Provided is a forming device including a die, a lower base portion, an upper base portion, a pillar portion, and an electrical heating unit, in which, at a time of electrical heating performed by the electrical heating unit, a magnetic flux density inside the pillar portion is higher than at least one of a magnetic flux density at a center of a lower surface of the lower base portion and a magnetic flux density at a center of an upper surface of the upper base portion.

Provided is a forming device including a die, a lower base portion, an upper base portion, a pillar portion, and an electrical heating unit, in which, at a time of electrical heating performed by the electrical heating unit, a magnetic flux density inside the pillar portion is higher than at least one of a magnetic flux density at a center of a lower surface of the lower base portion and a magnetic flux density at a center of an upper surface of the upper base portion.

A bent rotor straightening method using low-frequency induction heating and a bent rotor straightening apparatus using the method are proposed. The bent rotor straightening method using low-frequency induction heating according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: calculating a heating speed when a first target temperature for correcting bending of a rotor using low-frequency induction heating is set; maintaining the first target temperature for a heating time determined on the basis of a diameter of the rotor when the first target temperature is reached, when performing primary thermal correction at the heating speed; checking whether a bending amount of the rotor reaches a predetermined critical value in accordance the result of performing the primary thermal correction; and finishing correction of bending of the rotor in accordance with the result of checking the bending amount of the rotor.

A bent rotor straightening method using low-frequency induction heating and a bent rotor straightening apparatus using the method are proposed. The bent rotor straightening method using low-frequency induction heating according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: calculating a heating speed when a first target temperature for correcting bending of a rotor using low-frequency induction heating is set; maintaining the first target temperature for a heating time determined on the basis of a diameter of the rotor when the first target temperature is reached, when performing primary thermal correction at the heating speed; checking whether a bending amount of the rotor reaches a predetermined critical value in accordance the result of performing the primary thermal correction; and finishing correction of bending of the rotor in accordance with the result of checking the bending amount of the rotor.

A press-hardened shaped sheet-metal part, in particular a pillar reinforcement for a motor vehicle bodyshell, which has different sheet thicknesses and strengths, with an unhardened first region, or a first region which is hardened only to a small extent, and with a press-hardened second region, wherein the second region has a larger or smaller sheet thickness than the first region. A transition region, which, starting from the first region, has a sheet thickness transition zone, an intermediate zone, and a strength transition zone, is formed between the first region and the second region.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, provided is a method of manufacturing a hot stamping component in which a residual stress analysis value satisfies a preset condition. The method includes heating a blank; forming a molded body by hot stamping the blank; and cooling the molded body to form a hot stamped component. The residual stress analysis value may be a product of a magnitude of an X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) value obtained by quantifying residual stress by XRD analysis and a magnitude of an electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) value obtained by quantifying an orientation by EBSD analysis, and the preset condition is about 2.85* 10.sup.-4 Degree*MPa/.Math.m.sup.2 or greater and about 0.05 Degree*MPa/.Math.m.sup.2 or less.

A method of manufacturing a hot stamping includes: inserting a blank having a plating layer formed on at least one surface of a base material into a heating furnace having a plurality of sections having different temperature increase rate ranges; and multi-stage heating the blank gradually while passing through the plurality of sections. The plurality of sections include: a first heating section having a first average temperature increase rate change rate; a second heating section having a second average temperature increase rate change rate different from the first average temperature increase rate change rate; and a third heating section having a third average temperature increase rate change rate different from the first average temperature increase rate change rate and the second average temperature increase rate change rate. The third average temperature increase rate change rate includes a section in which a positive value is changed to a negative value.

A method of manufacturing a hot stamping includes: inserting a blank having a plating layer formed on at least one surface of a base material into a heating furnace having a plurality of sections having different temperature increase rate ranges; and multi-stage heating the blank gradually while passing through the plurality of sections. The plurality of sections include: a first heating section having a first average temperature increase rate change rate; a second heating section having a second average temperature increase rate change rate different from the first average temperature increase rate change rate; and a third heating section having a third average temperature increase rate change rate different from the first average temperature increase rate change rate and the second average temperature increase rate change rate. The third average temperature increase rate change rate includes a section in which a positive value is changed to a negative value.

The present disclosure is directed to remedying a non-conforming feature of an aluminum alloy part. A method may include identifying a yield strength as a function of temperature for a designation of the aluminum alloy part, determining a stress to be applied to the feature to re-form the non-conforming feature to within a dimensional tolerance, correlating the stress to the identified yield strength to determine a process temperature of the part upon applying the stress to the feature, determining a time duration for applying the stress to the feature at the determined process temperature, and applying the stress to the feature of the part, the feature being restrained to oppose the stress, while heating the feature to the determined process temperature, and maintaining the application of the stress and the heat to the feature for the time duration in order to reform the restrained feature to within the dimensional tolerance.

The die includes a die base, a die body, and an opening/closing member. In the die base, a storage portion for storing refrigerant is formed. The die body includes a mounting surface, a forming surface, and a plurality of flow channels. The mounting surface is located on the storage portion side of the die base. The forming surface is located on the opposite side of the mounting surface. The flow channels pass through the die body from the mounting surface to the forming surface. The opening/closing member is disposed between the die base and the die body. The opening/closing member includes a plurality of through holes corresponding to the plurality of flow channels. The opening/closing member is configured to be movable with respect to the die base and the die body such that each of the through holes brings the corresponding flow channel and the storage portion into communication.