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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
David John Hill, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
S. George Luckey, Jr., Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Edward Nichols, Saline, MI (US);
Rosa Lynda Nuno, Jerome, MI (US);
Yun Bai, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a metal component includes performing a test stamping process on a test sheet metal blank, generating a strain map of the test sheet metal blank for the test stamping process, generating a lubrication program based on the strain map, applying lubrication to the sheet metal according to the lubrication program, and stamping the sheet metal to form the metal component. The lubrication program is configured to control a lubrication system to apply lubrication to sheet metal in a non-uniform distribution across the sheet metal. The non-uniform distribution correlates to the strain map.