Metal deforming – With exposure of work to gas – vapor – mist – or modified...
Patent
1978-10-10
1980-11-18
Gilden, Leon
Metal deforming
With exposure of work to gas, vapor, mist, or modified...
72 60, 72342, 72364, B21B 900
Patent
active
042338298
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are provided for automatically controling the strain rate during superplastic forming of a blank of material into a part. The method and apparatus produce a part in a minimum time by deforming the material in its optimum superplastic conditions. A relationship is determined between time and the pressure required to form the blank against the configured surface of a die at a strain rate which causes the blank to flow superplastically. The blank is positioned in the die and held at a temperature at which the material exhibits superplasticity. Pressure is automatically applied across the thickness of the blank in accordance with the previously determined relationship between time and pressure until the part is formed. The apparatus comprises conduits connected to a die and to a high pressure gas. Valves in the conduits regulate the pressure applied to the blank. A controller receives command signals from a programmer which is programmed with the desired time vs pressure relationship. The controller operates the valves and receives feedback information from a pressure transducer in the conduit to maintain the programmed time vs pressure relationship during the forming operation.
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Curnow John M.
Hamilton C. Howard
Paton Neil E.
Gilden Leon
Hamann H. Frederick
Malin Craig O.
Rockwell International Corporation
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