pair of dies; and
a cutting step for cutting the steel sheet drawn in the drawing step using at least one nibbler, wherein
the nibbler has a cylindrical case, a punch housed in the case, which reciprocates in a top-bottom direction to punch the steel sheet, and a die arranged below the case so as to be on the opposite side of the case across the steel sheet, the die having a die hole into which the punch enters, and an ejecting hole communicating with the die hole, through which a scrap punched from the steel sheet is ejected, and
in the cutting step, while moving the nibbler, the steel sheet fed between the case and the die is continuously punched by the punch to cut the steel sheet, wherein
in the drawing step, a bead protruding toward a side where one of both surfaces of the steel sheet is situated is continuously formed in a ring on a peripheral part of the steel sheet over the whole circumference of the peripheral part, and a slit part to be bent toward a side where one of both the surfaces of the steel sheet is situated is formed by providing a slit penetrating through the steel sheet in the part of the steel sheet situated inward from the bead,
in the cutting step, a through hole into which the nibbler is inserted is formed in the steel sheet by bending the slit part toward a side where one of both the surfaces of the steel sheet is situated, and then the nibbler is inserted into the through hole to cut out a part of the peripheral part including the bead.

8. An apparatus for working a steel sheet into a predetermined shape, comprisi

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saito Kazumi

Classifications

• B21D24/16 Primary

  Additional equipment in association with the tools, e.g. for shearing, for trimming · CPC title

• B23D27/00

  Machines or devices for cutting by a nibbling action · CPC title

• B21D35/001

  Shaping combined with punching, e.g. stamping and perforating · CPC title

• B21D22/22 Primary

  with devices for holding the edge of the blanks (B21D22/24 - B21D22/30 take precedence; shaping over a die without external former B21D11/02) · CPC title