Patent ID: 8210014
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: B21D

Abstract:
1. A flexible forming device for forming three-dimensional shaped workpieces, the flexible forming device comprising: a frame; at least two working rollers; one or more working roller driving mechanisms; and one or more adjusting mechanisms; wherein the working rollers, the one or more working roller driving mechanisms, and the one or more adjusting mechanisms are configured on the frame, respectively, such that a blank to be formed is clampable between the at least two working rollers, so that the blank is formable into a three-dimensional shaped workpiece under the rolling action of the working rollers; and wherein at least one of the working rollers comprises a flexible working roller, which is bendable and adjustable along an axis of the flexible working roller, and the flexible working roller comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of steel wire flexible axle, helical spring, steel wire, and polyurethane rubber.