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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2004
Peter Friedman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard Allor, Livonia, MI (US);
Warren Copple, Trenton, MI (US);
George Luckey, Jr., Dearborn, MI (US);
Chris Young, Plymouth, MI (US);
Peter Friedman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard Allor, Livonia, MI (US);
Warren Copple, Trenton, MI (US);
George Luckey, Jr., Dearborn, MI (US);
Chris Young, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, L.L.C., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for superplastic forming a workpiece. The system includes a superplastic forming cell formed of a plurality of individual stations or modules, each one performing a specific manufacturing step or process on the workpiece. Individual stations include a preheat station, a forming station, a cooling station, a cleaning station and a trimming station. These stations work in conjunction with one another to reduce superplastic forming cycle times and correspondingly increased production times when manufacturing a workpiece using a superplastic forming process.