Aida Engineering Co., Ltd.

Aida Engineering, Ltd.

M.h. Center Limited

Kazuto Kobayashi

Hisanobu Kanamaru

Nobuyuki Ishinaga

Akira Matsumura

Takashi Nakano

Toshio Suzuki

Susumu Aoyama

The lower part of a material to be molded forms a lower, seal with a die. A punch applying a molding force to the material forms an upper seal with the perimeter of the die. The space between the upper and lower, seals forms a pressure chamber that is filled with a fluid. As the punch descends into the die, the fluid is pressurized. The lower seal is a complete seal to prevent leakage of fluid into the die. The upper seal is given a clearance with the die that permits controlled leakage of fluid therepast at a rate that limits the maximum pressure in the pressure chamber while permitting the development of an adequate pressure on the material being molded.

Pressure controlled fluid pressure extrusion method

A groove is cut into an end surface of a shaft component to deform the shaft component into irregularities provided on a tubular component, thereby coupling the shaft component with the tubular component to form an outer ring for a constant velocity joint. This type of joint provides an outer ring having a strong coupling force and high coupling precision. The irregularities are preferably in the form of a spline cut in a portion of an inner perimeter surface of the tubular component, at a location where coupling of the tubular component with the shaft component is desired. The spline optionally includes a notch which provided additional coupling strength, especially in the shaft direction. The tubular component is shaped by pressing the inner surface of the tubular component into a mandrel having an outer surface shape of the desired inner surface shape of the tubular component. Hydraulic pressure is used to supply the force to press the material onto the mandrel to form the tubular component. This shaping method results in a molded material with high precision without requiring bond treatment.

Outer ring of a constant velocity universal joint and manufacturing method for the same

A molding method uses a fluid-pressure generating unit form generating high fluid pressures that allows high-precision molding of complex shapes. The high fluid pressure is generated with a piston disposed in communication with a molding cavity. The high fluid pressure is imposed on a raw material workpiece to push the workpiece into a cavity causing the workpiece to conform to the shape of the cavity thereby producing an article of desired shape.

Method for molding metal using high fluid pressure

A plastic working method for making a holed metal part. A holed blank with a through hole is placed at the center in a die member which has a die and a container continuing to the die. The die is pushed toward a punch, inserting into the through hole a first portion of a mandrel which has cross sections with at least two different cross-sectional areas. The blank is compressed by a counter punch fitting with the container and a punch pressing the die end face of the die member toward the counter punch to cause the blank plasticly to flow into a space formed between the die hole of the die and the first portion of the mandrel and while applying a compressive force to the blank by the punch and the counter punch, pulling out the first portion of the mandrel out of the blank through hole while inserting a further portion of the mandrel into the through hole so as plastically to flow the blank into a gap between the first portion of the mandrel and the through hole. Other embodiments of the method are also disclosed.

Plastic working method for holed metal parts

The present invention relates to a differential pinion for automobiles or the like, a metal mold for plastic working the differential pinion, and a method for plastic working with the above metal mold. And particularly the differential pinion of the present invention is provided with an end relief section which is effective to reduce a noise and has a continuous fiber flow from a tooth face to the end relief section providing a high pitting resistance. The metal mold for plastic working the differential pinion of the present invention can provide the internal pressure working area of the die in a position deep below the open end by a required distance therefrom, thereby providing the metal mold with higher rigidity and strength. Further, in the plastic working method of the present invention, it is very easy to position the punch under pressure stress in the axial direction.

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Sagamihara, Japan

Kazuto Kobayashi