Method of forming vehicle axle tube into U-shaped profile

• Main Authors: WECKER, GEORG, HANSEN, RAINER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; German
• Published: 16.09.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL

The method for forming a vehicle axle tube involves pressing a tube blank (1) into a die (4) using a punch (8) with a convex head (9) to press one half (10) of the tube onto the diametrically opposite half (3). The tube is pressed into a U-shaped cross section The die can be sectional. Zum Umformen...