Method of manufacturing using a die to produce a machined part
AssigneeHansen Inc.
InventorsJohn M. Muncy, Steven Jay Steimel, Richard J. Turner
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A specific illustrative embodiment of the present invention is disclosed here. The disclosed die tool that will assemble dissimilar materials to form a carrier plate of steel material and an insert of bearing grade material. One die used in the tool is carrier plate itself. The carrier plate provides a die opening to blank and pierce the bearing material into the steel material cavity.
Claims27
A method of manufacture using a die to produce a machined part comprising:
- receiving a first workpiece of a first material out of which the machined part is produced;
- forming one or more die openings in the first workpiece;
- and
- punching a second workpiece of a second material to produce one or more slugs separated completely therefrom using only the one or more die openings of the first workpiece as guides for the punching operation,
- wherein the machined part also serves as a die for the punching operation.
A method of using a die to produce a manufactured part, the manufactured part comprising a plate of a first material having incorporated therein one or more areas of a second material, the method comprising:
- receiving a first blank formed of the first material from which the manufactured part is produced;
- forming one or more openings through the first blank;
- aligning a second blank formed of a second material relative to the first blank to overlie at least one opening among the one or more openings;
- punching an amount of material of the second blank into the at least one opening of the first blank, wherein only the at least one opening serves as a guide for the punching operation, wherein the amount of material is completely separated from the second blank;
- and
- repeating the aligning and punching operations for a remainder of the one or more openings.
A method of using a progressive die to produce a machined part comprising:
- receiving a first strip of material;
- and punching one or holes through a segment in the first strip;
- performing a piercing operation using only the one or more holes in the segment of the first strip to punch one or more holes in a second strip of material such that slugs produced by the piercing operation are disposed at least partially in the one or more holes in the segment of the first strip,
- wherein the machined part comprises a portion of the first strip within which slugs completely separated from the second strip are inserted.
A method for a progressive die to produce a manufactured part comprising:
- performing a first punch operation at a machining station to form a plurality of holes in a first workpiece;
- performing a second punch operation at another machining station to form a plurality of holes in a second workpiece, including using only the holes in the first workpiece as die openings during the second punch operation wherein material of the second workpiece produced by the second punch operation is completely separated from the second workpiece and retained in the holes of the first workpiece;
- and
- performing a finishing operation on the first workpiece at yet another machining station to produce a manufactured part comprising at least a portion of the first workpiece having inserted therein portions of the second workpiece,
- wherein the first workpiece constitutes a portion of the manufactured part and also serves as a die in the second punch operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.