US3690138A - Process and apparatus for stretch forming metal - Google Patents

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US3690138A
US3690138A US91209A US3690138DA US3690138A US 3690138 A US3690138 A US 3690138A US 91209 A US91209 A US 91209A US 3690138D A US3690138D A US 3690138DA US 3690138 A US3690138 A US 3690138A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B21B1/00—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations
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  • ABSTRACT A device for stretch forming a metal particularly a steel piece which is still in the hot or cold working range and whose texture shows a casting or rolling structure comprises a support which carries a working roller and which is located on a respective side of the workpiece to be moved backwardly and forwardly therealong in a deformation path.
  • the support is articulated by a thrust rod which is driven from a drive disk or shaft to which it is eccentrically connected in order to produce a reciprocating motion of the support.
  • the support carries a shaft which eccentrically carries an eccentric disk which is rotated through an intermediate roller which is in contact with the drive disk. The eccentric disk moves around with its shaft to revolve the support with the working roller in respect to the workpiece.
  • the process of the invention is characterized by moving the working roller over a length of the deformation working path on a reducing surface of the workpiece and with varying velocity of the workpiece and with an adjustable movement of the working roller which is produced by the driving connection of its support.
  • the movement is a swinging movement back and forth and a revolving movement is advantageously performed by single working rollers upon respective sides of the workpiece.
  • the process of forming a bloom into a billet which is processed in a finishing rolling mill to a bar or wire material requires the presence of a blooming mill train, that is, heavy and medium rolling stands.
  • a finishing rolling mill must thus have a corresponding number of roughing stands if the starting material is to be available in sufficient quantities for semi-finished products, which requires a large investment.
  • it does not always pay to produce billets in ones own mill and the production is not very economical.
  • the technical prerequisite favorable for the production of billets are not always present.
  • a blooming mill train requires considerable space which must be supplemented by further installations such as vertical ingot heating furnaces, continuous heating furnaces, and the like.
  • the rough material is in the form of hot metal pieces, as is the case in a continuous casting plant, it is not always possible to arrange a bloom milling train behind the extracting device because of the different velocities which may be required for feeding. It is advisable in some instances to roll material for small section mill trains without double heating, but heretofore the great reduction per path and the resulting high rolling pressures were an obstacle to this. However, to accomplish this, a great driving power of the machine is required with corresponding high power motors.
  • the workpiece is given a high reduction per pass and the stretching of the material is facilitated in such a way that the rolling of a material corrugation is improved with free elongation of the workpiece per minute.
  • as little rolling pressure as possible is expended and with the use of a relatively low driving power so that the inconveniences of the prior art are eliminated.
  • a single revolving working roller is moved over at least the length of the deformation working path on a reduced surface with a varying velocity of the workpiece as it is simultaneously adjusted.
  • a fundamental concept of the present invention is that only a single material layer is displaced without sliding friction.
  • a particular advantage is the fact that depending on the quality of the material and of other properties of the workpiece, the form of the pass zone can be determined dynamically according to the optimum design. This permits an optimum reduction of the necessary driving power or a greater reduction per pass with the same driving power.
  • the apparatus of the invention includes the mounting of a working roller on a support and the drive of the support through a crank and connecting rod connec-. tion froma drive shaft so that it may move over a relatively short deformation working path along the reducing surface under adjustment and then be returned to its starting position in a swinging movement.
  • a closed deformation cycle repeated in regular sequences permits the working of different types of workpieces in dependence on their velocity of feed. Both pure rolled pieces and also cast pieces can be worked true to form and measure.
  • a smooth regular surface of the workpiece is formed avoiding any transitions.
  • a feature of the apparatus for the process is that the support bearing the working roller or rollers can be easily replaced. Only a relatively small mass has to be moved, namely that of the working roller support together with the roller. A considerable part of the weight is absorbed in the bearing and only acceleration and deceleration forces have to be expended to move the support.
  • the weight of the working roller support with the roller can be compensated in a vertical direction toward the adjusting force so that the driving power has to be used only on the underside in the most unfavorable case.
  • the two drives for moving the working roller support and for adjustment on the workpiece can be either separate or connected drives so that there are ample constructional possibilities for realizing the invention.
  • the drive using a single thrust rod having its ends articulated in an eccentric disk on the working roller support forms a simple and safe solution for carrying out the process according to the invention.
  • All of the elements can be accommodated in a closed housing which can be arranged on the workpiece and can be rapidly exchanged as a unit or moved out of range of the workpiece.
  • a further feature of the invention is the drive of the working roller support which is mounted with its pivot eccentrically on a driving pulley.
  • the support position is continuously adjusted in relation to the workpiece by the continuous revolution of an eccentric disk which is eccentrically mounted on the support. This positioning is effected in dependence on the swinging movement of the working roller.
  • the entire drive may be accommodated in a single housing and thus provide a machine which can be easily installed in any place.
  • the adjustment of the workpiece and its supportand the following movement of the workpiece is effected from a single drive.
  • a driving shaft which carries a crank and connecting arm for driving the support and a drive disk which drives through an intermediate roller the eccentric disk. In this manner a single drive is provided for both movements.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a process of stretch forming a metal wherein a working roller is moved over a relatively short deformation working path and is adjusted along a reducing surface as it is moved and returned to its starting position in a swinging movement and wherein a single roller on one side or two rollers working on respective opposite sides are provided.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a stretch forming apparatus which includes a self-contained support having a working roller mounted eccentrically in respect to a driving connection of the support and wherein the support carries an eccentric disk which is supported for eccentric movement in respect to the support and is adapted to be driven to provide for the controlled adjustable movement of the support with the working roller.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for stretch forming a metal which is simple in design, rugged in construction and economical to manufacture.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic partial side elevational view showing the kinematics of the rolling off of a single work roller on the workpiece to be reduced in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a partial side elevational view and partial sectional view of an apparatus for stretch forming a metal constructed in accordance with the invention.
  • the invention embodied therein as indicated in FIG. 2 comprises apparatus for stretch forming a metal such as a workpiece 1 which may, for example, be delivered from a continuous casting plant or a bloom, plate, billet, etc. heated in a preheating furnace, and which is subject to a reducing process.
  • the workpiece 1 has an initial cross section 2 and it is formed over a long deformation path or zone 3 to the final size 4.
  • the reduction of the workpiece is accomplished by apparatus working on respective opposite sides of the workpiece which includes working rollers 5 and 5', respectively.
  • the working rollers 5 and 5' are mounted in respective supports 6 and 6' for rotation on shafts 7 and 7, respectively.
  • Each support 6 and 6' receives a swinging drive from a thrust rod 8 and 8', respectively, which is respectively articulated on an eccentrically positioned journal or shaft 9 or 9.
  • the journals 9 and 9' are eccentrically carried on a drive disk 10 and 10', respectively.
  • the construction provides a reciprocating or to and fro movement of the thrust rod 8, 8' and associated support 6, 6'.
  • the drive disks 10 and 10' are carried on respective drive shafts 20 and 20 which are driven at a controlled rate in accordance with the requirements for operation on the particular workpiece which is involved.
  • FIG. 1 The operation is such that individual cross section reductions of material 13, as indicated in FIG. 1, are effected.
  • the development of this single layer of cross section reduction in a stretching direction is shown in FIG. 1 on the reduction surface.
  • Each circumferential part of the working roller 5 rolls off on the surface of the workpiece 1 under displacement of the material of the workpiece and determines according to the discharge of the region 14 the last cross section 15 of the finished workpiece.
  • the material which is displaced, or the reductions of material 13, schematically represent, relatively equal large surface parts or portions over the entire pass reduction so that a constant driving power can be achieved during the period of the deformation work.
  • the material reductions 13 are transformed into stretching of the workpiece and the showing of FIG. 1 is merely to give a conceptural view of the material reductions 13 which are of equal magnitude over the entire reduction pass.
  • the long lines R in FIG.- 1 indicate schematically the radius of theworking roller 5 and the shorter lines C indicate the positions of the effective crank arms with the mechanism such as shown in FIGS. 6 for positioning the roller 5 in each phase of its movement from an initial cross section 3 to a reduced cross section 15.
  • the arrows A indicate the vector force reaction of the pivot to the deforming pressure acting at each position.
  • the shaft 12 which eccentrically supports the eccentric disk 11 also supports a backing roller or supporting roller 17 which is maintained in constant contact with the working roller 5 during its working movement.
  • a gear connection for the reducing drive movement of the working'roller. 5 and the particular arrangements or connections of the support 6 to the drive may be selected in order to obtain the desired reducing movement.
  • the course of the curve 18 indicated in FIG. 2 can also be made adjustable.
  • mount the shaft 7 for the working roller so that it can be moved by means in a fixed or variable track.
  • the disk 10 may include or comprise driving gears for this purpose or linkage connections to the shaft to provide the desired working movement.
  • the eccentricity of the mounting of the thrust rod 8 to the drive disk 10 can be varied in a simple manner by means of an adjustable bearing bush or sleeve mounting 19 for the shaft 9 on the disk 10.
  • Apparatus for stretch forming a metal comprising a support, a work roller rotatably mounted on said support in a position to project outwardly therefrom to engage a workpiece, a thrust rod having one end pivotally connected to said support at a spaced location from the rotatable mounting of said work roller, drive means connected to the opposite end of said thrust rod to move said thrust rod in a reciprocal to and fro movement, an eccentric disk, means mounting said disk on said support for eccentric revolving movement in relation to said support, and eccentric drive means for driving said eccentric disk to cause revolving movement of said support with said working roller as said eccentric disk revolves in an eccentric path relative to said support.
  • said eccentric drive means and said drive-means comprise a single drive disk.
  • Apparatus according to claim 1 including a support roller rotatably mounted on said support in rolling supporting engagement with said working roller.
  • An apparatus for stretch forming a metal particularly a steel piece which is still in the hot or cold working range and which has a texture showing a casting or rolling structure comprising a work roller support having a first end and an opposite end, a first crank drive connected to said work roller support adjacent said first end, a work roller rotatably mounted on said support adjacent the opposite second end, said first crank drive moving said support with said work roller in a reducing direction for contacting and reducing the workpiece, a thrust rod having one end pivotally connected to said support at a spaced location from the rotatable mounting of said work roller and having an opposite second end, and a second crank drive connected to said thrust rod adjacent its second end to move said thrust rod in a reciprocal to and fro move ment along which said support member and said work ing roller for shifting the working roller generally in the direction of feed of the steel piece which is being formed.
  • An apparatus including a support roller carried on said support and in continuous rolling contact with said work roller.
  • first and second crank drives include first and second crank shafts having first and second crank gears thereon, and a synchronizing gear in meshing engagement with said first and second gears for synchronizing the movement of said first and second crank drives.

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