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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1986
Megumi Nakanose, Sagamihara, JP;
Yutaka Sohara, Tanashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Shinsaku Hamada, Osaka, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of producing a bowl-like metal article, e.g. a half of a spherical rocket motor case made of a titanium alloy, by first shaping a flat blank into a bowl-like shape by a press forming operation and subsequently making heat treatment of the bowl-like work. Following the press forming operation, the shape of the bowl-like work is corrected by spinning. At the heat treatment a templet member is used to keep the bowl-like work in a restrained state so as to correct possible irregular straining and distortion of the work. Preferably the templet is a bowl-like member designed and disposed such that its outer surface comes into close contact with the inner surface of the bowl-like work by thermal expansion at the heat treatment. Both the thickness of the blank and the amount of machining on the heat-treated work can be reduced.