US 11,666,959 B2
Forming tool and method for producing a component
Thomas Schmolke, Bodenkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 16/968,455
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/054519
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 7, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/174893, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 203 987.9 (DE), filed on Mar. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0398330 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. B21D 26/047 (2011.01); B21D 37/10 (2006.01); B21D 26/031 (2011.01); B21D 37/08 (2006.01); B21D 45/04 (2006.01); B21D 22/06 (2006.01)
CPC B21D 26/047 (2013.01) [B21D 37/10 (2013.01); B21D 26/031 (2013.01); B21D 37/08 (2013.01); B21D 45/04 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A forming tool, comprising:
a first die half; and
an insert part, wherein at least a portion of an outer contour of a finished component is formable by the insert part and wherein the finished component is displaceable out of the first die half along a movement direction by the insert part;
wherein a displacement direction of the insert part is inclined in relation to the movement direction;
wherein the insert part comprises a portion of an ejector unit, wherein the ejector unit has two insert parts, and wherein respective displacement directions of the insert parts are oriented away from one another at least to an extent;
wherein each of the two insert parts has a lower portion that is disposed under the finished component both when the forming tool is closed and when the forming tool is open and wherein the respective lower portions are disposed adjacent to one another at a vertical center plane of a cavity defined by the forming tool and in which cavity the finished component is disposed.
 
8. A method for producing a component, comprising the acts of:
producing the component in a forming tool, wherein the forming tool has a first die half with an insert part, wherein at least a portion of an outer contour of the produced component is formed by the insert part;
opening the forming tool and displacing the insert part along a displacement direction which is inclined in relation to a movement direction of the produced component; and
ejecting the produced component from the forming tool along the movement direction by the displacing of the insert part;
wherein the insert part comprises a portion of an ejector unit, wherein the ejector unit has two insert parts, and wherein respective displacement directions of the insert parts are oriented away from one another at least to an extent;
wherein each of the two insert parts has a lower portion that is disposed under the finished component both when the forming tool is closed and when the forming tool is open and wherein the respective lower portions are disposed adjacent to one another at a vertical center plane of a cavity defined by the forming tool and in which cavity the component is disposed.