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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2018
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An electromagnetic forming device for an aluminum tube member, the electromagnetic forming device including: a jig plate in which a support member that has a through hole has been fixed to a substrate; and a tube insertion mechanism that inserts a tube member into the through hole in the support member. The electromagnetic forming device also includes: a coil unit that has an electromagnetic-forming coil part; a coil movement mechanism that supports the coil unit; a current supply part that supplies current for electromagnetic forming to the electromagnetic-forming coil part; and a jig plate transport mechanism that transports the jig plate from a tube insertion stage STto a tube expansion stage ST