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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2001
Norihisa Okada, Hikari, JP;
Wataru Kawamura, Kudamatsu, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a state in which a material (blank) cut in a predetermined shape is mounted on a die and the bottom of the material is supported by a seat, the material is pressed by a tool from above and the tool is moved along the die so that the material is incrementally formed. The bottom of the material is fixed, so that the material is not inclined and can be formed in a predetermined shape. A circular arc portion of a flange is processed in a state in which it is clamped by the female die and the tool, so that the circular arc portion of the flange is not spread outside and the perpendicularity between the flange of the circular arc portion and the bottom can be increased.