METHOD OF PRODUCING SHAPING TOOLS FOR USE IN SHAPING CONTAINERS

摘要

The invention provides a method of designing shaping tools for metal containers (such as metal bottles) to minimize the formation of visible transition lines or ripples conventionally produced in such procedures as die necking and outward flaring. The method involves carefully measuring differences between an actual shape produced and a design shape resulting from an original set of shaping tools. The tools are then refined in design to take into account metal spring back and the effect of one shaping stage on the results of previous stages. The redesign goes through several iterations to ensure that each change produces an improvement of the formed container. In this way, the formation of transition lines can be minimized because the actual shape of the container more closely resembles the smooth design shape. Dies designed in this way are then used for commercial shaping operations.