Method for the production of a helical metal body
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsMatthias Busse, Franz-Josef Wöstmann
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing a helical metal body (1, 1′), in particular made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. A blank is first produced in a primary shaping process, a metal forming process, or in a removal process, in particular a machining process, and one or more recesses (100, 101, 201, 202, 203) are then introduced into the blank using a removal process, said recesses defining a circumferential coil, the adjacent windings thereof being mutually spaced, in particular electrically insulated from one another.
Claims9
A method for producing a helical metal body, the method comprising:
- producing a blank using a subtractive machining process;
- and
- introducing at least one recess into the blank using the subtractive machining process, wherein the at least one recess defines a circumferential helix, wherein respectively mutually adjacent windings of the circumferential helix are at least one of:
- spaced from each other, or are electrically insulated from each other, wherein the subtractive machining process is implemented with a subtractive processing device, wherein the subtractive machining process includes:
- rotating the helical metal body about its longitudinal axis;
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- moving the helical metal body during the rotating in a translatory manner relative to the subtractive processing device parallel to its longitudinal axis.
A helical metal body, comprising:
- a metal body formed from at least one of copper or aluminum;
- and
- wherein a outer contour of the metal body widens, at least in portions, along a longitudinal axis from a first end in a direction towards a second end , at least on a part of an axial length of the metal body, wherein one or more windings of the helix include a respective external delimitation surface, an internal delimitation surface, a first axial top surface, and a second axial top surface, wherein at least one of the first axial top surface or the second axial top surface of at least one winding of the one or more windings in a longitudinal section along the longitudinal axis of the metal body, include, with the longitudinal axis thereof, an angle α which is less than 90 degrees, and wherein the angle a is greater than 90 degrees—β, wherein β is a conical angle of the metal body.
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