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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen Gmbh + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Inventor:
Bernd Renz, Marbach am Neckar, DE;
Assignee:
TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 49/00 (2006.01); B21D 39/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/03 (2013.01); B21D 39/032 (2013.01); B21D 49/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53961 (2015.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus for producing composite fiber/metal workpieces. In one aspect, a method includes locating a metal workpiece on a workpiece support of a machine tool, processing the metal workpiece located on the workpiece support to produce one or more shaped features on the metal workpiece, fitting a fiber fabric to the metal workpiece in a region of the shaped features, and connecting the fiber fabric to the metal workpiece in at least one of a non-positive-locking connection or a positive-locking connection to produce a composite fiber/metal workpiece.