Provided are a forming method and a forming apparatus which can secure strength after forming while suppressing deformation. The forming method of the present invention includes a burring step and a pressing step. In the burring step, a branch pipe is formed by causing a cylindrical peripheral wall of a cylindrical member (workpiece) having the peripheral wall to project in an outside direction in a tubular shape. In the pressing step, a distal end surface of the branch pipe is pressed toward a proximal end portion of the branch pipe. In the pressing step, the distal end surface of the branch pipe can be pressed by an end surface pressing punch in a state where a burring punch is inserted in the branch pipe.

Provided are a forming method and a forming apparatus which can secure strength after forming while suppressing deformation. The forming method of the present invention includes a burring step and a pressing step. In the burring step, a branch pipe is formed by causing a cylindrical peripheral wall of a cylindrical member (workpiece) having the peripheral wall to project in an outside direction in a tubular shape. In the pressing step, a distal end surface of the branch pipe is pressed toward a proximal end portion of the branch pipe. In the pressing step, the distal end surface of the branch pipe can be pressed by an end surface pressing punch in a state where a burring punch is inserted in the branch pipe.

A node structure (12, 14) for connecting two or more convergent members (16, 26) of a lattice frame to each other and to one or more other members of the lattice frame. The node structure (12, 14) comprises a pair of opposed spaced-apart faces (30) that are substantially planar and substantially parallel to each other. At least one pair of root formations (32) with respective central longitudinal axes define an interior angle between them, those axes diverging outwardly for alignment with respective members of the lattice frame and converging inwardly between the faces (30). An inner connecting wall (34) between the root formations (32) of the pair connects concave-curved inner edges (36) of the faces and extends in a concave curve around the interior angle to join the root formations (32) of that pair.

A hybrid fluid-flow assembly having a base fitting that has been formed by axial load bulge forming from a sheet of metal, and a custom fitting that has been machined from a shaped-memory alloy. At least one connection port of the custom fitting is connected to at least one connection port of the base fitting by an interference fit. The interference fit is formed by cooling the custom fitting to a temperature below its transition temperature, deforming the custom fitting so that the diameter of its connection port is slightly larger than the connection port on the base fitting, installing the connection port of the custom fitting on the connection port of the base fitting, and allowing the custom fitting to warm to room temperature. The shaped-memory alloy swages and coins the outer surface of the base fitting at the interface of the ports, thereby forming a compressive, interference fit.

A hybrid fluid-flow assembly having a base fitting that has been formed by axial load bulge forming from a sheet of metal, and a custom fitting that has been machined from a shaped-memory alloy. At least one connection port of the custom fitting is connected to at least one connection port of the base fitting by an interference fit. The interference fit is formed by cooling the custom fitting to a temperature below its transition temperature, deforming the custom fitting so that the diameter of its connection port is slightly larger than the connection port on the base fitting, installing the connection port of the custom fitting on the connection port of the base fitting, and allowing the custom fitting to warm to room temperature. The shaped-memory alloy swages and coins the outer surface of the base fitting at the interface of the ports, thereby forming a compressive, interference fit.

The disclosure relates to systems and methods for machine-cutting workpieces in plate form or bar form and also to a machine tool, with a laser machining device, and a workpiece support, by which a workpiece to be machined in the laser machining device is received, and with a workpiece moving device, by which the workpiece to be machined is held and moved in relation to the laser machining device, wherein with a machining head a laser beam is directed onto the workpiece to be machined and a clearance or recess is introduced into the workpiece and the clearance is machined with a flow drill and widened to a final size of a borehole.

The apparatus for producing a branch structure has: a die 10 having a spherical shape, and having a long diameter A1 and a short diameter B1 that is shorter than the long diameter A1; and an extraction jig 20 that can be connected to the die 10. At a time of removal, by the extraction jig 20 connected to the die 10, of the die 10 having been inserted into a pipe 30 in which a flanged portion 32 is to be formed, first flanging is performed by the die on a pilot hole 31 that is formed at a branch portion formation position in the pipe 30 and that runs radially through a body of the pipe 30, and then the extraction jig 20 causes the removed die 10 to rotate by a predetermined angle about a central axis, whereupon second flanging is performed on the pilot hole 31, from outside the pipe 30, by the rotated die 10.

The present invention discloses a stainless-steel tee-pipe moulding process, cutting out a main pipe and a secondary pipe from the stainless-steel pipe to replace the copper tee-pipe to resolve the problem that the copper tee-pipe is easy to corrode and causes water pollution; meanwhile, the moulding process of the stainless-steel tee-pipe of the invention is different from the traditional integral forming process, and saves more materials and reduces the production cost compared with the traditional integral forming process.

The present invention discloses a stainless-steel tee-pipe moulding process, cutting out a main pipe and a secondary pipe from the stainless-steel pipe to replace the copper tee-pipe to resolve the problem that the copper tee-pipe is easy to corrode and causes water pollution; meanwhile, the moulding process of the stainless-steel tee-pipe of the invention is different from the traditional integral forming process, and saves more materials and reduces the production cost compared with the traditional integral forming process.

A two piece pulling member is used to form a branched opening with a shoulder in a side wall of a malleable pipe without requiring the pulling member to be inserted from an end of the pipe. The pulling member has a base and a top that are individually placed through the initial hole in the pipe. The base and the top are assembled into a unit inside the pipe.