Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide an acoustic inlet barrel of an engine. The acoustic inlet barrel may include an inner barrel configured to provide a boundary for directing airflow through the engine. The inner barrel may include an inner face sheet separated from an outer face sheet by an acoustic core. The inner barrel may include a plurality of elongated, non-circular perforations formed through the inner face sheet.

A method of manufacturing a cylindrical housing of an exhaust-gas treatment unit for vehicles includes providing a flat sheet metal part having at least one embossing, and round bending the sheet-metal part in a round bending tool by displacing the sheet metal part between rolls such that the sheet metal part obtains a cylindrical shape having a longitudinal direction parallel to roll axes of the rolls. At least one elastic roll is used such that the embossing of the sheet metal part is maintained during round bending. The longitudinal edges of the cylindrical sheet metal part are then connected to form a tube. A method of manufacturing an exhaust-gas treatment unit is furthermore shown.

A tool assembly for forming a workpiece with an outer surface into a housing with a non-round design outer profile. The tool assembly includes a number of jaw segments, each jaw segment having an internal surface for engaging the outer surface. The jaw segments are movable between a first condition and a second condition, in which the internal surfaces of the jaw segments substantially define the design outer profile of the housing. Each internal surface has a preselected end point associated therewith defined by a radius centered on the preselected end point that is substantially coincident with the portion of the design outer profile defined by the internal surface. Each jaw segment is movable toward the preselected end point therefor when moved from the first condition to the second condition, and away from the preselected end point therefor when moved from the second condition to the first condition.

A clamp coupling includes clamp segments and a connecting section including a fastening section and a contact section. The contact section connects the clamp segments and includes a changing means to change a spaced distance between the clamp segments. The fastening section includes an externally threaded body and an internally threaded body for holding the clamp segments thereby to reduce the spaced distance between the clamp segments and connect objects. A method of fastening the clamp coupling includes holding the shim in the contact section between one ends of the clamp segments in a case that adjustment is made so that a circumferential length of the clamp segments is increased and removing the shim from the contact section so that the clamp segments are brought into direct contact with each other in a case that adjustment is made so that the circumferential length of the clamp segments is shortened.

Provided is a method of manufacturing an insulator including disposing first and second covering members, and swaging the first covering member with the second covering member. The first and second covering members each include a groove and flanges including a perforated flange. The second covering member is disposed on the first covering member such that an inner side of the groove of the second covering member faces an inner side of the groove of the first covering member; the flanges of the second covering member are individually placed on the flanges of the first covering member; and a pin retained on a base is inserted through the perforated flange of the second covering member, to thereby fix the second covering member in position. In the swaging, at least the respective perforated flanges of the first and second covering members are swaged with each other with the pin being inserted therethrough.

An exhaust connection coupler and a method for manufacturing a braid cover incorporated therein are provided. The method of manufacturing comprises the steps of providing a tubular sleeve formed of braided wire filaments and forming at least one end of the sleeve into shape using a forming die such that the at least one end of the cover includes a circumferential neck portion having a diameter smaller than the diameter of a body portion of the cover. In the method, the sleeve may be pressed between male and female forming dies in order to create the cover's desired shape, which can include a shoulder extending radially outwardly from the cover's neck portion and meeting the cover's body portion at a corner.

A manufacturing method of a sub-muffler outer cylinder is provided. The manufacturing method includes pushing one push roll toward two receive rolls, and then bending a plate-shape workpiece to form the sub-muffler outer cylinder made of a cylindrical-shaped body. A push-in amount in a part of the workpiece corresponding to a corner part of the cylindrical-shaped body is made larger than a push-in amount in a part of the workpiece corresponding to a side part of the cylindrical-shaped body to form the cylindrical-shaped body having a polygonal cross-sectional shape.

A method of manufacturing a cylindrical housing of an exhaust-gas treatment unit for vehicles includes providing a flat sheet metal part having at least one embossing, and round bending the sheet-metal part in a round bending tool by displacing the sheet metal part between rolls such that the sheet metal part obtains a cylindrical shape having a longitudinal direction parallel to roll axes of the rolls. At least one elastic roll is used such that the embossing of the sheet metal part is maintained during round bending. The longitudinal edges of the cylindrical sheet metal part are then connected to form a tube. A method of manufacturing an exhaust-gas treatment unit is furthermore shown.

An arrangement (6) of a pipe (5) on a funnel (4) has a pipe interior space (8) fluidically connected with a funnel interior space (9). The funnel has an integral connection piece (10) with two axial openings (12) in the circumferential direction (11). A connecting sleeve (14), which has a clamping collar (15), which tapers towards the funnel and is formed integrally in one piece with the connecting sleeve (14), is attached to the connection piece on the outside thereof. The pipe is attached to the connection piece with an end section (16) facing the funnel. The end section has a counterclamping collar (17), which is formed integrally in one piece therewith and tapers away from the funnel. A clamp connection (7) has a clamp (18) with a ring-shaped connecting body (19) extending over the clamping collar (15) and the counterclamping collar (17) and prestresses these axially towards one another.

An exhaust system is manufactured in the following manner. Initially, a plurality of pipe sections are put into each other with a clearance fit, so that connecting points are formed, at which two pipe sections overlap each other. The pipe sections then are calibrated at the connecting points, so that a narrow gap is obtained. Subsequently, the connecting points are soldered. The exhaust system thus includes a plurality of pipe sections which are put into each other and soldered to each other. Outer pipe sections of the plurality of pipe sections are calibrated.