Abstract: A flow-forming method and apparatus, in which a blank is placed on a rolling mandrel of a flow-forming machine, the blank is rotated relative to at least one flow-forming roll, the at least one flow-forming roll is infed radially and/or axially relative to the blank, and the blank is axially lengthened by the flow-forming roll and flow-formed to a workpiece.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a flow-forming machine for inserting a groove in a cylindrical, thin workpiece. The workpiece is rotated relative to at least one spinning roller. The spinning roller is provided with a profile corresponding to the groove to be shaped. The spinning roller is radially infed to the workpiece and the groove is shaped. A particularly precise forming of the groove is brought about in that simultaneously with the radial infeeding of the spinning roller and the shaping of the groove, the workpiece is axially upset by means of at least one punch.

Abstract: A gear part and method is provided for forming a gear part, in which a circular blank-like workpiece is fixed in a flow-forming machine in a radially inner area, the circular blank-like workpiece is rotated, at least one roller is infed and the roller is substantially radially moved inwardly, in which during the radial moving in workplace material flows radially, so that the workplace wall thickness is reduced in this area, in a central area of the workplace a boss is formed and during radial moving in the roller is increasingly axially infed. The method also relates to forming a gear part in which the circular blank edge is thickened by at least one forming roller, the shaping of the circular blank edge taking place through the contour of gripping jaws and/or the forming roller and the cross-section of the circular blank edge in formed in an approximately rectangular manner.

Abstract: A gear part and method is provided for forming a gear part, in which a circular blank-like workpiece is fixed in a flow-forming machine in a radially inner area, the circular blank-like workpiece is rotated, at least one roller is substantially radially moved, in which during the radial moving in workpiece material flows radially, so that the workpiece wall thickness is reduced in this area, in a central area of the workpiece a boss is formed and during radial moving in the roller is increasingly axially infed. The method also relates to forming a gear part in which the circular blank edge is thickened by at least one forming roller, the shaping of the circular blank edge taking place through the contour of gripping jaws and/or the forming roller and the cross-section of the circular blank edge is formed in an approximately rectangular manner.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a gear part with a transversely directed profile, particularly a timing belt pulley, wherein a substantially rotationally symmetrical workpiece is fixed in a flow-forming device and rotated and wherein at least one profiled flow-forming tool is infed to a circumferential area of the workpiece such that a transversely directed profile is formed. According to the invention, prior to the forming of the transversely directed profile, the circumferential area of the workpiece is provided with at least one circumferentially directed groove and the transversely directed profile is formed axially on either side of the at least one groove. The invention also relates to a gear part, particularly a timing belt pulley, which has a substantially rotationally symmetrical construction and a circumferential area and which is provided with a transversely directed profile.

Abstract: A method for flow-forming a part having an inner collar and an outer collar surrounding the inner collar, including clamping a workpiece having a radial section to a spinning tool in a flow-forming machine, splitting a first material off the radial section while rotating the workpiece by radially infeeding at least one spinning roller having a separating edge to form and shape the inner collar against the spinning tool, axially engaging a sliding sleeve displaceably mounted on the spinning tool over the inner collar, splitting a second material off the radial section by radially infeeding the at least one spinning roller while rotating the workpiece, and pressing the second material against the sliding sleeve to form and shape the outer collar.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for producing a one-part vehicle wheel are provided, in which a substantially disk-shaped, undercut-free pre-form is cast. Immediately after casting the pre-form is conveyed to a flow-forming machine, while maintaining a residual heat and is fixed therein. The circumferential area of the fixed pre-form is split and, by subsequent spinning and flow-forming, is constructed as an intermediate form with a rim, which already substantially has the wall thickness of the rim of the finished vehicle wheel. The intermediate form is cooled, sized, and undergoes a final end-working.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a flow-forming machine for inserting a groove in a cylindrical, thin workpiece. The workpiece is rotated relative to at least one spinning roller. The spinning roller is provided with a profile corresponding to the groove to be shaped. The spinning roller is radially infed to the workpiece and the groove is shaped. A particularly precise forming of the groove is brought about in that simultaneously with the radial infeeding of the spinning roller and the shaping of the groove, the workpiece is axially upset by means of at least one punch.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a shaft with a larger diameter flange, particularly for a cone gear, a round stock as the workpiece being rotated about its longitudinal axis relative to at least one spinning roll and is axially compressed and the material occurring during axial upsetting is formed to the larger diameter flange under the action of the at least one spinning roll. The invention also relates to a cone gear.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for producing a one-part vehicle wheel are provided, in which a substantially disk-shaped, undercut-free pre-form is cast. Immediately after casting the pre-form is conveyed to a flow-forming machine, while maintaining a residual heat and is fixed therein. The circumferential area of the fixed pre-form is split and, by subsequent spinning and flow-forming, is constructed as an intermediate form with a rim, which already substantially has the wall thickness of the rim of the finished vehicle wheel. The intermediate form is cooled, sized, and undergoes a final end-working.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for working or forming a workpiece by flow-forming, particularly for the manufacture of internal teeth on the workpiece, in which a cup-shaped preform or blank is axially fixed against a tool chuck and pressed by means of at least one rolling body onto said tool chuck and the blank is rotated relative to the rolling body, the at least one rolling body, at the start of forming, at the open end of the blank is pressed against the cylinder wall area thereof and in axial relative movement is guided in forming contact over the cylinder wall area to the base of the blank.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for producing a one-part vehicle wheel are provided, in which a substantially disk-shaped, undercut-free preform is cast. Immediately after casting the preform is conveyed to a flow-forming machine, whilst maintaining a residual heat and is fixed therein. The circumferential area of the fixed preform is split and by subsequent spinning and flow-forming is constructed as an intermediate form with a rim, which already substantially has the wall thickness of the rim of the finished vehicle wheel. The intermediate form is cooled, sized and undergoes a final end-working.

Abstract: A flow-forming device includes a forming device having a cage in which a plurality of rolling members are rotatably arranged in ring-like manner about a rotation axis. A spinning chuck is configured to hold a blank so as to be axially displaceable relative to the forming device. A drive is provided for rotating the blank relative to said forming device. A method for flow-forming includes rotating at least one of the blank and the rolling member about a rotation axis and flow-forming the blank through contact with a plurality of rolling members which are arranged in a ring-like manner around the rotation axis and mounted in rotary manner in a cage.

Abstract: In a flow-forming method, an axially symmetrical first workpiece is fixed on a spinning mandrel, which together with the workpiece is rotated. At least one spinning roll is infed. The workpiece is formed and shaped while on an axially extending external profile of the spinning mandrel. A spacer is mounted on this spinning mandrel. A marginal area of the workpiece is shaped on an area of the spacer, the latter being plastically deformed during the shaping of the marginal area of the workpiece. Also, a flow-forming apparatus has a spinning mandrel on which a workpiece can be fixed, a drive by which the spinning mandrel and workpiece can be rotated together, and at least one spinning roll for shaping the workpiece in a forming area. The deformable spacer has an overlap area. During workpiece shaping, the overlap area at least partly overlaps with the forming area of the workpiece.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming a hub disk, in which a circular blank-like workpiece is placed in a flow-forming machine and fixed with at least one overarm support, an area of the outer contour of the overarm support corresponding to an area of the inner contour of a hub to be formed, the circular blank-like workpiece is rotated, at least one roller is infed and substantially radially moved in, a material flow taking place on the workpiece, and the radial moving in of the roller is ended when the distance between an area of the outer profile of the roller and the overarm support corresponds to the desired thickness of the hub wall and during the infeeding of the roller the workpiece is initially contacted by a cutting or separating edge of the roller and the material flow along the roller and therefore the axial length of the hub is limited by the roller geometry.

Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for the manufacture of a workpiece with a rotation-symmetrically hardened surface area, the workpiece surface area to be hardened is initially applied with a carrier film of pulverized alloying elements. A roll is radially infed to the carrier film, accompanied by the rotation of the workpiece. Under the influence of heat, the pulverized alloying elements of the carrier film are rolled into the surface area of the workpiece so that the alloying elements are intercalated into the workpiece surface and increase its hardness. For performing this method, the workpiece is clamped on a spindle driven in a rotary manner. A receiving hopper and an application device are radially spaced from the spindle and are interconnected by a supply device.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a gear part with a bottom area and a circumferential area, which has two portions. One portion extends to one side of the bottom area, while the other portion extends to the opposite side of the bottom area. On one portion is formed an inner profiling and on the other portion an outer profiling. According to a first method, on a cup-shaped preform a web is formed by splitting or flow-forming and extends in the opposite direction to the cup wall. In the thus formed web and in the cup wall are subsequently made the desired profilings. In a second method, an arcuate curl is produced and is subsquently flow-formed to the portions with the profilings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the manufacture of a poly-V-pulley, particularly with a toothed reference mark sensor. The method uses per se known spin forming and combines in one setting on a spinning machine with tool changers, the method steps of upsetting, profiling and gear cutting. The method according to the invention is preferably based on a tilted circular metal blank, which has a bevelled or angled marginal area with a clearly defined length and wall thickness. From the tilted or upset blank is formed a cup-shaped preform with an asymmetrically reinforced, cylindrical area with the aid of a spinning roll and subsequently in a radial setting is infed a spinning roll with a recess and an axially limited diameter reduction and material accumulation are obtained. This is followed by preprofiling, profiling of the thickened area and a gear cutting on a simultaneously constructed reference mark sensor of an outer flange.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a rotationally symmetrical part, particularly a vehicle wheel. In this method, the outer circumferential area of a circular blank is upset for forming a material accumulation or gathering and this preferably takes place asymmetrically. Subsequently, the outer circumferential area of the circular blank is radially split using a splitting roll, which forms two legs. The two legs are subsequently given the desired shape by the utilization of spinning rolls.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a rotationally symmetrical part, particularly a vehicle wheel. The starting material is constituted by a circular blank preform, which has a substantially radial base and a connecting, axial shoulder. The shoulder is firstly rolled out by spinning rollers axially on either side of the base to a first web and a second web. At least one of the two webs is spun against a spinning chuck. Subsequently the outer contour of the webs is finally shaped and calibrated in the outer regions.