Abstract: A die apparatus for forging a steering rack having a toothed portion and an array of gear teeth. The die apparatus comprising first and second assemblies movable towards each other. The first assembly comprising a first bolster and a tooth die. The second assembly comprising a second bolster, first and second side dies, a center punch, and a third bolster. The third bolster being disposed between the first and second bolsters and being movable relative to the second bolster. The first and second side dies being supported by the third bolster, and the center punch being supported by the second bolster. As the die apparatus closes, the third bolster abuts the first assembly to form a closed forging cavity and then, as the die apparatus continues to close, the center punch penetrates the closed forging cavity to complete the forging of the steering rack.

Abstract: A double closed hydraulic mold stand is provided, which includes an up bottom plate (1), a down bottom plate (21), an up mold plate (8), a down mold plate (20), four guide sleeves (42), four guide columns (45), and a four mechanical linkage velocity ratio mechanism. The four guide sleeves (42) and the four guide columns (45) are distributed symmetrically and slidingly fit each other. An up piston cylinder, a down piston cylinder, an up bed piece (11), a down bed piece (31), an up concave mold seat (15), a down concave mold seat, an up concave mold (16), and a down concave mold (33) are fixed at the up bottom plate and the down bottom plate. An up pin-lift (3), a down pin-lift (24), an up punch pin seat (4), a down punch pin seat (22), an up punch pin (38), and a down punch pin (36) form an up piston and a down piston respectively. The up piston cylinder and the down piston cylinder have a split combined structure, which is convenient for manufacturing, installation, and maintenance.

Abstract: A machine, tooling and method for cold forming complex metal parts such as a banjo style hose fitting starting with a near net shape volume of wire and continuing with multiple forging blows and an intermediate rotation of the blank to produce a hose coupling shell end, a transition neck, a large counterbored annular coupling body and a perpendicular alignment tang.

Abstract: A forging die and process suitable for producing large forgings, including turbine disks and other rotating components of power-generating gas turbine engines, using billets formed by powder metallurgy. The forging die includes a backplate, and segments arranged in a radial pattern about a region on a surface of the backplate. Each segment has a backside facing the backplate and an interface surface facing away from the backplate, with the interface surface being adapted to engage the billet during forging. The segments are physically coupled to the surface of the backplate in a manner that enables radial movement of the segments relative to the backplate.

Abstract: A terminal crimping apparatus includes an anvil for supporting a metal terminal including a base plate portion for placing an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions extending upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion and a crimper which includes a press-deforming portion having a generally arch-shape formed of two arc-shaped surfaces which are opposed to the anvil. The anvil and the crimper cooperate to press the crimping piece portions for crimping the crimping piece portions to the electric wire placed on the metal terminal. The shape of the crimper satisfies a formula, Index a=c·cos ?, where c represents a length of the arc-shaped surface of the crimper, and ? represents an angle formed by a tangential line to the arc-shaped surface at a central portion of the crimper and a vertical line.

Abstract: A gear wheel includes multiple helical toothings, each having a different helical angle. A pressing method for molding a gear wheel involves introducing a compactable material into a chamber of a pressing tool, compacting the material, exposing the helical toothings of the gear wheel, and removing the molded body from the pressing tool. A pressing tool for pressing, as one part, a gear wheel, includes a matrix, cylindrical first and second molding tool parts which can be translated along and then rotated about a longitudinal axis, and a driver coupled to the molding tool parts or driving them. The molding tool parts can be moved towards and away from each other and the inner surface of the matrix delimits the chamber and is shaped to allow a linear axial sliding movement of the compactable material relative to the matrix.

Abstract: A method of forming a wheel disc starts with a flat blank. A plurality of windows are formed in the wheel disc, wherein each window has a respective outer edge proximate with a continuous outer band around a periphery of the wheel disc. The windows define a plurality of spokes between adjacent windows, and the angular size of each of the windows along the outer band is preferably greater than the angular size of each of the spokes. The outer band is partially closed toward a cylindrical shape by engaging a cam die against at least a portion of the outer band. The outer band is substantially fully closed into a cylindrical shape by axially wiping the outer band using a cylindrical die. The intermediate camming operation achieves the desired final shape after wiping without introducing stresses that would weaken or distort the wheel disc.

Abstract: A method of forming a wheel disc starts with a flat blank. A plurality of windows are formed in the wheel disc, wherein each window has a respective outer edge proximate with a continuous outer band around a periphery of the wheel disc. The windows define a plurality of spokes between adjacent windows, and the angular size of each of the windows along the outer band is preferably greater than the angular size of each of the spokes. The outer band is partially closed toward a cylindrical shape by engaging a cam die against at least a portion of the outer band. The outer band is substantially fully closed into a cylindrical shape by axially wiping the outer band using a cylindrical die. The intermediate camming operation achieves the desired final shape after wiping without introducing stresses that would weaken or distort the wheel disc.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing a hollow blade (1) for a turbomachine in which the blade (1) is made from a preform (14) obtained from external primary parts (28, 30). In order to reduce costs, the root part (2) of the blade is formed from spare material (34) entirely located on only one of the two external primary parts of the preform (14).

Abstract: A tube partial thread forming apparatus and method is disclosed. A tube is placed on the apparatus around internal die sections, which are separated by a mandrel to cause the internal die sections to engage the tube. stripper pieces are moved into engagement around the outer surface of the tube to secure and support the tube. External die sections extend through the stripper pieces and engage the tube and form partial threads thereon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydromechanical clamping device having two movable die halves and two punches, a first hydraulic piston, and a second hydraulic piston. The second die half is fixed to the frame and the second punch is arranged on the second hydraulic piston. The first hydraulic cylinder is connected to a third hydraulic cylinder. The latter acts on a fourth hydraulic piston. The first hydraulic cylinder is connected to the third hydraulic cylinder, so that the pressure medium displaced from the first hydraulic cylinder during a feed movement flows into the third hydraulic cylinder and the third hydraulic piston moves the fourth hydraulic piston in the feed direction, so that pressure medium is displaced into the second hydraulic cylinder, and the requisite forming pressure can be applied to the second hydraulic piston and the punches move toward one another.

Abstract: A process of manufacturing a rim for a motor vehicle from an original pipe, in order to facilitate formation of projections for reducing road noise on the rim, comprises a projection forming step of partially extruding a ledge portion of an intermediate pipe for the rim from inside to outside in a radial direction of the ledge portion so as to form a plurality of projections at suitable intervals.

Abstract: The invention relates to a die for a tool set for the mechanical joining of sheets resting one on top of the other in a planar manner by forming with at least one punch and a die which defines a cavity into which joining is effected, and the die comprises an anvil opposite the punch and die segments which adjoin the said anvil, define the cavity in the circumferential direction and, when the punch is being fed in the direction of the anvil, execute a yielding movement transversely to the punch feed direction, for which purpose the die segments are arranged on a supporting surface in such a way that they can be displaced outwards against spring preloading, and the die is encased circumferentially by a die sleeve, the die sleeve, in the circumferential direction, following a division into die segments, having individual segment guides which form guideways extending through the die sleeve, and in which the die segments are guided in such a way as to be displaceable outwards as sliding pieces formed with an exten

Abstract: A method and apparatus (2) for providing at least a bead (4) on a side wall portion (10) of a metal container (8). The apparatus includes a mandrel (16) over which side wall portions (10) of the container are disposed. The mandrel (16) has reaction members (20) with reaction surfaces for supporting the side wall portion internally and a plurality of forming members (18) surrounding the mandrel having forming surfaces being substantially parallel with the reaction surfaces but separated therefrom to define a gap between the surfaces which receives the side wall portion (10). The reaction members (20) and forming members (18) are capable of displacement towards and away from one another such that the gap between the reaction surfaces and forming surfaces can effectively expand and contract. The reaction surfaces and forming surfaces are provided with complementary formations thereon to deform the side wall portion therebetween and form a bead (4) therein.