ROLL FORMING SYSTEM WITH HEAT TREATMENT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

• Main Authors: IYER Natasha, TALLA Rajasekhar, GAENSBAUER David Anthony, KIDWELL Carolyn Grace, RAIS Adolfo, HO John Min, ROY Debdutta, PEARSON Cullen
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 20.06.2023
• Subjects: ALLOYS; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKINGWITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; CHEMISTRY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS; MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES,OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS; WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL

Disclosed herein are systems and method for forming a final hollow body from a metal strip. A forming system may include a forming station, a joining station, an inline heater, and a hydroforming station. Forming the final hollow body from the metal strip may include receiving the metal strip at the...