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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2005
Applicant:
Zbigniew Zurecki, Macungie, PA (US);
Inventor:
Zbigniew Zurecki, Macungie, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 37/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method of forming a workpiece comprising (a) providing a tool and a workpiece, wherein the workpiece has an initial shape; (b) placing the workpiece and the tool in contact, applying force to the tool and/or the workpiece, and moving the tool and/or the workpiece to effect a change in the initial shape of the workpiece by forming; and (c) providing a jet of cryogenic fluid and impinging essentially all of the jet of cryogenic fluid on a surface of the tool.