Method for producing frame structure
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
InventorsYuki Fujita, Taiki Yamakawa, Takumi Nakahara, Narikazu Hashimoto, Yoshihaya Imamura
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Abstract
A method for producing a frame structure contains a hollow member having a curved and long shape, and a plurality of connecting members welded to the hollow member along a longitudinal direction of the hollow member. Each of the connecting members is welded to the hollow member, and a cooling medium is introduced into the inside of the hollow member through an end of the hollow member after the welding. The welding and the introducing are conducted repeatedly in the number of the connecting members.
Claims18
A method for producing a frame structure having a hollow member that is curved along a length of the hollow member and has a long shape, the method comprising:
- welding a plurality of connecting members to the hollow member along a longitudinal direction of the hollow member;
- introducing, after the welding, a cooling medium into an inside of the hollow member through an end of the hollow member;
- and repeatedly conducting the welding and the introducing for the plurality of connecting members, wherein the cooling medium is introduced so that a weld of the connecting member, a weld of the hollow member lying in an area at least including the weld of the connecting member, and a periphery of the weld of the hollow member are cooled to 70° C. or lower.
A method for producing a frame structure having a hollow member that is curved along a length of the hollow member and has a long shape, the method comprising:
- welding a plurality of connecting members to the hollow member along a longitudinal direction of the hollow member;
- introducing, after the welding, a cooling medium into an inside of the hollow member through an end of the hollow member;
- and repeatedly conducting the welding and the introducing for the plurality of connecting members, wherein in the welding, each of the connecting members is temporarily fixed to somewhere along the longitudinal direction of the hollow member, and then each of the connecting members is final-welded to the hollow member while the hollow member is kept in an elastically deformed state by imposing a bending load on an intermediate portion along the longitudinal direction of the hollow member.
A method for producing a frame structure having a hollow member that is curved along a length of the hollow member and has a long shape, the method comprising:
- welding a plurality of connecting members to the hollow member along a longitudinal direction of the hollow member;
- introducing, after the welding, a cooling medium into an inside of the hollow member through an end of the hollow member and repeatedly conducting the welding and the introducing for the plurality of connecting members, wherein the introducing of the cooling medium inside the hollow member is performed after the welding of each connecting member, and the cooling medium is not introduced inside the hollow member during the welding of each connecting member, and wherein the cooling medium is introduced so that the cooling medium touches a bent portion at a weld of the connecting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.