Extrusion molding method of differential thickness pipe and extrusion molding apparatus of differential thickness pipe

An extrusion molding apparatus which comprises a mandrel that is a core bar having a predetermined shape, a sleeve that is a cylindrical member disposed coaxially with said mandrel on the outside of said mandrel, a container that is a die in which a container hole that is a penetration hole having a predetermined shape is formed, and a drive mechanism configured so as to push said mandrel and said sleeve into said container hole, and is configured so as to mold a differential thickness pipe having a predetermined shape by performing:

• a first process that is a process in which a raw pipe having a predetermined shape is set at a predetermined position in the inside of said container hole,
• a second process that is a process in which said mandrel is pushed into said raw pipe by said drive mechanism to perform diameter expansion on a base end side of said raw pipe, which is an upstream side in an extrusion direction, and
• a third process that is a process in which diameter on a tip end side of said raw pipe, which is a downstream side in said extrusion direction, is reduced by pressing an end part on said base end side of said raw pipe with said sleeve to push said raw pipe into said tip end side of said container hole, and performing extrusion processing, after a first time point that is a time point when said second process is started,
• wherein:
• said raw pipe is a circular cylindrical member which has a first outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter, a first inner diameter that is a predetermined inner diameter and a first wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness,
• said differential thickness pipe comprises a first small diameter region, a second small diameter region and a large diameter region, in order toward said base end side from said tip end side, and
• said first small diameter region is a region having a second outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter, a second inner diameter that is an inner diameter equal to said first inner diameter and a second wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said first wall thickness,
• said second small diameter region is a region having the third outer diameter that is an outer diameter equal to said second outer diameter and a third wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said second wall thickness, and
• said large diameter region is a region having a fourth outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter larger than said first outer diameter and a fourth wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness,
• said mandrel comprises a small cross section region, a large cross section region and a cross section expansion region, and
• said small cross section region is a circular columnar region formed on said tip end side and having a first cross section that is a circular cross section having a fifth outer diameter that is an outer diameter corresponding to said second inner diameter,
• said large cross section region is a columnar region formed on said base end side and having a second cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of inner spaces of said second small diameter region and said large diameter region, and
• said cross section expansion region is a region formed between said small cross section region and said large cross section region and having a cross section expanding from said first cross section to said second cross section as approaching from said small cross section region to said large cross section region,
• said sleeve comprises a pressing region which is a cylindrical region formed on said tip end side and having a seventh outer diameter that is an outer diameter equal to said fourth outer diameter and a columnar inner space having a third cross section that is a cross section corresponding to said second cross section,
• said container hole comprises a large inner diameter region, a small inner diameter region and an inner diameter decreasing region, and
• said large inner diameter region is a region formed on said base end side and having a sixth inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said fourth outer diameter,
• said small inner diameter region is a region formed on said tip end side and having a seventh inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said second outer diameter and said third outer diameter, and
• said inner diameter decreasing region a region formed between said large inner diameter region and said small inner diameter region and having an inner diameter decreasing from said sixth inner diameter to said seventh inner diameter as approaching from said large inner diameter region to said small inner diameter region, and
• at a second time point that is a time point when said third process is started, a first position that is a position of an end part of said mandrel on said tip end side in said extrusion direction is located at a third position that is a position which is equal to a second position that is a position of an end part on said tip end side of said raw pipe or a position on said tip end side by a predetermined distance rather than said second position.

An extrusion molding method of a differential thickness pipe, in which, in an extrusion molding apparatus which comprises a mandrel that is a core bar having a predetermined shape, a sleeve that is a cylindrical member disposed coaxially with said mandrel on the outside of said mandrel, a container that is a die in which a container hole that is a penetration hole having a predetermined shape is formed, and a drive mechanism configured so as to push at least said sleeve into said container hole, a differential thickness pipe having a predetermined shape is molded by pushing a raw pipe having a predetermined shape into said container hole using said sleeve, wherein:

• said raw pipe is a circular cylindrical member which has an eleventh outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter, an eleventh inner diameter that is a predetermined inner diameter and an eleventh wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness,
• said differential thickness pipe comprises an eleventh small outer diameter region, an eleventh large outer diameter region and an eleventh outer diameter increasing region, and
• said eleventh small outer diameter region is a region formed on a tip end side which is a downstream side in an extrusion direction that is a direction in which said raw pipe is pushed into said container hole and having a twelfth outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said eleventh outer diameter, a twelfth inner diameter that is an inner diameter equal to said eleventh inner diameter and a twelfth wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said eleventh wall thickness,
• said eleventh large outer diameter region is a region formed on a base end side which is an upstream side in said extrusion direction and having a thirteenth outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter larger than said eleventh outer diameter, a thirteenth inner diameter that is an inner diameter equal to said eleventh inner diameter and a thirteenth wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness larger than said eleventh wall thickness, and
• said eleventh outer diameter increasing region is a region formed between said eleventh small outer diameter region and said eleventh large outer diameter region and having an outer diameter increasing from said twelfth outer diameter to said thirteenth outer diameter and a wall thickness increasing from said twelfth wall thickness to said thirteenth wall thickness as approaching from said eleventh small outer diameter region to said eleventh large outer diameter region, and an inner diameter fixed at a fourteenth inner diameter equal to said eleventh inner diameter,
• said mandrel comprises a basic outer diameter region which is a circular columnar region formed on said tip end side and having a fourteenth outer diameter that is an outer diameter corresponding to said eleventh inner diameter,
• said sleeve comprises an eleventh pressing region which is a cylindrical region formed on said tip end side and having a fifteenth outer diameter that is an outer diameter equal to said thirteenth outer diameter and a circular columnar inner space having a fifteenth inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said fourteenth inner diameter,
• said container hole comprises an eleventh large diameter region, an eleventh small inner diameter region and an eleventh inner diameter decreasing region, and
• said eleventh large inner diameter region is a region formed on said base end side and having a sixteenth inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said thirteenth outer diameter,
• said eleventh small inner diameter region is a region formed on said tip end side and having a seventeenth inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said twelfth outer diameter, and
• said eleventh inner diameter decreasing region is a region formed between said eleventh large inner diameter region and said eleventh small inner diameter region and having an inner diameter decreasing from said sixteenth inner diameter to said seventeenth inner diameter as approaching from said eleventh large inner diameter region to said eleventh small inner diameter region, and
• said extrusion molding method of a differential thickness pipe includes:
• an eleventh process that is a process in which said raw pipe is set at a predetermined position in the inside of said container hole by making an end part on said tip end side of said raw pipe contact with said eleventh inner diameter decreasing region of said container hole,
• a twelfth process that is a process in which the outer diameter of said raw pipe is expanded to said thirteenth outer diameter while maintaining the inner diameter of said raw pipe at said eleventh inner diameter by pressing an end part on said base end side of said raw pipe with said sleeve to cause plastic flow of a material constituting said raw pipe to fill up a space between said container and said mandrel in said eleventh large inner diameter region and said eleventh inner diameter decreasing region of said container hole with said material in a state where said mandrel is inserted through said raw pipe, and
• a thirteenth process that is a process in which said tip end side of said raw pipe is subjected to diameter reduction by further pressing the end part on said base end side of said raw pipe with said sleeve to perform extrusion processing in which said material constituting said raw pipe is extruded into said eleventh small inner diameter region of said container hole through a gap between an end part on said base end side of said eleventh small inner diameter region of said container hole and said mandrel in a state where said mandrel is inserted through said raw pipe, and
• at an eleven time point that is a time point when said twelfth process is started, an end part on said tip end side of said mandrel has reached an eleven position that is the same position in said extrusion direction as a position of an end part on said base end side of said eleventh small inner diameter region of said container hole or a position on said tip end side rather than said eleventh position, and
• at a twelfth time point that is a time point when said thirteenth process is started, the end part on said tip end side of said mandrel has reached a twelfth position that is a position on said tip end side by a predetermined distance rather than the end part on said base end side of said eleventh small inner diameter region of said container hole or a position on said tip end side rather than said twelfth position in said extrusion direction.

An extrusion molding apparatus of a differential thickness pipe comprising a mandrel that is a core bar having a predetermined shape, a sleeve that is a cylindrical member disposed coaxially with said mandrel on the outside of said mandrel, a container that is a die in which a container hole that is a penetration hole having a predetermined shape is formed, and a drive mechanism configured so as to push at least said sleeve into said container hole, and configured so as to mold a differential thickness pipe having a predetermined shape by pushing a raw pipe having a predetermined shape into said container hole using said sleeve, wherein:

• said raw pipe is a circular cylindrical member which has an eleventh outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter, an eleventh inner diameter that is a predetermined inner diameter and an eleventh wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness,
• said differential thickness pipe comprises a eleventh small outer diameter region, an eleventh large outer diameter region and an eleventh outer diameter increasing region, and
• said eleventh small outer diameter region is a region formed on a tip end side which is a downstream side in an extrusion direction that is a direction in which said raw pipe is pushed into said container hole and having a twelfth outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said eleventh outer diameter, a twelfth inner diameter that is an inner diameter equal to said eleventh inner diameter and a twelfth wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said eleventh wall thickness,
• said eleventh large outer diameter region is a region formed on a base end side which is an upstream side in said extrusion direction and having a thirteenth outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter larger than said eleventh outer diameter, a thirteenth inner diameter that is an inner diameter equal to said eleventh inner diameter and a thirteenth wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness larger than said eleventh wall thickness, and
• said eleventh outer diameter increasing region which is a region formed between said eleventh small outer diameter region and said eleventh large outer diameter region and having an outer diameter increasing from said twelfth outer diameter to said thirteenth outer diameter and a wall thickness increasing from said twelfth wall thickness to said thirteenth wall thickness as approaching from said eleventh small outer diameter region to said eleventh large outer diameter region, and an inner diameter fixed at a fourteenth inner diameter equal to said eleventh inner diameter,
• said mandrel comprises a basic outer diameter region which is a circular columnar region formed on said tip end side and having a fourteenth outer diameter that is an outer diameter corresponding to said eleventh inner diameter,
• said sleeve comprises an eleventh pressing region which is a cylindrical region formed on said tip end side and having a fifteenth outer diameter that is an outer diameter equal to said thirteenth outer diameter and a circular columnar inner space having a fifteenth inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said fourteenth inner diameter,
• said container hole comprises an eleventh large diameter region, an eleventh small inner diameter region and an eleventh inner diameter decreasing region, and
• said eleventh large inner diameter region is a region formed on said base end side and having a sixteenth inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said thirteenth outer diameter,
• said eleventh small inner diameter region is a region formed on said tip end side and having a seventeenth inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said twelfth outer diameter, and
• said eleventh inner diameter decreasing region is a region formed between said eleventh large inner diameter region and said eleventh small inner diameter region and having an inner diameter decreasing from said sixteenth inner diameter to said seventeenth inner diameter as approaching from said eleventh large inner diameter region to said eleventh small inner diameter region, and
• said extrusion molding apparatus of a differential thickness pipe is configured so as to mold said differential thickness pipe by performing an eleventh process to a thirteen process, and
• an eleventh process that is a process in which said raw pipe is set at a predetermined position in the inside of said container hole by making an end part on said tip end side of said raw pipe contact with said eleventh inner diameter decreasing region of said container hole,
• a twelfth process that is a process in which the outer diameter of said raw pipe is expanded to said thirteenth outer diameter while maintaining the inner diameter of said raw pipe at said eleventh inner diameter by pressing an end part on said base end side of said raw pipe with said sleeve to cause plastic flow of a material constituting said raw pipe to fill up a space between said container and said mandrel in said eleventh large inner diameter region and said eleventh inner diameter decreasing region of said container hole with said material in a state where said mandrel is inserted through said raw pipe, and
• a thirteenth process that is a process in which said base end side of said raw pipe is subjected to diameter reduction by further pressing the end part on said base end side of said raw pipe with said sleeve to extrude said material constituting said raw pipe into said eleventh small inner diameter region of said container hole through a gap between an end part on said base end side of said eleventh small inner diameter region of said container hole and said mandrel in a state where said mandrel is inserted through said raw pipe, and
• at an eleven time point that is a time point when said twelfth process is started, an end part on said tip end side of said mandrel has reached an eleven position that is the same position in said extrusion direction as a position of an end part on said base end side of said eleventh small inner diameter region of said container hole or a position on said tip end side rather than said eleventh position, and
• at a twelfth time point that is a time point when said thirteenth process is started, the end part on said tip end side of said mandrel has reached a twelfth position that is a position on said tip end side by a predetermined distance rather than the end part on said base end side of said eleventh small inner diameter region of said container hole or a position on said tip end side rather than said twelfth position in said extrusion direction.