A forming tool stamps sheet metal blanks into a desired shape. A contoured surface is defined for the forming tool so that respective portions of the metal blank flow over the contoured surface during forming. An intrinsic material flow pattern resulting from the contoured surface is compared to a desired flow in order to identify regions of the contoured surface having an insufficient flow that creates areas in the formed metal blank receiving less than a desired amount of metal. A surface microtexture is applied onto the contoured surface in a pattern selected to increase metal flow along the identified regions by providing a coefficient of friction in the identified regions that is reduced relative to adjacent regions of the contoured surface.

A forming tool stamps sheet metal blanks into a desired shape. A contoured surface is defined for the forming tool so that respective portions of the metal blank flow over the contoured surface during forming. An intrinsic material flow pattern resulting from the contoured surface is compared to a desired flow in order to identify regions of the contoured surface having an insufficient flow that creates areas in the formed metal blank receiving less than a desired amount of metal. A surface microtexture is applied onto the contoured surface in a pattern selected to increase metal flow along the identified regions by providing a coefficient of friction in the identified regions that is reduced relative to adjacent regions of the contoured surface.

A press mold includes: a lower die; an upper die; a lower holding unit including lower main pads and lower sub-pads respectively installed to be movable in an upper-lower direction on the lower body through first and second cushion springs, respectively, at an edge of a lower forming steel; an upper holding unit including upper main pads integrally connected to an edge of an upper forming steel in correspondence with the lower main pads and upper sub-pads installed to be respectively movable in the upper body in the upper-lower direction through third cushion springs at the edge of the upper forming steel in correspondence with the lower sub-pads; and a gap control assembly installed in a lower main block connected to the lower main pads to form a gap set between the lower main blocks and the upper sub-blocks connected to the upper sub-pads.

A collar and shaft assembly utilizing a ring and a multi-stepped groove. The multi-stepped groove permits the ring to be compressed into one groove while the collar is being assembled and then to expand into a different groove that permits the ring to contact surfaces on both the collar and the shaft.

A ball screw nut having a tubular sheet metal body with a thread profile and being optionally encapsulated in plastic. This sheet metal body is formed of a sheet metal part that includes the thread profile and a ball-returning piece inserted therein, which is designed as an additional sheet metal part.

A ball screw nut having a tubular sheet metal body with a thread profile and being optionally encapsulated in plastic. This sheet metal body is formed of a sheet metal part that includes the thread profile and a ball-returning piece inserted therein, which is designed as an additional sheet metal part.

The present application automatically creates a press die shape corresponding to various kinds of pressing methods and product shapes using a part processing method data relating to press forming of ordinary parts. It includes a data storing device which stores a data relating to a shape of a part; a pressing method for press forming the part; a pressing direction setting and a press die shape type, with respect to each part; a part processing obtaining device which obtains a data relating to the pressing method of a referencing part, the pressing direction setting and the press die shape type; and a creation device which creates the press die shape data relating to a shape of a product portion and a peripheral portion thereof in the press die, and the pressing method, the pressing direction setting and the press die shape type of the referencing part.

In a method for producing an extruded bearing journal, the bearing journal is extruded in an extrusion tool by means of at least one extrusion punch and, after the extrusion of the bearing journal, reworking of the bearing journal is performed in order to improve the cylindricity of the bearing journal at least over a section of the longitudinal extent of the bearing journal. During the reworking, the bearing journal is arranged, at least over a section of its longitudinal extent adjoining its free end, in a cavity that is delimited in a radial direction of the bearing journal by a wall surface surrounding the lateral surface of the bearing journal, and a reworking punch which is movable in the longitudinal direction of the bearing journal is moved toward the free end of the bearing journal and is pressed against the face surface of the bearing journal and, in this way, a plastic deformation of the bearing journal, with a flow of material of the bearing journal, is effected.

Provided is a line displacement evaluation method of evaluating line displacement occurring in a press-formed article in press forming of forming a character line. This method includes acquiring a cross section profile of the press-formed article measured so as to traverse the character line formed in the press-formed article; calculating a 4th order differential coefficient of the acquired cross section profile; and evaluating the line displacement, on the basis of the calculated 4th order differential coefficient of the cross section profile.

Provided is a line displacement evaluation method of evaluating line displacement occurring in a press-formed article in press forming of forming a character line. This method includes acquiring a cross section profile of the press-formed article measured so as to traverse the character line formed in the press-formed article; calculating a 4th order differential coefficient of the acquired cross section profile; and evaluating the line displacement, on the basis of the calculated 4th order differential coefficient of the cross section profile.