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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel Gordon Sanders, Cle Elum, WA (US);
Robert Charles Larsen, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Donald Lloyd Conaway, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A hot-forming press () comprises a lower press assembly () and an upper press assembly (). The lower press assembly () is movable along a vertical axis and comprises a lower die (), and a lower hot-box portion (), configured to receive the lower die (). The upper press assembly () is movable along the vertical axis above the lower press assembly () and comprises an upper die (), and an upper hot-box portion (). The upper hot-box portion () is configured to receive the upper die () so that the upper die () is positioned opposite the lower die (). The lower die () and the upper die () are configured to apply a forming pressure to a workpiece () that is received between the lower die () and the upper die (). The lower hot-box portion () and the upper hot-box portion () are configured to heat the workpiece ().