An apparatus for backward flow forming a material may comprise a mandrel having a headstock at a proximate end of the mandrel, the mandrel configured to rotate about an axis, a plurality of rollers disposed radially outward of the mandrel configured to exert force on the material to form a work piece at a plastic deformation zone, wherein the work piece flows from the plastic deformation zone between the plurality of rollers and the mandrel toward a distal end of the mandrel, and a catcher, coaxial to the mandrel, and removably coupled to the work piece at a traveling end of the work piece.

Forming methods of one-piece weldless wheels made of metal sheets including the steps of rolling, forming a primary wheel rim and a primary wheel disc, roll forming, compressing and shaping, in order to obtain one-piece weldless wheels. The methods can form weldless wheels by rolling, cold roll forming and cold extruding, which can reduce energy consumption by 45-55% and cut down material cost by 5-15% while improving strength of the wheel by 20-30%. A wheel with different thicknesses can be formed by the methods and can meet the requirements on mechanical strength. The methods can improve the precision of the wheel and minimize the swing value and jerk value. The wheel produced is safer, and the regular air tight test on the wheel is not necessary.

Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing a long-neck flange comprising: a pipe support bar for supporting the inside of a pipe, the pipe support bar being rotatable; a rotatable pressurizing device connected to the pipe support bar for simultaneously rotating, pressurizing, and conveying the pipe with one end fixed thereto; a face roller for contacting a cross section of the pipe support bar to form a flange surface; a curvature roller positioned at the outside of the pipe for giving a curvature to the flange part; and a circumferential roller positioned at the outside of the pipe in the circumferential direction so as to form the width of the flange part.

Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing a long-neck flange comprising: a pipe support bar for supporting the inside of a pipe, the pipe support bar being rotatable; a rotatable pressurizing device connected to the pipe support bar for simultaneously rotating, pressurizing, and conveying the pipe with one end fixed thereto; a face roller for contacting a cross section of the pipe support bar to form a flange surface; a curvature roller positioned at the outside of the pipe for giving a curvature to the flange part; and a circumferential roller positioned at the outside of the pipe in the circumferential direction so as to form the width of the flange part.

A production method for a valve body of a hollow valve includes providing a preform with a valve head and a tubular wall which surrounds a cylindrical cavity. The tubular wall is flow formed above a flow forming mandrel which is inserted into the cavity in order to increase a length of the tubular wall. A hollow valve produced by flow forming is also disclosed.

A production method for a valve body of a hollow valve includes providing a preform with a valve head and a tubular wall which surrounds a cylindrical cavity. The tubular wall is flow formed above a flow forming mandrel which is inserted into the cavity in order to increase a length of the tubular wall. A hollow valve produced by flow forming is also disclosed.

A vehicle wheel disc includes a flat plate-shaped hub-mounted part, a cylindrical rim-mounted part, and a hat-shaped part. The hat-shaped part includes a hat top portion, a hat inner peripheral portion, and a hat outer peripheral portion. At a border between the hub-mounted part and the hat inner peripheral portion, a first connecting portion is provided, and at a border between the hat top portion and the hat outer peripheral portion, a second connecting portion is provided. The plate thickness of the hat outer peripheral portion is smaller than the plate thickness of an intermediate portion that is a portion from a border between the first connecting portion and the hat inner peripheral portion to a border between the hat top portion and the second connecting portion in the disc radial direction.

A vehicle wheel disc includes a flat plate-shaped hub-mounted part, a cylindrical rim-mounted part, and a hat-shaped part. The hat-shaped part includes a hat top portion, a hat inner peripheral portion, and a hat outer peripheral portion. At a border between the hub-mounted part and the hat inner peripheral portion, a first connecting portion is provided, and at a border between the hat top portion and the hat outer peripheral portion, a second connecting portion is provided. The plate thickness of the hat outer peripheral portion is smaller than the plate thickness of an intermediate portion that is a portion from a border between the first connecting portion and the hat inner peripheral portion to a border between the hat top portion and the second connecting portion in the disc radial direction.

A method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel includes: a casting process of manufacturing the wheel in a one-piece body having a forming end and a temporary flange protruding at inner and outer sides of the wheel, respectively, wherein the one-piece body further includes a resonance chamber forming groove; a primary shape machining process of forming a stepped part at an outer circumferential side of the resonance chamber forming groove; a flow forming process of bending the forming end to be seated on the stepped part; a friction stir welding process of integrally bonding a portion where the forming end and the stepped part are in close contact with each other; a fine machining process of removing the temporary flange;

and a sound-absorbing hole machining process of forming a sound-absorbing hole for communicating between the resonance chamber and an interior space of a tire in the forming end.

Provided is an integrated shape/property control method for hot power spinning of a cylindrical part based on a hot processing map. The method comprises: during the process of thermoplastic forming of a difficult-to-deform metal, performing a high-temperature mechanical property test on the metal material at a temperature and a strain rate range where dynamic recrystallization occurs; constructing, based on the power dissipation during the thermoplastic forming and a judging criterion for flow instability and on a flow stress-strain relation obtained from the high-temperature mechanical property test, power dissipation maps and flow instability maps at different strains, respectively; combining the power dissipation maps with the flow instability maps to obtain a hot processing map of the material; according to a profile of a power dissipation rate factor η and the flow instability criterion, obtaining potential dangerous forming conditions met with the flow instability criterion, and safe forming conditions under which the power dissipation rate factor η is large and the thermoplastic forming is facilitated; and finally performing hot power spinning of the cylindrical part at the temperature and strain rate that facilitates the thermoplastic forming of the material according to the hot processing map.