Press tooling

A press tooling including:

• a first die unit that has a punch and a holder;
• and a second die unit that has a pad disposed to face the punch and a die disposed to face the holder, the first die unit and the second die unit move closer relative to each other in a press direction to perform press forming on a sheet material placed between the first die unit and the second die unit,
• the press tooling comprising:
• a distance member pivotably supported by the holder;
• and
• a moving device including an actuator or elastic member provided on the first die unit and configured to cause the distance member to pivot,
• wherein the holder is configured to move with respect to the punch in the press direction,
• the pad is configured to move with respect to the die in the press direction, and
• the distance member is pivotable between a home position in which the distance member does not come into contact with the second die unit and a preventive position in which a distance between the pad and the holder in the press direction is prevented from being equal to or less than a predetermined distance, and
• wherein in the press direction, when a direction from the second die unit to the first die unit is defined as a first direction and a direction opposite to the first direction is defined as a second direction,
• the moving device causes the distance member to pivot from the home position toward the preventive position, as the holder moves relative to the punch in the first direction, and
• wherein the distance member includes a part that pivots in a width direction of the press tooling from the home position, where the part does not come into contact with the second die unit, to the preventive position, where the part comes in contact with the second die unit.