METHOD OF TOOL DEVELOPMENT

A method is disclosed for developing the contour of tools employed for forming aluminum alloy members exhibiting complex shapes. The members are precipitation, heat-treatable, aluminum alloys which are age formed. The resulting member is formed to the desired contour and, simultaneously, is heat tre...

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Hauptverfasser:	HAROLD M. BREWER JR, MITCHELL C HOLMAN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS ANDNON-FERROUS ALLOYS CHEMISTRY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASURING MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL METALLURGY PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PRESSES PRESSES IN GENERAL PUNCHING METAL TESTING TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A method is disclosed for developing the contour of tools employed for forming aluminum alloy members exhibiting complex shapes. The members are precipitation, heat-treatable, aluminum alloys which are age formed. The resulting member is formed to the desired contour and, simultaneously, is heat treated to reduce residual stresses while improving its strength characteristics. The invention is particularly concerned with a new tool contour prediction method which is based upon the relationship, for a particular aluminum alloy, of the strain retained in a part after it has been subjected to an applied strain while constrained to a desired shape, then released after being heat treated in an autoclave or furnace.