Molded material production method and molded material

A method for producing a molded material, the molded material comprising a tubular body and a flange formed at an end portion of the body, the molded material being produced by performing at least two molding processes on a base metal sheet,

• wherein the at least two molding processes comprise at least one drawing-out process and at least one drawing process performed after the drawing-out process;
• wherein the drawing-out process is carried out using a mold that comprises a punch and a die having a pushing hole, the punch having a distal end side initially facing the die and a rear end side at an opposite end of the punch;
• wherein a width of the punch on the rear end side is wider than a width of the punch on the distal end side so that when the punch is pushed into the pushing hole of the die, a clearance between the die and the punch is narrower on the rear end side than on the distal end side;
• wherein an ironing process is performed on only a region corresponding to the flange of the base metal sheet by pushing the base metal sheet together with the punch into the pushing hole in the drawing-out process;
• wherein the drawing process is carried out using a mold comprising a die and a drawing sleeve;
• wherein in the drawing process, an ironing process is performed on a region corresponding to the flange of the base material sheet subjected to the ironing process in the drawing-out process, while maintaining a constant mold gap between the die and the drawing sleeve;
• and
• wherein the mold gap between the die and the drawing sleeve is 1.0 times or more and 1.35 times or less an average thickness of the region corresponding to the flange of the base metal sheet.

A method for producing a molded material, the molded material comprising a tubular body and a flange formed at an end portion of the body, the molded material being produced by performing at least two molding processes on a base metal sheet,

• wherein the at least two molding processes comprise at least one drawing-out process and at least one drawing process performed after the drawing-out process;
• wherein the drawing-out process is carried out using a mold that comprises a punch and a die having a pushing hole, the punch having a distal end side initially facing the die and a rear end side at an opposite end of the punch;
• wherein a width of the punch on the rear end side is wider than a width of the punch on the distal end side so that when the punch is pushed into the pushing hole of the die, a clearance between the die and the punch is narrower on the rear end side than on the distal end side;
• wherein an ironing process is performed on only a region corresponding to the flange of the base metal sheet by pushing the base metal sheet together with the punch into the pushing hole in the drawing-out process;
• wherein the drawing process is carried out using a mold comprising a die and a drawing sleeve;
• wherein in the drawing process, an ironing process is performed on a region corresponding to the flange of the base material sheet subjected to the ironing process in the drawing-out process, while maintaining a constant mold gap between the die and the drawing sleeve;
• wherein the drawing process is carried out while opening the mold gap between the die and the drawing sleeve, when the drawing process is performed on the tubular body of the molded material, and
• wherein the drawing process is carried out such that the mold gap between the die and the drawing sleeve is 1.0 times or more and 1.35 times or less an average thickness of the flange before the drawing process, when the drawing process is performed on the region corresponding to the flange of the molded material.