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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1985
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a T-joint, which consists of a tube portion and a collar portion, by using burring techniques. The apparatus is provided with a high-frequency induction heating unit for heating the circumferential portion of a pilot hole made in a tube, a cooling ring for ejecting a coolant to the circumferential portion of the pilot hole, and a temperature distribution control for controlling the heating rate of the heating unit and the coolant ejection rate of the cooling ring. The apparatus thus constructed enables the working temperature of the parts of the circumferential portion of the pilot hole in the plane of which includes the axes of the tube and the collar to be lower than that of the parts of the circumferential portion in the plane extending at right angle to the above-mentioned plane. Therefore, this apparatus can be used effectively to manufacture a T-joint of which the thicknes of the collar portion is substantially uniform in the circumferential direction of the circumferential portion of the pilot hole.