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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Hori, Tochigi, JP;
Tomotsugu Takahashi, Tochigi, JP;
Kei Matsumoto, Tochigi, JP;
Seitaro Nakamura, Tochigi, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A manufacturing method for fuel cell separators by way of a progressive pressing method which molds a plurality of separator shaped parts in an elongated metal plate, the method having: a pressing step of forming a separator shaped part in an elongated metal plate by way of pressing; a trimming step of cutting loose the separator shaped part from the elongated metal plate by punching an outer peripheral part of the separator shaped part formed in the elongated metal plate in the same pressing direction as the pressing step; a lifting step of lifting up the elongated metal plate from which the separator shaped part was cut loose; and a separator shaped part conveying step of conveying the separator shaped part which was cut loose to a downstream side in the conveying direction, in the midst of the elongated metal plate being lifted up in the lifting step.