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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh, Paderborn, DE;
Markus Kettler, Schlangen, DE;
Oliver Dobinsky, Hoevelhof, DE;
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH, Paderborn, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a hot-forming and press hardening tool for producing formed sheet metal parts with at least partially high-strength properties, having a top tool with at least one die segment and a bottom tool with at least one die segment, wherein the top tool and the bottom tool are movable toward each other in a press stroke direction while forming a die cavity, wherein tempering channels are arranged in at least one die segment to feed a cooling medium, wherein the die segment of the top tool and/or the die segment of the bottom tool is split into at least two parts with a spreader device coupled to the top tool and/or the bottom tool and is movable in at least one direction of motion transverse to the press stroke direction.