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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2001
Sango Co., Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
There are disclosed an expanded tube processing method and expanded tube processing apparatus of a cylindrical tube, for inclining an opening end portion of a work formed of the cylindrical tube of metal with respect to an axis of a work to perform tube expansion, in which in order to simply perform an expanded tube processing, a punch is disposed on an opening end side of the work of the metal cylindrical tube and the punch is inserted from the work opening end to perform the tube expansion on a work end. A punch is inserted from the work opening end at a predetermined angle to a tube axis A of a work . During insertion of the punch , the punch and/or the work are moved in a direction Y -Y substantially crossing at right angles to an advancing/retreating drive direction Z -Z of the punch to perform the expanded tube processing.