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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2019
Temper Ip, Llc, Rockford, MI (US);
William C. Dykstra, Rockford, MI (US);
TEMPER IP, LLC, Rockford, MI (US);
Abstract
A component forming tool for forming a component from a blank includes a die forming shell for forming the component from the blank. A first shell portion of the die forming shell is located on a first set of support elements and a second shell portion is located on a second set of support elements. The tool includes at least one induction heating coil for induction heating of a workpiece disposed within a cavity formed by the first and second shell portions. The first set of support elements include multi-material support elements having at least two layers of different materials and the second set of support elements include multi-material support elements having at least two layers of different materials.