Patent ID: 8047037
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shaping tool for shaping sheet steel components, the shaping tool comprising: at least two shaping tool halves; contoured regions are provided in a vicinity of the shaping tool halves in order to give a corresponding contour to at least one region of a work piece; each shaping tool half has a shaping surface shell, which is oriented toward the work piece, and a form supporting half; the shaping surface shell is arranged on the form supporting half and the shaping surface shell has a shaping surface oriented toward the work piece and a rear side oriented away from the work piece; the form supporting half has a contoured region, which essentially corresponds to the contour of a work piece, and the contoured region is surrounded by a flange region; grooves are provided in the contoured region in a vicinity of the rear side of the shaping surface shell; the form supporting halves have receiving surfaces with a contour that corresponds to a rear side contour of the shaping surface shells, with the receiving surfaces and grooves forming cooling conduits; and the form supporting halves have inlet conduits and outlet conduits connected to an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber, respectively, so that a coolant can be conveyed uniformly through the conduits.