METAL-RESIN COMPOSITE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
20240001642 ยท 2024-01-04
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
B32B3/266
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B3/30
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B32B3/26
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B32B38/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
A metal-resin composite includes: a metal plate including at least one cut-and-raised portion including a cutout hole and a cut-and-raised piece; and a resin material disposed only on one surface side of the metal plate, the resin material cured by burying the cut-and-raised portion, the resin material integrated with the metal plate.
Claims
1. A metal-resin composite comprising: a metal plate including at least one cut-and-raised portion including a cutout hole and a cut-and-raised piece; and a resin material disposed only on one surface side of the metal plate, the resin material cured by burying the cut-and-raised portion, the resin material integrated with the metal plate.
2. The metal-resin composite according to claim 1, wherein the cut-and-raised piece is configured by an edge portion of the cutout hole being raised by burring.
3. The metal-resin composite according to claim 2, wherein the cut-and-raised piece has a tapered shape.
4. The metal-resin composite according to claim 2, wherein the cutout hole has a polygonal shape or an elliptic shape.
5. The metal-resin composite according to claim 1, wherein the cutout hole has a polygonal shape, and wherein the cut-and-raised piece has a polygonal shape having a shape complementary to a shape of the cutout hole, and has a base end connected to one side of an edge portion of the cutout hole and a distal end being a free end opposite to the base end.
6. The metal-resin composite according to claim 1, wherein the cutout hole has a polygonal shape having two opposing sides, and wherein the cut-and-raised piece has a polygonal shape having a shape complementary to a shape of the cutout hole, and has two base ends connected to two sides of an edge portion of the cutout hole, and a central portion raised from the two base ends.
7. The metal-resin composite according to claim 1, wherein the at least one cut-and-raised portion comprises a plurality of cut-and-raised portions.
8. The metal-resin composite according to claim 1, wherein the metal plate has a hat shape in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, and wherein the at least one cut-and-raised portion is provided on a flat surface of the metal plate.
9. A method for manufacturing a metal-resin composite by press-molding a metal plate and a resin material, the method comprising: forming at least one cut-and-raised portion including a cutout hole and a cut-and-raised piece in the metal plate; disposing the resin material only on one surface side of the metal plate to bury the at least one cut-and-raised portion of the metal plate in the resin material in an uncured state; and integrating the metal plate and the resin material by sandwiching the metal plate and the resin material between an upper mold and a lower mold and curing the resin material.
10. An apparatus for manufacturing a metal-resin composite by press-molding a metal plate and a resin material, the apparatus comprising: a machining machine configured to form at least one cut-and-raised portion including a cutout hole and a cut-and-raised piece in the metal plate; and an upper mold and a lower mold configured to sandwich the metal plate and the resin material and cure the resin material, in a state in which the resin material is disposed only on one surface side of the metal plate, in such a way as to bury the at least one cut-and-raised portion of the metal plate in the resin material in an uncured state.
11. The metal-resin composite according to claim 3, wherein the cutout hole has a polygonal shape or an elliptic shape.
12. The metal-resin composite according to claim 2, wherein the at least one cut-and-raised portion comprises a plurality of cut-and-raised portions.
13. The metal-resin composite according to claim 3, wherein the at least one cut-and-raised portion comprises a plurality of cut-and-raised portions.
14. The metal-resin composite according to claim 2, wherein the metal plate has a hat shape in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, and wherein the at least one cut-and-raised portion is provided on a flat surface of the metal plate.
15. The metal-resin composite according to claim 3, wherein the metal plate has a hat shape in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, and wherein the at least one cut-and-raised portion is provided on a flat surface of the metal plate.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0044] Hereinafter, a metal-resin composite and a method and an apparatus for manufacturing the same will be described as embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First Embodiment
[0045] Referring to
[0046] The metal-resin composite 1 includes a bottom wall portion 2 extending in the horizontal direction, a side wall portion 3 rising from an end portion of the bottom wall portion 2, and a flange portion 4 extending outward in the horizontal direction from the side wall portion 3. The bottom wall portion 2 is made of a metal plate 10 and a resin material 20, the side wall portion 3 is made of a metal plate 10 and a resin material 20, and the flange portion 4 is made of only the metal plate 10. The resin material 20 terminates at the end surface 20a halfway through the side wall portion 3 from the bottom wall portion 2 toward the flange portion 4.
[0047] The metal plate 10 includes a cut-and-raised portion 11. The cut-and-raised portion 11 includes a cutout hole 12 and a cut-and-raised piece 13.
[0048] In the present embodiment, the cut-and-raised portion 11 is provided in each portion of the metal plate 10 constituting the bottom wall portion 2, the side wall portion 3, and the flange portion 4. A plurality of (four in the example in
[0049] In the present embodiment, the cut-and-raised piece 13 is configured by the edge portion of the cutout hole 12 being raised by burring. For example, the cutout hole 12 has a circular shape, and the cut-and-raised piece 13 has a conical shape.
[0050] In the present embodiment, the cut-and-raised piece 13 has a tapered shape toward the tip. Alternatively, the direction of the tapered shape may be opposite (what is called a trumpet shape). Furthermore, the shape of the cut-and-raised portion 11 is not limited to the illustrated example, and various other modifications are conceivable as described below.
[0051] Regarding the arrangement of the metal plate 10 and the resin material 20, specifically, the resin material 20 is arranged on one surface of the metal plate 10 and inside the cutout hole 12, and is not arranged on the lower surface. It should be noted that in actual molding, it may be difficult to prevent any leakage of the resin material 20 onto the lower surface. Therefore, the resin material 20 may be slightly (for example, about several tens to several hundreds of m in thickness) disposed on the lower surface to the extent of not being related to the joint strength.
[0052] A method and an apparatus 50 for manufacturing a metal-resin composite 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to
[0053] In the present embodiment, two rounds of press molding, formation of the cutout hole 12, and burring are executed while steps 1 to 6 shown in
[0054] In the present embodiment, the first and second rounds of pressing are respectively executed in different molds 90 and 100, but the first and second rounds of pressing may be executed in the same mold. In addition, the metal-resin composite 1 may be produced one by one, that is, the first round of pressing, the cut-and-raise machining (burring), and the second round of pressing may be continuously executed. Alternatively, after the molding of the required number of metal plates 10 (the first round of pressing) is repeatedly executed, the cut-and-raise machining (burring) may be performed on the required number of metal plates 10, and furthermore, thereafter, integral molding of the metal plates 10 and the resin material 20 (the second round of pressing) may be repeatedly executed. As will be described in detail below, since there is a time for installing the resin material 20 on the metal plate 10, the latter is preferable from the viewpoint of shortening the time.
[0055] The configuration of the apparatus 50 that executes the above series of steps (see
[0056] Referring to
[0057] The upper mold 92 and the lower mold 93 have shapes complementary to the hat shape of the metal plate 10. The distance between the upper mold 92 and the lower mold 93 is, at any portion, equal to the thickness t of the metal plate 10.
[0058] Referring to
[0059] Referring to
[0060] The upper mold 110 has a first molding upper surface 111 for molding the bottom wall portion 2 (see
[0061] In the present embodiment, the second molding upper surface 112 is provided with a step 112a. The step 112a is provided so as to rise from the first molding upper surface 111 toward the third molding upper surface 113 by one step.
[0062] The lower mold 120 has a first molding lower surface 121 for molding the bottom wall portion 2 (see
[0063] In a state where the upper mold 110 and the lower mold 120 are closed, a distance d1 between the first molding upper surface 111 and the first molding lower surface 121 is larger than a burring height H of the cut-and-raised portion 11 of the metal plate 10 (d1>H). A distance d3 between the third molding upper surface 113 and the third molding lower surface 123 is substantially equal to the thickness t of the metal plate 10 (d3=t). A distance d21 between the second molding upper surface 112 and the second molding lower surface 122 below the step 112a is larger than the burring height H of the cut-and-raised portion 11 of the metal plate 10 (d21>H), and a distance d22 between the second molding upper surface 112 and the second molding lower surface 122 above the step 112a is substantially equal to the thickness t of the metal plate 10 (d22=t).
[0064] A series of steps (see
[0065] In the first step shown in
[0066] In the second step shown in
[0067] In the third step shown in
[0068] In the fourth step shown in
[0069] In the fifth step shown in
[0070] In the sixth step shown in
[0071] The cut-and-raised portion 11 will be described in detail with reference to
[0072] The cut-and-raised portion 11 in the present embodiment shown in
[0073] A first modification of the cut-and-raised portion 11 shown in
[0074] A second modification of the cut-and-raised portion 11 shown in
[0075] A third modification of the cut-and-raised portion 11 shown in
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[0077] In a fourth modification of the cut-and-raised portion 11 shown in
[0078] In addition, referring to
[0079] According to the present embodiment and modifications, the following action and effect are produced.
[0080] Since the cut-and-raised portion 11 is buried in the resin material 20, the resin material 20 is less likely to be peeled off from the metal plate 10, and high joint strength regarding integration can be secured. In addition, since the resin material 20 is disposed on only one surface side of the metal plate 10, the number of layers of the resin material 20 can be reduced from two to one as compared with the case where the resin material 20 is disposed on both surface sides. Therefore, not only the structure can be simplified, but also the thickness of the resin material 20 can be reduced. Therefore, the thickness of the metal plate 10 can be prevented from becoming small due to the restriction of the cross-sectional dimension, and high rigidity of the metal-resin composite 1 can be secured. Therefore, in the metal-resin composite 1, it is possible to achieve both high joint strength and high rigidity of the metal-resin composite with a simple structure.
[0081] In addition, the cut-and-raised piece 13 can be formed by burring that is very simple as machining.
[0082] In addition, since the cut-and-raised piece 13 has a tapered shape, the resin material 20 entering the tapered shape is less likely to come off, and higher joint strength can be exhibited. In addition, since the cut-and-raised piece 13 has a closed cross-sectional structure, it is possible to exert a strong drag against a force in any shearing direction (a direction parallel to one surface of the metal plate 10) and to secure higher joint strength.
[0083] In addition, by burying the plurality of cut-and-raised portions 11 in the resin material 20, it is possible to secure higher joint strength and to prevent the resin material 20 from rotating on one surface of the metal plate 10. In particular, regarding the latter, similar action and effect are produced even when the cutout hole 12 is formed in a polygonal shape or an elliptic shape.
Second Embodiment
[0084] A metal-resin composite 1 and a method and an apparatus 50 for manufacturing the same according to a second embodiment will be described with reference to
[0085] In the present embodiment, the cutout hole 12 has a polygonal shape (rectangular shape in the illustrated example). The cut-and-raised piece 13 has a polygonal shape (rectangular shape in the illustrated example) having a shape complementary to the shape of the cutout hole 12. The cut-and-raised piece 13 has a base end 13b connected to one side of an edge portion of the cutout hole 12 and a distal end 13c which is a free end opposite to the base end 13b.
[0086] In the present embodiment, when the cut-and-raised portion 11 is formed, a cut is made in a U shape in the metal plate 10, and the cutout hole 12 and the cut-and-raised piece 13 are formed by raising the portion where the cut is made. Therefore, the machining machine 130 also has a corresponding structure.
[0087] According to the present embodiment, a strong drag is exerted against the shearing force in the direction from the distal end 13c to the base end 13b of the cut-and-raised piece 13 in order that the resin material 20 does not come off. Therefore, the joint strength against the shearing force in the direction can be selectively increased. In addition, since the cutout hole 12 and the cut-and-raised piece 13 have complementary shapes, the cut-and-raised portion 11 can be configured only by making a cut in the metal plate 10 and raising the cut portion. Therefore, it is not necessary to completely cut the metal plate 10 in forming the cut-and-raised portion 11. Therefore, not only a cut end material does not come out, but also reduction in rigidity can be suppressed to a certain extent.
Third Embodiment
[0088] A metal-resin composite 1 and a method and an apparatus 50 for manufacturing the same according to a third embodiment will be described with reference to
[0089] In the present embodiment, the cutout hole 12 has a polygonal shape (rectangular shape in the illustrated example) having two opposing sides. The cut-and-raised piece 13 has a polygonal shape (rectangular shape in the illustrated example) having a shape complementary to the shape of the cutout hole 12. The cut-and-raised piece 13 has two base ends 13d connected to two opposing sides of an edge portion of the cutout hole 12, and a central portion 13e raised from the two base ends 13d.
[0090] In the present embodiment, when the cut-and-raised portion 11 is formed, a cut is made in two parallel-line shape in the metal plate 10, and the cutout hole 12 and the cut-and-raised piece 13 are formed by raising the portion where the cut is made. Therefore, the machining machine 130 also has a corresponding structure.
[0091] According to the present embodiment, a tunnel structure is formed on one surface of the metal plate 10 by the cut-and-raised piece 13. Therefore, the resin material 20 entering the tunnel structure is less likely to come off, and higher joint strength can be exhibited.
[0092] As described above, although the specific embodiments and their modifications of the present invention are described, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented with various modifications within the scope of the present invention. For example, an appropriate combination of contents of the individual embodiments and modifications may be one embodiment of the present invention.
[0093] In addition, as the resin material 20, a thermoplastic resin impregnated with reinforcement fibers such as glass fibers or carbon fibers may be used. In this case, the resin material 20 is put into the mold 100 in a state of being heated and softened. Then, the metal-resin composite 1 is manufactured by cooling and curing the resin material 20 on the metal plate 10 in the mold 100.
[0094] In addition, in the metal-resin composite 1, an adhesive layer may be provided between the metal plate 10 and the resin material 20. In this case, by providing the adhesive layer, the metal plate 10 and the resin material 20 can be firmly integrally molded.