Method and installation for manufacturing and inspecting metal containers. The method includes extruding a metal disk to form a metal container having a cylindrical body with a side wall, a base, and an open end opposite the base. After the metal container is formed the thickness of the base is determined by arranging the base between an X-ray emitter and an X-ray receiver and emitting X-rays from the X-ray emitter to the X-ray receiver through the base. The thickness of the base is determined based on the intensity of the X-rays absorbed by the base.

Molding accuracy of a metal member is improved in an apparatus, a mold set, and a method for producing a metal-resin composite with a set of molds. An apparatus for manufacturing a metal-resin composite by press molding a metal member and a resin material, the apparatus including a mold including an upper mold and a lower mold sandwiching the metal member and the resin material, a molding auxiliary component detachably fixed to the upper mold so as to fill at least a part of a cavity C for arranging the resin material formed by the upper mold and the lower mold, and a drive unit that moves at least one of the upper mold and the lower mold in a vertical direction. The molding auxiliary component has a first press surface for molding the metal member. The upper mold has a second press surface for integrally molding the metal member and the resin material. A distance between the first press surface and the lower mold in a state where the molding auxiliary component is attached is shorter than a distance between the second press surface and the lower mold in a state where the molding auxiliary component is removed.

A modular tooling die for an axle housing includes a plurality of separable and coaxially aligned die sets. Each die set may include a cam driver that is engageable with first and second cam slide assemblies. The cam slide assemblies move toward one another along an axis that extends perpendicularly to an axis along which the cam driver translates. Multiple die sets are provided for possible use in a single press depending on the particular axle housing geometry to be manufactured. A wide variety of different geometrical configurations may be formed by simply replacing one or more die sets and inserting a differently sized or shaped blank within the press. A method of manufacturing various axle housings and the associated modular tooling is described.

A production method for a steel component includes preparing a patchwork material including steel sheets that are laid one on another, at least one of overlap surfaces of the steel sheets including a zinc-based plating layer, heating the patchwork material, and performing hot stamping on the patchwork material heated to form the steel component in which a joint part between the steel sheets is disposed in a bent area. When t.sub.out denotes a sheet thickness of a steel sheet located on an outer side in the bent area, and t.sub.in denotes a sheet thickness of a steel sheet located on an inner side, t.sub.out/t.sub.in≥1.1 is satisfied. The joint part is disposed in a ridge portion or at a position in a vicinity of the ridge portion, and the position satisfies d/t.sub.in<8.2, where d denotes a distance from the ridge portion to the joint part.

A molding method of an overlapped blank includes: preparing an overlapped blank including a first metal plate including a bulged excess portion, a first flat portion provided adjacent to the excess portion, and a second flat portion provided adjacent to the excess portion on an opposite side to the first flat portion, a flat second metal plate overlapped on the first flat portion and the second flat portion, a first joint portion where the first flat portion and the second metal plate are joined to each other, and a second joint portion where the second flat portion and the second metal plate are joined to each other; and bending the overlapped blank with the first metal plate being directed to an outer side of the bending of the overlapped blank.

A method for fabricating a double layer cup-shaped part may include shaping a first material into a hollow cylinder, mounting the hollow cylinder on a draw punch, where the draw punch may include an upper punch portion with a first diameter and a lower punch portion with a second smaller diameter. Mounting the hollow cylinder on the draw punch may include tightly fitting the hollow cylinder around the lower punch portion. The method may further include forming the double layer cup-shaped part by drawing a blank material through a draw die by placing the blank material over an upper opening of the draw die, and pressing the draw punch over the blank material. The first material may form an inner layer of the double layer cup-shaped part and the blank material may form an outer cup-shaped layer of the double layer cup-shaped part.

A method for fabricating a double layer cup-shaped part may include shaping a first material into a hollow cylinder, mounting the hollow cylinder on a draw punch, where the draw punch may include an upper punch portion with a first diameter and a lower punch portion with a second smaller diameter. Mounting the hollow cylinder on the draw punch may include tightly fitting the hollow cylinder around the lower punch portion. The method may further include forming the double layer cup-shaped part by drawing a blank material through a draw die by placing the blank material over an upper opening of the draw die, and pressing the draw punch over the blank material. The first material may form an inner layer of the double layer cup-shaped part and the blank material may form an outer cup-shaped layer of the double layer cup-shaped part.

The invention relates to a method for producing a component, said method comprising: preforming a workpiece to a preformed component having a base region, a side-plate region, and optionally a flange region, such that the preformed component has a material surplus for the side-plate region and/or the base region and/or optionally the flange region; and calibrating the preformed component to an at least in regions finally formed component having a base region, a side-plate region, and optionally a flange region; wherein the base region of the preformed component has substantially the geometry and/or the local cross sections of the base region of the at least in regions finally formed component. The invention moreover relates to a device for producing a component, in particular for carrying out the method.

The invention relates to a method for producing a component, said method comprising: preforming a workpiece to a preformed component having a base region, a side-plate region, and optionally a flange region, such that the preformed component has a material surplus for the side-plate region and/or the base region and/or optionally the flange region; and calibrating the preformed component to an at least in regions finally formed component having a base region, a side-plate region, and optionally a flange region; wherein the base region of the preformed component has substantially the geometry and/or the local cross sections of the base region of the at least in regions finally formed component. The invention moreover relates to a device for producing a component, in particular for carrying out the method.

A method for manufacturing a beam (P1, P2) with closed section, the beam being produced by combining a first profile (P10, P20) and a second profile (P11, P21), including the following steps: producing the first profile by a first stamping of a first plate (5, 50) between a first punch (1, 10) having a first imprint and a second punch (2, 20) having a second imprint and incorporating a core (3, 30) modifying its second imprint; holding the first profile (P10, P20) on the first punch and positioning the core (3, 30) above the first profile (P10, P20); producing the second profile (P11, P21) by a second stamping of a second plate (6, 60) against the core (3, 30) between the first punch (2, 20) and the assembly formed by the superposition of the first punch (1, 10), the first profile (P10, P20) and the core.