A method for producing a first mold element for a metal machining tool, wherein the first mold element is configured as a holding-down mechanism, for producing the first mold element, a main body made of plastics material is provided, wherein a surface of the main body is subdivided into a plurality of regions, on at least one region of the surface of the main body, at least one casting mold is arranged, wherein the at least one casting mold and the at least one region of the surface enclose at least one cavity, which forms a negative mold for a layer of plastics material to be applied, wherein plastics material is filled into the at least one cavity and cured, wherein the plastics material in the at least one region is connected to the surface of the main body and applied to it, forming the layer.

A shearing die for preventing damage of a die tool in shearing of a super-high-tension steel sheet and a press-forming method using the same. The shearing die for shearing a metal sheet in a direction intersecting a first-sheared edge of the metal sheet in press-working including a plurality of shearing processes to produce a formed article from the metal sheet by press-forming, in which the shearing die comprises a fitting part that can detach a shearing blade in the vicinity of a region coming in contact with an end of the first-sheared edge.

A coated tool for hot stamping of coated or uncoated sheet metals, comprising a coated substrate surface to be in contact with the coated or uncoated metal sheet, wherein the coating in the coated substrate surface comprises one or more inferior layers and one or more superior layers, where the inferior layers are deposited closer to the substrate surface than the superior layers, and: the inferior layers are designed for providing load bearing capacity, the superior layers are designed for providing galling resistance, at least one superior layer is deposited having a multi-nanolayer structure wherein: one type of nanolayer is composed of at least 90 at.-% of chromium and nitrogen, a second type of nanolayer is composed of at least 90 at.-% of titanium, aluminum and nitrogen, a third type of nanolayer is composed of at least 90 at.-% of vanadium carbon and nitrogen.

An incremental forming tool of the present invention includes a holding portion attached to an incremental forming apparatus and a free curved surface part for pressing a metal plate.

The free curved surface part is made of at least a hard metal base material and a surface of the free curved surface part is covered with a hard film.

The surface of the hard film has an Rpk of 0.15 μm or less, the Rpk is defined by JIS B 0671 and is calculated from a material ratio curve of a roughness curve, and has an Ra of 0.2 μm or less, the Ra is defined by JIS B 0601 and is calculated from a roughness curve. Therefore, a molded product having a smooth worked surface with no roughness can be produced without adding any extra equipment for preventing adhesion.

A free-bending forming apparatus for a tubular component using differential temperatures and a method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus includes an isothermal heating device and a heating device for the differential temperatures. The isothermal heating device is configured to preheat an inside and an outside of a bending section of the tubular component to a predetermined temperature to form a preheated bending section before bending and forming. The heating device for the differential temperatures is configured to heat the inside and the outside of the preheated bending section of the tubular component respectively to different temperatures, and the temperature at the outside is higher than that at the inside. The heating device for the differential temperatures is provided between a pressing device and a guiding mechanism, and the isothermal heating device is provided between the pressing device and the heating device for the differential temperatures.

Provided is a hot-working tool capable of maintaining adequate toughness even if the permissible amount of P contained in the hot-working tool is increased. The present invention is a hot-working tool, which has a component composition that can be adjusted to a martensitic structure by quenching and has a post-quenching and tempering martensitic structure, wherein: the component composition comprises greater than 0.020 mass % to 0.050 mass % of P; prior austenite grain diameter in said post-quenching and tempering martensitic structure is at least No. 9.5 in grain size number according to JIS-G-0551; and the P concentration of the grain boundary of said prior austenite particles is not more than 1.5 mass %. A hot-working tool wherein said component composition also comprises not more than 0.0250 mass % of Zn is preferable. The present invention also is a method for manufacturing a hot-working tool in which quenching and tempering are performed on a hot-working tool material with said component composition.

A mold assembly for a hot stamping die is provided. The mold assembly includes a mold having a body defining a cavity and a removable channel insert. The removable channel insert is positioned in the cavity and has a curved shape. The removable channel insert also includes a plurality of projections integrating the insert with the body. The removable channel insert is configured to form inlets and outlets for fluid in the hot stamping die upon removal of the insert.

Provided are: a cold work tool having excellent wear resistance; and a method for manufacturing the cold work tool. A cold work tool which has an ingredient composition that can be prepared into a martensite structure by quenching and which has a martensite structure, wherein the hardness of the cold work tool is 58 HRC or more, the area ratio of a carbide having an equivalent circle diameter of 5 μm or more in the cross-sectional structure of the cold work tool is 4.0% by area or more, and the carbon solid solution fraction, which is expressed by the ratio of the mass ratio of the amount of carbon that is present in the form of a solid solution in the structure of the cold work tool to the mass ratio of the amount of carbon that is contained in the whole of the cold work tool, is 75.0% or more. A method for manufacturing a cold work tool, which is suitable for manufacturing the aforementioned cold work tool.

A hot-spinning formation method for large-diameter titanium alloy cylindrical parts. A workblank is placed in a resistance furnace to heated to 600-650° C., is maintained at this temperature for 0.5-1 h and is then taken out of the resistance furnace; after the workblank is heated, the inner diameter of the workblank becomes larger; the heated workblank is installed on a mandrel, and spinning is started when a maximum clearance between the workblank and the mandrel is less than 0.5 mm; the mandrel and the spinning rollers do not need to be preheated, and a multi-pass spinning process is adopted, such that the workblank can deform more uniformly. A vertical spinning lathe is used for spinning, the mandrel is easy to change, and the workblank is easy to assemble and disassemble.

A hot-spinning formation method for large-diameter titanium alloy cylindrical parts. A workblank is placed in a resistance furnace to heated to 600-650° C., is maintained at this temperature for 0.5-1 h and is then taken out of the resistance furnace; after the workblank is heated, the inner diameter of the workblank becomes larger; the heated workblank is installed on a mandrel, and spinning is started when a maximum clearance between the workblank and the mandrel is less than 0.5 mm; the mandrel and the spinning rollers do not need to be preheated, and a multi-pass spinning process is adopted, such that the workblank can deform more uniformly. A vertical spinning lathe is used for spinning, the mandrel is easy to change, and the workblank is easy to assemble and disassemble.