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AssigneeNovelis Inc.
InventorsDebdutta Roy, David Anthony Gaensbauer, John Min Ho, Cullen Pearson, Adolfo Rais, Rajasekhar Talla, Carolyn Grace Kidwell, Natasha Iyer
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Disclosed herein are systems and method for forming a final hollow body from a metal strip. A forming system may include a forming station, a joining station, an inline heater, and a hydroforming station. Forming the final hollow body from the metal strip may include receiving the metal strip at the forming station and bending the metal strip to a desired cross-section with the forming station and such that longitudinal edges of the metal strip are abutting. In some aspects, the forming station includes at least one roller. The method may include welding the abutting longitudinal edges together as a seam region via the joining station and to form an intermediate hollow body. The method may include heating the seam region of the intermediate hollow body with the inline heater and hydroforming the intermediate hollow body to the final hollow body with the hydroforming station.
A forming system for forming a final hollow body from a metal strip, the forming system comprising:
A method of forming a final hollow body from a metal strip, the method comprising:
A roll forming system for forming an intermediate hollow body from a metal strip, the roll forming system comprising:
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