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US 2015/0013423 A1Published application
Apparatus and Method for Momentum-balanced Forging
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorSamuel D. Wilson
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Abstract
An apparatus for forging may include a moveable first tooling member configured to form a workpiece upon impact with the workpiece, a moveable second tooling member configured to form the workpiece upon impact with the workpiece, wherein the first tooling member and the second tooling member are each moveable relative to one another, and wherein a net momentum of a simultaneous impact with the workpiece by the first tooling member and the second tooling member is approximately zero.
Claims25
An apparatus for forging comprising:
- a machine frame;
- a first tooling member connected to said machine frame, said first tooling member being moveable relative to said machine frame;
- and
- a second tooling member connected to said machine frame opposite said first tooling member, said second tooling member being moveable relative to said machine frame;
- wherein said first tooling member and said second tooling member are configured to impact a workpiece between said first tooling member and said second tooling member.
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An apparatus for forging comprising:
- a moveable first tooling member configured to form a workpiece upon impact with said workpiece;
- a moveable second tooling member configured to form said workpiece upon impact with said workpiece;
- wherein said first tooling member and said second tooling member are each moveable relative to one another;
- and
- wherein a net momentum of a simultaneous impact with said workpiece by said first tooling member and said second tooling member is approximately zero.
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A method for forging, said method comprising:
- providing a workpiece to be formed;
- providing a moveable first tooling member configured to form said workpiece upon impact with said workpiece and a moveable second tooling member configured to form said workpiece upon impact with said workpiece, said first tooling member and said second tooling member each being moveable relative to one another;
- balancing a momentum of said first tooling member with a momentum of said second tooling member such that a net momentum of a simultaneous impact with said workpiece by said first tooling member and said second tooling member is minimized;
- and
- forming said workpiece in response to an impact force generated by said simultaneous impact with said workpiece by said first tooling member and said second tooling member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.