A manufacturing method of a press-formed article includes: forming a specified shape in a plate-like member made of metal; forming a convex portion in a portion that does not undergo deformation by the forming of the specified shape in the plate-like member; and flattening the convex portion.

Provided is a manufacturing method for a cylindrical portion in a cylindrical shape protruding in a plate thickness direction of a plate-like portion made of metal, the cylindrical portion being formed integrally with the plate-like portion. The manufacturing method uses a manufacturing device including: a first metal mold provided with an inner circumferential surface that comes in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion; a second metal mold coming in contact with a protruding tip of the cylindrical portion; and a third metal mold coming into press contact with a workpiece toward a side of the second metal mold. The third metal mold is displaced toward the side of the second metal mold and a portion of the workpiece undergoes plastic flow toward the inner circumferential surface, whereby the portion that underwent the plastic flow comes into press contact with the inner circumferential surface.

A method and system for flanging a metal part is provided to improve the final dimensions of the part to a desired shape. Residual stresses from flanging operations can distort a final shape of the metal part. This disclosure provides an initial flanging step in which metal gainers are formed into the metal during a first flanging step. The metal gainers provide an increased amount of metal at select regions. Then, during a next flanging step, the metal gainers are smoothened or removed during that flanging step while the metal is additionally bent. The metal gainers help combat the residual stresses and allow the flange to better take the desired shape.

A press line includes: a first press machine configured to shear an outer peripheral portion of a metal material by using a blanking die; a second press machine configured to form a press-formed component by performing press forming on the sheared metal material with a forming die; a preprocessing device configured to perform predetermined preprocessing on the metal material; a measurement instrument configured to measure information on a material characteristic value of the metal material before the press forming; and a control device configured to calculate a press forming condition for inhibiting occurrence of a forming defect for a metal material to be formed by inputting the material characteristic value of the metal material to be formed and manufacturing information to a machine learning model.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a tubular rotary component from a donut-shaped metal disc, wherein the generation of wrinkles or cracks due to a drawing process can be suppressed. This method for manufacturing a tubular rotary component 100B includes: an intermediate molding step in which the entirety of both surfaces of a donut-shaped metal disc 100 having a prescribed inner diameter D.sub.1 and outer diameter D.sub.2 are pressed by the respective tapered surfaces of a punch 10A and a die 20A provided with a prescribed taper to carry out bore-expansion drawing, thereby obtaining a frustoconical intermediate molded article 100A; and a final molding step in which the intermediate molded article 100A is pressed by a punch 10B and a die 20B having a desired shape to carry out bore-expansion drawing again, thereby obtaining a tubular rotary component 100B.

A pneumatic chamber 20 is configured to include a first pneumatic chamber 21 pressurizing a first piston 11 and a second pneumatic chamber 22 pressurizing a second piston 12. The first pneumatic chamber 21 communicates with the second pneumatic chamber 22. The hydraulic pressure generating unit 55 is internally provided with a hydraulic chamber 30, and the hydraulic chamber 30 is configured to have a first hydraulic chamber 31 pressurized by the first pneumatic chamber 21 via the first piston 11 and a second hydraulic chamber 32 pressurized by the second pneumatic chamber 22 via the second piston 12. The hydraulic pressure generating unit 55 is movable in a thrust direction in a cylinder 2, and the second hydraulic chamber 32 has a function of fixing the moving hydraulic pressure generating unit 55 in the cylinder 2 by causing a thin portion 15 to be elastically deformed in a radial direction due to hydraulic pressure. The first hydraulic chamber 31 outputs hydraulic pressure of the first hydraulic chamber 31, which is increased by the fixing, to an output rod 7.

A pneumatic chamber 20 is configured to include a first pneumatic chamber 21 pressurizing a first piston 11 and a second pneumatic chamber 22 pressurizing a second piston 12. The first pneumatic chamber 21 and the second pneumatic chamber 22 communicate with each other through a communication hole 87 formed via the inside of a retaining bolt 17. The second pneumatic chamber 22 is formed in a hydraulic pressure generating unit 55 moving in a thrust direction in a cylinder 2 and is separable from the first pneumatic chamber 21. In addition, the communication hole 87 is also separated into a communication hole 87a and a communication hole 87b with the corresponding separation, a rod portion 50 of the first piston 11 is also separated into a rod portion 50a and a rod portion 50b, and the communication hole 87b and the rod portion 50b are formed to be movable along with the hydraulic pressure generating unit 55 in the thrust direction.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a tubular rotary component from a donut-shaped metal disc, wherein the generation of wrinkles or cracks due to a drawing process can be suppressed. This method for manufacturing a tubular rotary component 100B includes: an intermediate molding step in which the entirety of both surfaces of a donut-shaped metal disc 100 having a prescribed inner diameter D.sub.1 and outer diameter D.sub.2 are pressed by the respective tapered surfaces of a punch 10A and a die 20A provided with a prescribed taper to carry out bore-expansion drawing, thereby obtaining a frustoconical intermediate molded article 100A; and a final molding step in which the intermediate molded article 100A is pressed by a punch 10B and a die 20B having a desired shape to carry out bore-expansion drawing again, thereby obtaining a tubular rotary component 100B.

A process for manufacturing a vehicle part from steel material, such as Mn22B5 steel material, using a single transfer press is provided. The process includes stamping, trimming, and piercing the steel material in the transfer press at room temperature, before the steel material is heated. The process then includes induction heating of the stamped steel material in the same press to form austenite in the steel material. After the induction heating, the process includes rapid quenching of the steel material in the same press to form martensite in the steel material. The process does not require an oven to heat the steel material prior to stamping and does not require laser machines for the trimming and piercing. The steel material does not need to be transferred to multiple different locations, which contributes to the improved productivity of the process compared to conventional hot stamping processes.

[Object] To enable flexible molding of a punch-nose in press working for obtaining a molded product including a U-shaped portion in a cross-section.

[Solution] Provided is a press-working apparatus configured to provide a molded product by performing press working on a work, the molded product including, in a cross-section, a U-shaped portion including a bottom, a wall, and a punch-nose between the bottom and the wall, the press-working apparatus including: a die in which a recessed portion to receive the U-shaped portion is formed; a first punch that sandwiches a central area of the bottom with a bottom surface of the recessed portion; and a second punch that is pushed into the recessed portion later than the first punch, to restrain the wall between the second punch and a side surface of the recessed portion, and sandwich the work with the bottom surface to mold a peripheral area of the bottom and the punch-nose. A sandwiching width of the first punch that sandwiches the central area of the bottom and a setback amount of the second punch from the first punch in a push-in direction are set on the basis of a target sheet thickness of the punch-nose.