Forming curved segments from metal plates
CA 1083937 A · Owner: General Dynammics Corporation · Inventors: Mullen, Roger F.
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A large flat metal plate is formed to have a three-dimensional shape of compound curvature by locally heating to an elevated temperature along predetermined lines and then quickly cooling, as by using a torch which carries a water spray nozzle. The heating extends completely through the thickness of the plate, and cooling causes significant shrinkage in the plane thereof in a direction perpendicular to the line of heating. Heating is carried out along lines in a geometric pattern and in a preselected sequence involving all quadrants of the plate so that it experiences a gradual transformation overall. The plate is normally supported upon an underlying cradle shaped to the desired compound …
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- Granted August 19, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 19, 1997.
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