System and process for superplastic forming

Details System and process for superplastic forming System and process for superplastic forming

2007-10-23

2007-10-23

Jones, David B (Department: 3725)

Metal deforming

By application of fluent medium, or energy field

Using fixed die

C072S057000, C072S342960, C072S364000, C072S709000, C425S526000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11000181

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for superplastic forming a workpiece. The system includes a superplastic forming cell formed of a plurality of individual stations or modules, each one performing a specific manufacturing step or process on the workpiece. Individual stations include a preheat station, a forming station, a cooling station, a cleaning station and a trimming station. These stations work in conjunction with one another to reduce superplastic forming cycle times and correspondingly increased production times when manufacturing a workpiece using a superplastic forming process.

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