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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2012
Thomas Flehmig, Ratingen, DE;
Konstantinos Savvas, Oberhausen, DE;
Thomas Flehmig, Ratingen, DE;
Konstantinos Savvas, Oberhausen, DE;
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for drawing components from a blank () made of metal using a drawing punch () and a die (), the drawing punch () having a cutting edge () for trimming the blank () during the drawing procedure and a run-in contour () being provided in the die (). The invention also relates to a method for drawing a blank using the device according to the invention and to a use according to the invention of the method. The run-in contour () of the die () is configured such that the cutting edge () and the run-in contour () are only in cutting engagement in certain regions in the drawing punch position at the start of the cutting procedure along the cutting line ().