Patent Grant
12194523
The present invention relates to a technology for manufacturing a pressed component including manufacturing a pressed component having a cross section, such as a U-shaped cross section, a hat-shaped cross section, or an L-shaped cross section, having at least a top sheet portion and a side wall portion continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion and having one or two or more curved portions in which the top sheet portion is curved to project or to be recessed in the sheet thickness direction of the top sheet portion in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section.
A large number of pressed components including automobiles and home appliances are produced by transforming a flat metal sheet into various shapes. When mass-producing the pressed components, press forming (pressing) including transforming a metal sheet using a press machine and a die has been widely used for the production of the pressed components. In usual, a metal sheet before work is flat, and therefore the transformation of the metal sheet into a complicated three-dimensional shape requires expansion and contraction of the metal sheet according to a three-dimensional shape. However, the more complicated the shape of the pressed component, the more difficult it is to expand and contract the metal sheet according to the three-dimensional shape. In particular, when the metal sheet to be press formed contains a high-tensile steel sheet or an aluminum alloy sheet having a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more, for example, and a member difficult to form having poor ductility or a poor Lankford Value is adopted as the metal sheet, the above-described problems are likely to occur.
In the press forming, when the metal sheet cannot be expanded and contracted according to the three-dimensional shape, forming defects, such as cracks or wrinkles, are generated in the metal sheet. More specifically, when the metal sheet is transformed into a three-dimensional shape, the metal sheet has no choice but to expand in a site where the length of the metal sheet is insufficient and the shortage in length is not compensated from the surroundings. Then, when the metal sheet is stretched beyond the ductility of the metal sheet itself, cracks are generated. On the other hand, when the metal sheet is transformed into a three-dimensional shape, wrinkles tend to be generated in a case where the length of the metal sheet needs to be shortened or in a site where the length of the metal sheet excessively flows from the surroundings.
Examples of a component shape difficult to achieve by press forming include a press formed component having a cross section having a top sheet portion, a vertical wall portion continuous to the top sheet portion, and a flange portion formed continuously to the vertical wall portion and having one or two or more curved shapes in a side view along the longitudinal direction.
When such a complicated component shape is press formed from a flat metal sheet, tensile deformation or compression deformation occurs in the metal sheet during the forming, and therefore the pressed component is prone to cracks or wrinkles.
Herein, when a product having the above-described complicated shape is press formed from a metal sheet, bending using a die containing a punch, a die, and a pad or drawing using a die containing a punch, a die, and a blank holder is performed, for example. In the case of the bending, wrinkles are generated in the flange portion, causing forming defects. In the case of the drawing, wrinkles are generated in the top sheet portion, causing forming defects.
As a countermeasure for the problems, a method for manufacturing a curved component and a device for manufacturing a curved component described in PTL 1 are mentioned, for example.
Herein, in the case of the bending, the top sheet portion is restrained by the pad, and therefore the tensile deformation or compression deformation in the top sheet portion can be suppressed. However, the flange portion is not restrained, and therefore the metal sheet tends to have wrinkles under the influence of the tensile deformation or the compression deformation. In the case of the drawing, the flange portion is restrained by the blank holder, and therefore the tensile deformation or the compression deformation in the flange portion can be suppressed. However, the top sheet portion is not restrained, and therefore the metal sheet tends to have wrinkles under the influence of the tensile deformation or the compression deformation. Therefore, the generation of wrinkles cannot be suppressed unless the tensile/compression deformation of the metal sheet occurring in the entire component shape are taken into consideration.
With respect to a stamping method, neither the top sheet portion nor the flange portion is restrained, and therefore both the top sheet portion and the flange portion tend to have large wrinkles. Therefore, forming by the stamping method is not mainly used, and pressed components having complicated shapes are formed by a bending method, a drawing method, or a composite process thereof.
Herein, in the method described in PTL 1, the top sheet portion is restrained by the pad and the flange portion is also restrained by the blank holder, so that the tensile/compression deformation in both the top sheet portion and the flange portion can be suppressed. However, it is necessary to restrain a material with the pad in addition to a normal drawing step, and thus the productivity is poor. Further, the method described in PTL 1 has a high die cost.
The present invention has been made focusing on the above-described points. It is an object of the present invention to suppress the generation of wrinkles by a simple means in press forming into a pressed component shape having one or two or more curved portions in which the top sheet portion is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view.
The present inventors have studied a press method capable of forming a press formed component without generating cracks or wrinkles and not requiring a complicated die configuration, the press formed component having a hat-shaped cross section including a top sheet portion, vertical wall portions formed on both sides of the top sheet portion, and a flange portion formed continuously to the vertical wall portions and having curved shapes in the upper and lower sides in a side view. Then, the present inventors have obtained the following findings.
(1) Wrinkles in the flange portion can be suppressed by increasing the shape rigidity of a die shoulder edge line portion in preliminary forming, and then performing forming into a product shape by the bending method in the following step.
(2) Further, wrinkles in the top sheet portion can also be suppressed in addition to the wrinkles in the flange portion by increasing the shape rigidity of a punch shoulder edge line portion in addition to the die shoulder edge line portion, and then performing forming into a product shape by the bending method in the following step.
The present invention has been made based on the above-described findings.
More specifically, to solve the above-described problems, one aspect of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a pressed component including forming a metal sheet into a pressed component shape having: a cross section having a top sheet portion and a side wall portion continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion via a first bent portion; and having one or two or more curved portions in which the top sheet portion is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section, the method which includes: a first preliminary forming step having a step of forming, to the metal sheet, a first bead continuously or partially extending along the longitudinal direction at a position where the first bent portion is formed; and a first component forming step of forming the metal sheet after the first preliminary forming step into the pressed component shape.
One aspect of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a pressed component including forming a metal sheet into a pressed component shape having: a cross section having a top sheet portion, a side wall portion continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion via a first bent portion, and a flange portion continuous to the side wall portion via a second bent portion; and having one or two or more curved portions in which the top sheet portion is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section, the method which includes: a second preliminary forming step having a step of forming, to the metal sheet, a second bead continuously or partially extending along the longitudinal direction at a position where the second bent portion is formed; and a second component forming step of forming the metal sheet after the second preliminary forming step into the pressed component shape.
One aspect of the present invention is a metal sheet to be press formed into a pressed component shape having: a cross section having a top sheet portion and a side wall portion continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion via a first bent portion; and having one or two or more curved portions in which the top sheet portion is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section, and the metal sheet has a first bead continuously or partially extending along the longitudinal direction at a position where the first bent portion is formed. One aspect of the present invention is a metal sheet to be press formed into a pressed component shape having: a cross section having a top sheet portion, a side wall portion continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion via a first bent portion, and a flange portion continuous to the side wall portion via a second bent portion; and having one or two or more curved portions in which the top sheet portion is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section, and the metal sheet has a second bead continuously or partially extending along the longitudinal direction at a position where the second bent portion is formed.
According to the aspects of the present invention, before press forming the metal sheet into the pressed component shape having a curved shape of being vertically curved in a side view, the bead is formed continuously or partially along at least either an edge line portion containing a bent portion connecting the top sheet portion and the side wall portion or an edge line portion containing a bent portion connecting the side wall portion and the flange portion at a position where the edge line portion is formed. As a result, according to the aspects of the present invention, the shape rigidity along the longitudinal direction in the forming into the pressed component shape is improved, and the generation of wrinkles can be effectively suppressed even when the press forming is not necessarily performed while restraining the top sheet portion or the flange portion with the die.
Next, embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.
(Pressed Component Shape)
The pressed component shape after press forming targeted by this embodiment has a cross-sectional shape, such as a U-shaped cross section, a hat-shaped cross section, or an L-shaped cross section, having at least a top sheet portion and a side wall portion continuous to at least one of both sides in the left and right width direction via a first bent portion. Further, the pressed component shape is a shape having one or two or more curved portions in which the top sheet portion is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in one place or two or more places in the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section (sheet width direction). In the case of the hat-shaped cross section, the pressed component shape is a shape in which a flange portion also follows the curve of the top sheet portion in a side view along the longitudinal direction.
Herein, this embodiment relates to a technology suitable for manufacturing a pressed component using a metal sheet containing a difficult-to-form member having poor ductility and a poor Lankford Value, such as a high-tensile steel sheet and an aluminum alloy sheet having a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more.
The description that the top sheet portion is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view refers to a case where the top sheet portion is curved to project or to be recessed in the sheet thickness direction of the top sheet portion along the longitudinal direction.
This embodiment describes a target pressed component shape 1 after press forming taking, as an example, a case of performing forming into the pressed component shape 1 having a hat-shaped cross section and having curved portions 10 in two places along the longitudinal direction as illustrated in
It should be noted that the dimensions illustrated in
(Configuration)
A method for manufacturing a pressed component of this embodiment includes a preliminary forming step 2 and a component forming step 3 as illustrated in
<Preliminary Forming Step 2>
The preliminary forming step 2 is a step of obtaining a metal sheet for main forming difficult to cause wrinkles by applying preliminary forming before main forming to the metal sheet.
The preliminary forming step 2 has a first step 2A of giving, to a flat metal sheet, a curved shape following the curves of the curved portions 10 provided in the pressed component shape 1 along the longitudinal direction of the pressed component shape 1 and a second step 2B of forming first beads 4a and second beads 4b at positions where a first bent portion 1d and a second bent portion 1e are formed, respectively. The first beads 4a and the second beads 4b each continuously or partially extend along the longitudinal direction.
The second step 2B may be a step of forming only either the first beads 4a or the second beads 4b. Further, the first beads 4a and the second beads 4b may be arranged such that the formation positions of the first beads 4a and the formation positions of the second beads 4b do not overlap with each other in the longitudinal direction.
The preliminary forming step 2 may include only the second step 2B.
In this specification, the “beads continuously or partially extending along the longitudinal direction” includes a case where the beads are continuously formed over the entire length in the longitudinal direction of the metal sheet 4 and a case where the beads are formed in a part along the longitudinal direction of the metal sheet 4. A plurality of beads may be formed at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the metal sheet 4. For example, when the pressed component shape 1 has two or more of the curved portions 10, the beads may be continuously formed in two or more places where the curved portions 10 are formed or the beads may be individually formed for each of the curved portions 10.
Herein, the beads 4a, 4b of this embodiment have a shape in which the cross section of a bent shape extends in a direction intersecting the cross section (longitudinal direction (longitudinal direction of the top sheet portion of the metal sheet 4)). The beads 4a, 4b contain a full bead or a half bead having a stepped cross-sectional shape.
For the curved shape following the curves of the curved portions 10 provided in the pressed component shape 1, a profile shape in a side view of the top sheet portion 1A of the pressed component shape 1 (for example, profile shape along the longitudinal direction of an edge line portion formed by the first bent portion 1d) is adopted. The curvature radius of the curved portions 10 of the curved shape given to the metal sheet 4 in a side view is preferably set to be equal to the curvature radius of the curved portions 10 provided in the pressed component shape 1. A difference between the curvature radius of the curved portions 10 of the curved shape given to the metal sheet 4 and the curvature radius of the curved portions 10 provided in the pressed component shape 1 is preferably set to be ±10% or less of the curvature radius of the curved portions 10 provided in the pressed component shape 1, for example.
The first bent portion 1d corresponds to the cross section of an edge line portion 1D formed between the top sheet portion 1A and a vertical wall portion. The edge line portion 1D is bent to project upward. The second bent portion 1e corresponds to the cross section of an edge line portion 1E formed between the vertical wall portion and a flange portion 1C. The edge line portion 1E is bent to be recessed upward.
Herein, the second step 2B may have a processing configuration of forming only either the first beads 4a or the second beads 4b.
In this embodiment, the first step 2A and the second step 2B are carried out by pressing using one die.
As illustrated in
Thus, the metal sheet 4 is given with the same curved shape in the width direction (same direction as the width direction of the pressed component shape 1), for example.
The curved shape in a side view of the forming surfaces 20, 21 of the upper die (die) and the lower die (punch), respectively, is preferably equal to the curved shape in the top sheet portion 1A in a side view in the pressed component shape 1.
In usual, the curved shape of the top sheet portion 1A and the curved shape of the flange portion 1C in a side view along the longitudinal direction are equal or substantially equal to each other. Therefore, the curved shape in a side view of the forming surfaces of the upper die (die) and the lower die (punch) may have a shape following the curved shape of the top sheet portion 1A along the longitudinal direction. When the curved shape of the top sheet portion 1A and the curved shape of the flange portion 1C in a side view are different from each other, the curved shapes at the surface position where the top sheet portion 1A is formed and the surface position where the flange portion 1C is formed may have different shapes. In this case, the difference in the curved shape may be absorbed by the forming surfaces forming the vertical wall portion.
Further, the forming surfaces 20, 21 of the upper die (die) and the lower die (punch) have bead shapes 20a, 21a following the first beads 4a and the bead shapes 20b, 21b following the second beads 4b, respectively, extending along the positions where the first bent portion 1d and the second bent portion 1e are formed, i.e., along the longitudinal direction. The positions where the first bead shapes 20a, 21a and the second bead shapes 20b, 21b are formed are positions contactable with a punch shoulder edge line portion and a die shoulder edge line portion of a die in the component forming step 3 in the component forming step 3.
Herein, the first beads 4a preferably have a shape of projecting in the same direction as the projection direction of the first bent portion 1d (a shape of projecting upward in the cross section) (see
The bead height of the first beads 4a is preferably twice or more the sheet thickness of the metal sheet 4. The upper limit of the bead height of the first beads 4a is 20 mm.
The second beads 4b preferably have a shape of projecting in the same direction as the projection direction of the second bent portion 1e (a shape bent downward) (see
The bead height of the second beads 4b is preferably twice or more the sheet thickness of the metal sheet 4. The upper limit of the bead height of the second beads 4b is 20 mm.
In the preliminary forming step 2, the metal sheet 4 is press formed using the upper and the lower die above, so that the metal sheet 4 is obtained which includes the first beads 4a and the second beads 4b curved along the longitudinal direction and extending along the longitudinal direction.
<Component Forming Step 3>
The component forming step 3 is a main forming step of forming the metal sheet 4 processed in the preliminary forming step into the target pressed component shape 1.
The component forming step 3 includes press forming the metal sheet 4 after the processing in the preliminary forming step 2 using a die having forming surfaces 22, 23 as illustrated in
Herein, the preliminary forming step 2 constitutes at least either the first preliminary forming step or the second preliminary forming step. The component forming step 3 constitutes at least either the first component forming step or the second component forming step.
(Operations and Others)
In this embodiment, the preliminary forming step 2 carries out processing of giving the curved shape (shape of being curved in the sheet thickness direction) along the longitudinal direction to the metal sheet 4 and processing of giving at least either the first beads 4a or the second beads 4b to the metal sheet 4 (
At this time, when the metal sheet 4 is pressed with the upper die and the lower die for the preliminary forming step 2, the metal sheet 4 is first transformed into the curved shape along the forming surfaces 20, 21 of the upper die and the lower die, respectively, as the upper die relatively approaches the lower die. Further, the upper die relatively approaches the lower die and moves to the bottom dead center, so that the first beads 4a and the second beads 4b are press formed in the metal sheet 4 in the state of the curved sheet shape. More specifically, the formation of the beads 4a, 4b is carried out after the curved shape is given to the metal sheet 4.
By the formation of the first beads 4a and the second beads 4b extending in the longitudinal direction after the curved shape is given, springback along the longitudinal direction during die release of the curved shape given as the first step 2A is kept small.
The metal sheet 4 in the preliminary forming step 2 becomes higher in shape rigidity in the longitudinal direction by giving the beads 4a, 4b.
Next, when the metal sheet 4 after the preliminary forming step 2 is pressed in the component forming step 3 to have a U-shaped cross section or a hat-shaped cross section having the curved portions 10 vertically curved in a side view, the metal sheet 4 has a higher shape rigidity in the longitudinal direction due to the beads 4a, 4b, and therefore the generation of wrinkles due to buckling is suppressed.
Herein, when the metal sheet 4 containing a flat sheet is press formed into the component shape having the curved portions 10 vertically curved in a side view, the expansion in the longitudinal direction occurs on the top sheet portion 1A side (projection side) and the contraction in the longitudinal direction occurs on the flange portion 1C side (recess side) in the curved portion 10 projecting toward the top sheet portion 1A side as illustrated in
Then, a material movement occurs in the longitudinal direction on the top sheet portion 1A side and the flange portion 1C side with the expansion and contraction, causing the generation of wrinkles. For example, when the bending forming in which the top sheet portion 1A is restrained is adopted, there is a risk of the generation of wrinkles due to buckling in the curved portion 10 projecting toward the top sheet portion 1A in the flange portion 1C where the material freely moves. When the drawing is adopted, the flange portion 1C is restrained, and therefore there is a risk of the generation of wrinkles due to buckling in the curved portion 10 recessed toward the top sheet portion 1A in the top sheet portion 1A where the material freely moves. When the stamping is adopted, the material freely moves in both the top sheet portion 1A and the flange portion 1C, and therefore there is a risk of the generation of wrinkles in the top sheet portion 1A and the flange portion 1C.
In contrast thereto, in the component forming step 3 of this embodiment, the first beads 4a and the second beads 4b as illustrated in
Therefore, in this embodiment, the flange surface is formed by the movement in parallel to the press direction with respect to the top sheet portion 1A as illustrated in
Further, by giving the curved shape along the longitudinal direction to the metal sheet 4 in advance, the flange surface is formed by the movement in parallel to the press direction with respect to the top sheet portion 1A, and the material movement causing wrinkles is further suppressed in the press forming.
(Modification)
(1) The description above exemplifies the case where the first step 2A and the second step 2B of the preliminary forming step 2 are carried out with one die.
The first step 2A and the second step 2B may be carried out using individual dies for the steps. However, in this case, it is preferable that the curved shape is given to the metal sheet 4 in the first step 2A, and then the beads 4a, 4b are given in the second step 2B.
(2) The description above exemplifies the case where both the steps of the first step 2A and the second step 2B are carried out in the preliminary forming step 2. It may acceptable that the first step 2A is omitted and only the second step 2B (step of forming the beads) is carried out in the preliminary forming step 2. It may be acceptable that the curved shape of being curved in the vertical direction in a side view and the bending at the first bent portion 1d and the second bent portion 1e positions along the width direction are carried out in the component forming step 3.
(3) The description above exemplifies the case where the first beads 4a and the second beads 4b are formed in the entire positions where the edge line portions 1D, 1E containing the first bent portion 1d and the second bent portion 1e, respectively, are formed, but the first beads 4a and the second beads 4b may be partially provided at the corresponding positions of the edge line portions 1D, 1E, respectively, along the longitudinal direction.
In this case, it is preferable that the beads are formed in at least a first estimation region where it is estimated that wrinkles are generated in the top sheet portion 1A when the metal sheet 4 containing a flat sheet is press formed into the pressed component shape 1 and a second estimation region where it is estimated that wrinkles are generated in the flange portion 1C when the metal sheet 4 containing a flat sheet is press formed into the pressed component shape 1.
At this time, it is preferable to include a first estimation region acquisition unit 6 and a second estimation region acquisition unit 7 as illustrated in
The first estimation region acquisition unit 6 carries out processing of obtaining the first estimation region where it is estimated that wrinkles are generated in the top sheet portion 1A when the metal sheet 4 containing a flat sheet is press formed into the pressed component shape 1.
The second estimation region acquisition unit 7 carries out processing of obtaining the second estimation region where it is estimated that wrinkles are generated in the flange portion 1C when the metal sheet 4 containing a flat sheet is press formed into the pressed component shape 1.
The processing by the first estimation region acquisition unit 6 and the second estimation region acquisition unit 7 may be carried out by forming analysis using a computer or may include actually carrying out the press forming.
Further, the wrinkles in the forming are generated in the curved portion 10 on the side where the material gathers of the curved portions 10, and therefore the curved portion 10 where the top sheet portion 1A is curved to be recessed may be simply estimated as the first estimation region and the curved portion 10 where the top sheet portion 1A is curved to project may be simply estimated as the second estimation region.
(Effects)
This embodiment exhibits the following effects.
(1) In this embodiment, the method for manufacturing a pressed component includes forming the metal sheet 4 into the pressed component shape 1 having: the cross section having the top sheet portion 1A and the side wall portion 1B continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion 1A via the first bent portion 1d; and having the one or two or more curved portions 10 in which the top sheet portion 1A is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section, and the method includes: the first preliminary forming step having the step of forming, to the metal sheet 4, the first beads 4a continuously or partially extending along the longitudinal direction at the position where the first bent portion 1d is formed; and the first component forming step of forming the metal sheet 4 after the first preliminary forming step into the pressed component shape 1.
This configuration can suppress the generation of wrinkles at least in the top sheet portion 1A by forming the first beads 4a along the position where the edge line portion containing a bent portion connecting the top sheet portion 1A and the side wall portion 1B is formed before performing the press forming into the pressed component shape 1 having the curved shapes in the upper and lower sides in a side view, so that the shape rigidity along the longitudinal direction in the forming into the pressed component shape 1 is improved.
(2) The pressed component shape has the cross section having the flange portion continuous to the side wall portion via the second bent portion, and the first preliminary forming step has the step of forming the first beads and the step of forming, to the metal sheet, the second beads continuously or partially extending along the longitudinal direction at the position where the second bent portion is formed.
According to this configuration, the shape rigidity along the longitudinal direction of not only the edge line portion on the top sheet portion 1A side but the edge line portion on the flange side is improved, so that the generation of wrinkles not only in the top sheet portion 1A but in the flange portion 1C can be suppressed.
(3) The first beads and the second beads each partially extend at least at the positions where the curved portions are formed. The position where the curved portion is formed, the position being the formation position of the first beads and the position where the curved portion is formed, the position being the formation position of the second beads, are different from each other.
According to this configuration, the bead formation positions can be suppressed.
(4) The first beads 4a preferably have a shape of projecting in the same direction as the projection direction of the first bent portion 1d.
According to this configuration, the bead shape of the first beads 4a can be easily crushed in the component forming step 3. The target pressed component shape 1 may be a shape in which the beads are formed along an edge line portion connecting the top sheet portion 1A and the side wall portion 1B.
The top sheet portion 1A is a surface serving as a connection portion with another component, and therefore it is preferable that no beads are formed.
(5) The first preliminary forming step may have the step of giving the curves following the curves of the curved portions 10 along the longitudinal direction to the metal sheet 4 and the step of forming the first beads 4a.
According to this configuration, the first preliminary forming step gives the curved shape together with the first beads 4a, so that the shape accuracy in the longitudinal direction is improved, for example.
(6) This embodiment may be configured so that the first estimation region acquisition unit 6 is included which obtains the first estimation region where it is estimated that wrinkles are generated in the top sheet portion 1A when the metal sheet 4 containing a flat sheet is press formed into the pressed component shape 1, and the first preliminary forming step partially forms the first beads 4a to the metal sheet 4 portion corresponding to the bent portion containing a region serving as the first estimation region of the edge line portion formed by the bent portion.
This configuration prevents the giving of the first beads 4a more than necessary.
(7) The bead height of the first beads 4a is preferably twice or more the sheet thickness of the metal sheet 4.
This configuration can certainly improve the shape rigidity in the longitudinal direction.
(8) This embodiment may be configured so that the second estimation region acquisition unit 7 is included which obtains the second estimation region where it is estimated that wrinkles are generated in the flange portion 1C when the metal sheet 4 containing a flat sheet is press formed into the pressed component shape 1, and the first preliminary forming step partially forms the second beads 4b to the metal sheet 4 portion corresponding to the second bent portion 1e containing a region serving as the second estimation region of the edge line portion formed by the second bent portion 1e.
This configuration prevents the giving of the second beads 4b more than necessary.
(9) This embodiment may be configured so that the method for manufacturing a pressed component includes forming the metal sheet 4 into the pressed component shape 1 having: the cross section having the top sheet portion 1A, the side wall portion 1B continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion 1A via the first bent portion 1d, and the flange portion 1C continuous to the side wall portion 1B via the second bent portion 1e; and having the one or two or more curved portions 10 in which the top sheet portion 1A is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section, and the method includes: the second preliminary forming step of forming, to the metal sheet 4, the second beads 4b continuously or partially extending along the longitudinal direction at the position where the second bent portion 1e is formed; and the second component forming step of forming the metal sheet 4 after the second preliminary forming step into the pressed component shape 1.
This configuration can suppress the generation of wrinkles at least in the flange portion 1C by forming the second beads 4b at the position where the edge line portion containing the bent portion connecting the side wall portion 1B and the top sheet portion 1A is formed before performing the press forming into the pressed component shape 1 having the curved shapes in the upper and lower sides in a side view, so that the shape rigidity along the longitudinal direction in the forming into the pressed component shape 1 is improved.
(10) The second preliminary forming step may have the step of giving the curves following the curves of the curved portions 10 along the longitudinal direction to the metal sheet 4 and the step of forming the second beads 4b.
According to this configuration, the second preliminary forming step gives the curved shape together with the second beads 4b, and the shape accuracy in the longitudinal direction is improved, for example.
(11) This embodiment may be configured so that the second estimation region acquisition unit 7 is included which obtains the second estimation region where it is estimated that wrinkles are generated in the flange portion 1C when the metal sheet 4 containing a flat sheet is press formed into the pressed component shape 1, and the second preliminary forming step partially forms the second beads 4b to the metal sheet 4 portion corresponding to the second bent portion 1e containing a region serving as the second estimation region of the edge line portion formed by the second bent portion 1e.
This configuration prevents the giving of the second beads 4b more than necessary.
(12) The second beads 4b preferably have a shape of being recessed in the same direction as the recessing direction of the second bent portion 1e.
According to this configuration, the bead shape of the second beads 4b can be easily crushed in the component forming step 3. The target pressed component shape 1 may be a shape in which the beads are formed along an edge line portion connecting the side wall portion 1B and the flange portion 1C.
(13) The bead height of the second beads 4b is preferably twice or more the sheet thickness of the metal sheet 4.
This configuration can certainly improve the shape rigidity in the longitudinal direction.
(14) This embodiment may be configured so that the metal sheet 4 is to be press formed into the pressed component shape 1 having: the cross section having the top sheet portion 1A and the side wall portion 1B continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion 1A via the first bent portion 1d; and having the one or two or more curved portions 10 in which the top sheet portion 1A is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section, and the metal sheet 4 has the first beads 4a continuously or partially extending along the longitudinal direction at the position where the first bent portion 1d is formed.
This configuration can suppress wrinkles generated at least in the top sheet portion 1A in the press forming into the pressed component shape 1 having: the cross section having the top sheet portion 1A and the side wall portion 1B continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion 1A via the first bent portion 1d; and having the one or two or more curved portions 10 in which the top sheet portion 1A is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section.
(15) Further, the metal sheet 4 may be configured to be press formed into the pressed component shape 1 having the cross section having the flange portion 1C continuous to the side wall portion 1B via the second bent portion 1e and to have the second beads 4b extending along the longitudinal direction at the position where the second bent portion 1e is formed together with the first beads 4a.
This configuration can suppress wrinkles generated in the top sheet portion 1A and the flange portion 1C in the press forming into the pressed component shape 1 having: the cross section having the top sheet portion 1A and the side wall portion 1B continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion 1A via the first bent portion 1d; and having the one or two or more curved portions 10 in which the top sheet portion 1A is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section.
(16) Further, the metal sheet 4 may be configured to have the curves following the curves of the curved portions 10 along the longitudinal direction.
This configuration improves the shape accuracy in the longitudinal direction in the press forming into the pressed component shape 1.
(17) This embodiment may be configured so that the metal sheet 4 is to be press formed into the pressed component shape 1 having: the cross section having the top sheet portion 1A, the side wall portion 1B continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion 1A via the first bent portion 1d, and the flange portion 1C continuous to the side wall portion 1B via the second bent portion 1e; and having the one or two or more curved portions 10 in which the top sheet portion 1A is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section, and the metal sheet 4 has the second beads 4b continuously or partially extending along the longitudinal direction at the position where the second bent portion 1e is formed.
This configuration can suppress wrinkles generated at least in the flange portion 1C in the press forming into the pressed component shape 1 having: the cross section having the top sheet portion 1A and the side wall portion 1B continuous to at least one side in the width direction of the top sheet portion 1A via the first bent portion 1d; and having the one or two or more curved portions 10 in which the top sheet portion 1A is curved to project or to be recessed in a side view along the longitudinal direction in the direction intersecting the cross section.
(18) Further, the metal sheet 4 may be configured to have the curves following the curves of the curved portions 10 along the longitudinal direction.
This configuration improves the shape accuracy in the longitudinal direction in the press forming into the pressed component shape 1.
Next, examples of the press forming of the above-described embodiment based on the present invention are described. The present invention is not regulated by the following examples described below.
[Applied Materials]
In this example, a high-tensile steel sheet of 590 MPa or more was used as the metal sheet 4.
Specifically, as the metal sheet 4, a 590 MPa class steel sheet (590 material), a 980 MPa class steel sheet (980 material), a 1180 MPa class steel sheet (1180 material), and a 1470 MPa class steel sheet (1470 material) were used as shown in Table 1.
As the metal sheet 4, a flat sheet with a width W of 240 mm, a length L of 387 mm, and a sheet thickness of 1.0 mmt was used.
In this example, the target component shape of a pressed component was set to a shape having a hat-shaped cross section and the curved portions 10 in two places along the longitudinal direction in a side view as illustrated in
In Comparative Examples, a flat metal sheet was directly press formed into the above-described pressed component shape by forming methods shown in Table 2. In Examples of Invention based on the present invention, a metal sheet was press formed into the above-described pressed component shape by forming methods shown in Table 3. More specifically, in the forming methods of Comparative Examples, the metal sheet containing a flat sheet was press formed into the target pressed component shape 1 in the component forming step 3 (main forming step) without the preliminary forming step 2. In the forming methods in Examples of Invention based on the present invention, the target pressed component shape was achieved in the component forming step 3 after performing the preliminary forming step 2 based on this embodiment. The results are shown in Tables 2 and 3.
Table 2 shows the evaluation results (propriety of forming) of the forming methods of Comparative Examples.
Table 3 shows the evaluation results (propriety of forming) of the forming methods of Examples of Invention.
In the tables, P pressure is a pad pressure and C pressure is a cushion pressure.
Herein, the evaluation of press formed products was visually performed and was performed in three grades of “∘”, “Δ”, and “x”. The evaluations are shown in Tables 2 and 3.
Specifically, the evaluation was performed as follows: “x” when significant wrinkles were generated, “Δ” when no significant wrinkles were generated but slight wrinkles were formed, and “∘” when no wrinkles were generated.
In the forming methods of Comparative Examples, as shown in Table 2, when steel sheets with a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more were used, significant wrinkles were generated in at least either the top sheet portion 1A or the flange portion 1C.
On the other hand, it was found in Examples of Invention that the generation of wrinkles was improved in the sites where the first beads 4a or the second beads 4b were given as compared with Comparative Examples as shown in Table 3.
Herein, the shape after the preliminary forming step 2 in each Example of Invention is described.
No. 1 is an example of giving the curved shape and giving the first beads 4a and the second beads 4b containing a full bead to the first bent portion 1d and the second bent portion 1e, respectively.
The height of the beads 4a, 4b is five times the sheet thickness. The same applies to the other Examples of Invention.
No. 2 is an example of giving the curved shape, giving the first beads 4a containing a half bead to the first bent portion 1d, and giving the second beads 4b containing a full bead to the second bent portion 1e.
No. 3 is an example of giving the curved shape, not forming the first beads 4a in the first bent portion 1d, and giving the second beads 4b containing a full bead to the second bent portion 1e.
No. 4 is an example of giving the curved shape, forming the first beads 4a containing a full bead in the first bent portion 1d, and not forming the second beads 4b in the second bent portion 1e.
No. 5 is an example of giving the curved shape, giving the first beads 4a containing a half bead to the first bent portion 1d, and giving the second beads 4b containing a half bead to the second bent portion 1e.
No. 6 is an example of not giving the curved shape, forming the first beads 4a containing a full bead in the first bent portion 1d, and not forming the second beads 4b in the second bent portion 1e.
No. 7 is an example of giving the curved shape, partially giving the first beads 4a containing a full bead only to the position of the recessed curved portion 10A in the first bent portion 1d, and partially giving the second beads 4b containing a full bead along the longitudinal direction only to the position of the projecting curved portion 10B in the second bent portion 1e. In No. 7, the position where the curved portion 10A is formed, which is a position for providing the first beads 4a, and the position where the projecting curved portion 10B, which is a position for providing the second beads 4b, are different from each other in the longitudinal direction.
As is understood from No. 1, when the curved shape was given and the first beads 4a and the second beads 4b each containing a full bead were given to the first bent portion 1d and the second bent portion 1e, respectively, no wrinkles were generated in the top sheet portion 1A and the flange portion 1C.
At this time, even when the first beads 4a and the second beads 4b each containing a full bead were partially given to only a region where the generation of wrinkles was estimated as in No. 7, no wrinkles were generated in the top sheet portion 1A and the flange portion 1C.
When the first beads 4a contained a half bead and the second beads 4b contained a full bead as in No. 2, no wrinkles were generated in the flange portion 1C but, in the stamping, wrinkles were generated in the top sheet portion 1A. This is because an improvement of the shape rigidity on the top sheet portion 1A side was lower than that in No. 1. However, the degree of wrinkles in the top sheet portion 1A was milder than that in Comparative Examples (Table 2), and, even in the case of the half bead, a wrinkle reduction effect was observed.
It was also found that the generation of wrinkles in the flange portion 1C was able to be suppressed when only the second beads 4b were provided as in No. 3.
It was also found that the generation of wrinkles in the top sheet portion 1A was able to be suppressed when only the first beads 4a were provided as in No. 4.
When the first beads 4a contained a full bead and the second beads 4b contained a half bead as in No. 5, no wrinkles were generated in the top sheet portion 1A but wrinkles were generated in the flange portion 1C. This is because an improvement of the shape rigidity on the flange portion 1C side was lower than that in No. 1. However, the degree of wrinkles in the flange portion 1C was milder than that in Comparative Examples (Table 2), and, even in the case of the half bead, a wrinkle reduction effect was observed.
Herein, the description is given with reference to a limited number of embodiments, but the scope of the invention is not limited thereto and modifications of each embodiment based on the disclosure above are obvious to those skilled in the art.
The entire contents of JP 2020-039600 A (filed Mar. 9, 2020), for which this application claims priority, form part of this disclosure by reference.
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