Metal deforming – By application of fluent medium – or energy field – Using fixed die
Patent
1993-06-04
1994-06-21
Jones, David
Metal deforming
By application of fluent medium, or energy field
Using fixed die
72 60, 294211, B21D 3920, B21D 2602
Patent
active
053219643
ABSTRACT:
A seal device for a hydroforming press includes a housing having a bore and a seal carrier slidable within the housing bore. The seal carrier has a bore which fits closely outside of the end of tube to be hydroformed. A V-shaped locator rigidly mounted relative to the housing aligns the end of the tube placed thereon with the carrier bore. A carrier actuator is operable to move the seal carrier between a retracted position away from the end of the tube to an extended position over the end of the tube. A resilient elastomeric annular seal carried by the seal carrier encircles the outer surface of the tube. A seal actuator carried on the seal carrier compresses the seal upon relative movement between the seal actuator and the seal carrier. A stop is engaged by the seal actuator as the seal carrier approaches the extended position so that subsequent further movement of the seal carrier compresses the seal against the tube. The locator and a tube backup fixed to an upper bed of the press encircle the tube when the press is closed, reacting against the tube when it is pressurized. A travel limit block provides a reaction member against which the locator reacts to prevent relative movement between the seal device and the press during forming.
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Lovell Michael H.
Shah Sanjay M.
Shimanovski Bruce S.
Winterhalter, Sr. George T.
General Motors Corporation
Hinman Kevin M.
Jones David
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