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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1993
Erich Sieger, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Zeppelin-Metallwerke GmbH, Friedrichsgafen, DE;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for cold-forming a sheet blank (2') made of a material with an exponential stress-strain behavior to become a thin-walled, hollow shell (2). The sheet blank (2') is clamped in a clamping means (3) with its circumference and rotatingly rotated around its center line (6). The shaping takes place by a first and a second path-controlled press roll (16, 17) engaging at opposite sides of the sheet blank (2') only by local pressure forces, wherein the relative speed between the workpiece (2', 2) and the press rolls and the force exerted by the press rolls to the workpiece are modulated in a manner that the tensile forces applied to the workpiece are below the yield point of the material.