Molding device and metal pipe
AssigneeSumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsMasayuki Saika, Norieda Ueno
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Abstract
A forming device forms a metal pipe with a flange and includes a forming tool that forms the metal pipe, in which the forming tool includes a first die and a second die facing each other in a first direction in a cross-sectional view, and a third die disposed on at least one side of a metal pipe material in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and at least one of the first die and the second die is divided in the second direction and sandwiches a part of the metal pipe material in the second direction to form a flange portion.
Claims10
A forming device that forms a metal pipe with at least one flange portion, the forming device comprising:
- a forming tool that forms the metal pipe,
- wherein the forming tool includes a first die and a second die facing each other in a first direction in a cross-sectional view, and a third die disposed on at least one side of a metal pipe material in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
- at least one of the first die and the second die is divided in the second direction and sandwiches a part of the metal pipe material in the second direction to form the at least one flange portion,
- at least one of the first die and the second die includes a first portion and a second portion which sandwich the part of the metal pipe material in the second direction to form the at least one flange portion, and
- the first portion and the second portion are configured to move in the second direction to form the at least one flange portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.