Assembly and method for press forming a deformable material
AssigneeThe University of Queensland
InventorShichao Ding
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Abstract
An assembly for press forming a deformable material including: a first die array including a plurality of dies, the first die array defining a first die profile; a second die array that is complementary with the first die array and including a plurality of dies, the second die array defining a second die profile that is complementary with the first die profile; and a drive for driving at least one of the first die array and the second die array; wherein in use the plurality of dies of the first die array and the plurality of dies of the second die array sequentially engage the deformable material along a processing length to deform the deformable material to a predetermined profile.
Claims11
A method of fabricating and assembling a die set having a predetermined profile for continuous deformation of a deformable material along a processing length from an initial profile to a final profile including:
- mapping the predetermined profile of the die set;
- forming the die set, including a first die and a second die that define the predetermined profile of the die set, the second die set being complementary with the first die set;
- splitting the first die to form a first die array, wherein the first die array includes preliminary and secondary sets of dies that are arranged alternately along the processing length;
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- mounting the preliminary set of dies on a first drive plate, and mounting the secondary set of dies on a second drive plate, wherein the preliminary and secondary sets of dies are separately and alternately driven by the respective first and second drive plates along the processing length to provide continuous deformation of the deformable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.