CA1271800A - Method of preventing sag of panel and apparatus therefor - Google Patents
Method of preventing sag of panel and apparatus thereforInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K31/00—Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by only one of the preceding main groups
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T29/00—Metal working
- Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
- Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
- Y10T29/49863—Assembling or joining with prestressing of part
- Y10T29/49865—Assembling or joining with prestressing of part by temperature differential [e.g., shrink fit]
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- Y10T29/49863—Assembling or joining with prestressing of part
- Y10T29/49867—Assembling or joining with prestressing of part of skin on frame member
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A method and apparatus for preventing a sag of a panel, in which a skeleton as well as a plate to be attached thereto are placed on a tentative placing rest, a radiation heating device furnished with heating elements downwards and installed on a holding truck is moved to a position over the plate, the plate is preheated to a predetermined temperature by the heating elements so as to thermally expand it, the radiation heating device is moved away from the position over the plate, the plate is quickly tacked and welded to the skeleton, and a tensile residual stress is developed in the plate owing to a thermal shrinkage deformation attendant upon cooling of the plate.
A method and apparatus for preventing a sag of a panel, in which a skeleton as well as a plate to be attached thereto are placed on a tentative placing rest, a radiation heating device furnished with heating elements downwards and installed on a holding truck is moved to a position over the plate, the plate is preheated to a predetermined temperature by the heating elements so as to thermally expand it, the radiation heating device is moved away from the position over the plate, the plate is quickly tacked and welded to the skeleton, and a tensile residual stress is developed in the plate owing to a thermal shrinkage deformation attendant upon cooling of the plate.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of prevent-ing the occurrence of the "sag" of a panel which is used for assembling the roof structures, side wall structures etc. of vehicles, ships, buildings etc., and also to an apparatus therefor.
In recent years, especially lightening has been eagerly required of the structures mentioned above by way of example, and thinning the structures has accordingly been promoted. Soft steel, stainless steel, aluminum alloyes etc. are usually applied to the outer plates of the panels. With the promotion of the thinning, the "sag"
of the outer plate after welding and assemblage arises inevitably, and problems are posed as to the local strength of a ~sagging" part and the external appearance of the panel.
With the intention of eliminating the welding distortion, accordingly, there have been disclosed a measure wherein a large number of sheets of standard shape are formed into an elongate outer plate by welding, whereupon under the state under which the outer plate is loaded with an over-stretch, it is attached to a skeleton (refer to, for example, the official gazette of Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 53-39261), and a measure wherein the above outer plate formed to be elongate is loaded with the overstretch and is also preheated to thermally expand, whereupon the outer plate is attached to the skeleton (refer to, for example, the official gazette of Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 54-20185). Both the ~l~v - , .
l~7~a()o measures, however, require a larger-scale stretching device and heating device and involve enormous installation costs as well as large numbers of steps. AS another drawback, it is not easy to delicately control a set heating temperature.
There has also been provided a measure wherein an outer plate of comparatively small size is put in a heating box, and the whole outer plate is heated to a predetermined temperature and is thereafter welded to a skeleton (refer to, for example, the official gazette of Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 60-64791). However, the heating box is complicated in structure. Moreover, as the outer plate becomes larger in size, the heating box needs to be larger in scale in proportion, to incur the problems that a large floor space and a workshop of large area are required and that the installation cost becomes high.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the problems of the prior arts, the present invention has for its object to provide a method and apparatus for preventing the sag of a panel according to which the occurrence of the "sag" during the assemblage of a plate structure is prevented by simple steps and an equipment of simple construction.
According to the present invention there is provided a method of preventing a sag of a panel, comprising the steps of:
- placing on a support means a skelton framework to which a series of plates are to be secured and placing said plates independently on said skelton;
- energizng radiation heating means having downwardly projecting radiation heating elements in one relevant operative stage above one plate to heat the same;
- re~oving said radiation heating means from said ~2 ~27~800 one relevant operative stage for the step at a subsequent operative stage after the plate is heated to a predetermined level at which said plate achieves a predetermined amount of thermal expansion;
- tack welding said heated plate to the skelton framework when the difference of temperature of the plate and the skelton framework is more than a predetermined amount;
- finish welding said plate to the skelton framework;
- permittin~ the plate to cool so as to achieve thermal shrinkage deformation and predetermined residual tensil stresses therewithin and between the plate and the skelton frame work.
According to the present invention there is also pro.vided an apparatus for preventing the sag of a panel which comprises a skelton beam framework and a plate disposed upon said skelton beam framework and to which said plate is to be secured, comprising:
- a support surface;
- a pair of laterally spaced support means extending upwardly from said support surface for supporting opposite sides of said skelton beam framework, and said plate disposed upon said skelton beam framework, at an elevated level above said support surface so as to provide substantially unobstructed access to the undersurface of said panel formed by said skelton beam framework and said plate in order to facilitate securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework, and - radiation heating means, relatively movable with respect to said plate, said skelton beam framework, and said support means, between a first stage above said plate, at which downwardly projecting heating elements of said heating means can preheat said plate to a predetermined temperature ~' 127~800 - 4a -so as to initially thermally expand said plate in preparation for subsequent securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework, and a second stage remote from said plate so as to provide substantially unobstructed access to 5 the upper surface of said panel formed by said skelton beam framework and said plate in order to facilitate securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework whereby the sag of said panel will be prevented as a result of a residual tensile stress being development within said plate attendant 10 thermal shrinkage deformation of said plate upon cooling of said plate after said plate has been secured to said skelton beam framework.
Therefore, in the present invention, the plate is preheated to the predetermined temperature to be thermally lS expanded by the radiation heating means before being attached to the skeleton, and it is thereafter welded, so that the tensile residual stress capable of checking the occurrence of the "sag" is developed in the plate by the thermal shrinkage deformation in the cooling process.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The drawings exemplify the aspects of performance of ~ ' 1~7~80~) the present invention, in which:
Fig. 1 is an outward perspective view showing the essential portions of a panel fabricating apparatus;
Fig. 2 is a front view, partly in section, showing radiation heating means;
Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the radiation heating means;
Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the cooling characteristic of a plate at the stage of natural cooling after heating;
and Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are diagrams each showing a temperature distribution in the heating test of a plate test piece.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
_ Now, emboidments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
A panel fabricating apparatus 1 shown in Fig. 1 exemplifies one which is applied to a case of fabricating a panel 2 for railway vehicles. It is constructed of a tentative placing rest 3, a holding truck 4 and radiation heating means 5.
More specifically, the tentative placing rest 3 disposed on a floor is formed at a width and a length required for placing thereon a skeleton 7 to which a rectangular plate 6a is attached. The holding truck 4 is l~'Yl-80V
movably set on rails 8, 8 which are laid along the tentative placing rest 3 and at both the sideward positions thereof.
This holding truck consists of a rectangular mounting frame 9 which is confronted to the tentative placing rest 3 over this rest, four supporting legs 10 which are joined to the four corners of the mounting frame so as to extend downwards therefrom, and casters 11 which are respectively disposed at the lower ends of the supporting legs. The radiation heating means 5 composed of a suitable number of heating units 13, in each of which heating elements 12 made of infrared lamps are arranged downwards, is detachably mounted on the holding truck 4. This radiation heating means is so disposed that it can be moved by the holding truck 4 to a position over an outer plate 6 on the tentative placing rest 3.
In Figs. 2 and 3, the mounting frame 9 for the radiation heating means 5 is partitioned into a plurality of spaces of identical shape by a marginal frame 9a, longitudinal beams 9b and cross beams 9c to which angle steel members are applied by way of example. ~he heating unit 13 installed in each of the spaces has the heating elements 12 in a number of twelve arranged in this embodiment. A feeder cord 15 (refer to Fig. 1) which has a plurality of parts suspended from a guide rail 14 so as to freely extend and contract is connected to the respective heating units 13. According to the material, thickness and heating area of the outer plate 6,the number of the heating units 13 to be installed or to be fed with electric power or the level of the electric power to be fed to the the heating units can be increased or decreased, and the number of the heating elements 12 to be arranged or the 1;~7~8~)0 heating capacity thereof can be increased or decreased.
In addition, as the heating element 12, an infrared heater is applicable otherwise than the infrared lamp.
In case of controlling heating temperatures~ temperature sensors 16 shown in Fig. 1 are disposed in a required number at the respective positions of the outer plate 6 to-be-heated in a stage A, a stage B, etc. It has been experimentally revealed that, with the size of the panel shown in Fig. 5, one or two sensors suffice for controlling the radiation heating means.
Next, a method of preventing the sag of the panel 2 will be described. First, the skeleton 7 is placed on the tentative placing rest 3, and the plate 6a is situated thereof. Thereafter, the holding truck 4 is moved to the stage A (refer to Fig. 1) for heating the front end part of the plate 6a, to confront the radiation heating means 5 to the position over the outer plate 6, and the heating elements 12 are energized to preheat the outer plate 6 to a predetermined temperature T described later and to thermally expand it. At this time, not only the plate 6a but also the skeleton 7 is heated by heat conduction.
Since, however, the parts of the skeleton in contact with the plate are of a small area ordinarily, the heat conduction poses no problem in practical use. When the plate 6a has reached the predetermined temperature, the holding truck 4 is moved away from the stage A so as to locate the radiation heating means 5 to the stage B (a position of chain lines in Fig. 1). While the plate 6a in the stage B
is being heated by the radiation heating means 5, the plate 6a in the stage A is quickly tacked and then finish-welded to the skeleton 7. Further, the plates 6a in and behind the lZ718~C~
stage B are heated, tacked and finish-welded by repeating the same operations as described above. It has been experimentally varified that, if the tack welding is promptly and reliably carried out, the plate 6a where heat still remains will not develop a considerable tensile stress, and that the plate can generate a sufficient residual stress when reliably finish-welded meantime. At the stage of the finish welding, spot welding is suitable for the panel of this type, and continuous welding such as arc welding is unsuitable because it gives rise to distortions. The plate 6a fixed to the skeleton 7 by the finish welding develops a tensile residual stress in the outer plate 6 owing to a thermal shrinkage deformation attendant upon the subsequent natural cooling, whereby the fabrication of the panel 2 free from any "sag" is completed. As regards the heating of the plate 6a, the temperature control of the outer plate 6 is performed by associating the detection signals of the temperature sensors 16 with the electric circuit of the heating elements 12. Concretely, one sensor may be set at the required lowest temperature and the other at the required highest temperature so as to control the heating temperature between them.
The predetermined temperature T at the step of heating the plate 6a is set so that the plate 6a may give rise to a required tensile residual stress, in consideration of the material of the plate 6a, the ambient temperature, the strength of the skeleton 7, the handling of the plate 6a after the heating, the period of time taken till the start of the finish welding since the tacking, and so forth. An example of the predetermined temperature T will be calculated as to a case where a stainless steel plate ~;~71801~
g 1.5 mm thick is employed for the plate 6a, the ambient temperature is about 20C, and the period of time taken till the start of the finish welding since the outer plate heated has been taken out and tacked is about 1 minute.
It is known that a tensile residual stress necessary for preventing the occurrence of the welding distortion of the outer plate 6 after welding may be 15 kg/mm2 or so.
The temperature difference X between the outer plate 6 and the skeleton 7 on which this outer plate is to be mounted, for developing the above tensile residual stress is evaluated with the following formula:
X = k ~ y : tensile residual stress, ~y: yield stress or proof stress value, k : temperature difference at which a tensile stress corresponding to ~y develops.
When ~ = 15 kg/mm2, ~y = 52.7 kg/mm2 and k = 154 C
are respectively substituted into the above formula, the temperature difference X becomes about 44C. Meanwhile, a cooling rate near, e. g., 90 C is read to be :
about 10 Cjmin from the diagram of the cooling curve of the stainless steel plate after the heating thereof as shown in Fig. 4. The temperature difference X is needed at the point of time at which the welding fixation of the outer plate 6 has ended. Therefore, assuming that the period of time taken since the end of the heating till the completion of the 1;~7180~) tack welding be approxlmately 1 minute and that the ambient temperature, namely, the temperature of the skeleton 7 be 20C, the heating target temperature of the outer plate 6 beocmes 20C + 44C + 10C = 74C.
Accordingly, the predetermined temperature T of the outer plate 6 during the production of the product should desirably be set at approximately 80C with some allowance made for the aforementioned heating target temperature.
In this connection, there will now be described the essential points of heating tests which were conducted as to conditions for uniformly heating at 80C stainless steel plates of various shapes to be applied to the outer plates 6.
Fig. 5 shcws the surface temperatures of a plate measured when a test piece Pl made of the stainless steel plate 1245 mm wide,goo mm long and 1.5 mm thick was subjected to a heating test by the use of the heating elements constructed of infrared lamps. This heating test was carried out under the conditions that the heating elements numbering 36 were the infrared lamps each having a power of 250 W, that the distance between the heating elements and the test piece P1 was 175 mm, that the heating period of time was 5 minutes and that the ambient temperature was 29C. Results obtained were the highest temperature of 95 C, the lowest temperature of 58C, and an average temperature of 80C. In order to ensure a sufficient temperature difference, the plate should preferably be heated a little more.
Besides, Fig. 6 shows surface temperature measured 1;~71~30(1 when a test piece P2 made of a stainless steel plate 1245 mm wide, 2400 mm long and 1.5 mm thick was subjected to a heating test by the use of the heating elements constructed of infrared lamps. This heating test was carried out under the conditions that the heating elements numbering 72 were the infrared lamps each having a power of 250 W, that the distance between the heating elements and the test piece P2 was 175 mm, that the heating period of time was 5 minutes and that the ambient temperature was 22C. Results obtained were the highest temperature of 107C, the lowest temperature of 66C, and an average temperature of 86C.
Further, Fig. 7 shows surface temperatures measured when a part of a test piece P3 made of a stainless steel plate 1150 mm wide, 1500 mm long and 1.5 mm thick was subjected to a heating test by the use of the heating elements constructed of infrared heaters. This heating test was carried out under the conditions that the heating elements numbering 4 were the infrared heaters each having a power of 1 kW, that the distance between the heating elements and the test piece P3 was 20 mm, that the heating period of time was 3 minutes and that the ambient temperature was 28C. Results obtained were the highest temperature of 130C, the lowest temperature of 73C, and an average temperature of 102C. Although the average temperature in this case exceeds the predetermined temperature T = 80C stated before, it can be controlled to the afore-mentioend appropriate temperature by shortening the heating period of time, adjusting the arrangement of the heating elements or increasing the distance between the heating elements and the test piece.
lX7180() In the embodiments, only the flat panel has been exemplified as the panel 2 which consists of the outer plate 6 and the skeleton 7. However, if the skeleton 7 exhibits a sufficient strength and can satisfactorily endure a tensile residual stress, even a panel in the shape of a curved surface will be producible. On that occasion, desirably the radiation heating means 5 ought to be formed into a structure which extends along the curved surface.
The present invention is constructed as described above. Thus, according to the first aspect of performance of the invention, the occurrence of the sag of a plate can be prevented without being restricted by the size of the plate itself, and the number of heat sources can be adjusted at will in conformity with the material and dimensions of the plate. A further effect is that input energy can be readily adjusted and can be very simply controlled with sensors. According to the second aspect of performance of the invention, radiation heating means disposed so as to be movable relative to a position over a plate can smoothly continue the operations of heating, tack welding and finish welding. Further, the means can be readily adapted to the changes of the material, size and thickness of the plate by adjusting the number and conditions of heating elements. Accordingly, this aspect brings forth such excellent effects in the fabrication of a panel that the quality of the panel product is enhance and that the sag eliminating operation after the welding operation in the prior art can be dispensed with to sharply reduce the number of steps. Above all, both the aspects are suited to a flow process and can render operations efficient.
The present invention relates to a method of prevent-ing the occurrence of the "sag" of a panel which is used for assembling the roof structures, side wall structures etc. of vehicles, ships, buildings etc., and also to an apparatus therefor.
In recent years, especially lightening has been eagerly required of the structures mentioned above by way of example, and thinning the structures has accordingly been promoted. Soft steel, stainless steel, aluminum alloyes etc. are usually applied to the outer plates of the panels. With the promotion of the thinning, the "sag"
of the outer plate after welding and assemblage arises inevitably, and problems are posed as to the local strength of a ~sagging" part and the external appearance of the panel.
With the intention of eliminating the welding distortion, accordingly, there have been disclosed a measure wherein a large number of sheets of standard shape are formed into an elongate outer plate by welding, whereupon under the state under which the outer plate is loaded with an over-stretch, it is attached to a skeleton (refer to, for example, the official gazette of Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 53-39261), and a measure wherein the above outer plate formed to be elongate is loaded with the overstretch and is also preheated to thermally expand, whereupon the outer plate is attached to the skeleton (refer to, for example, the official gazette of Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 54-20185). Both the ~l~v - , .
l~7~a()o measures, however, require a larger-scale stretching device and heating device and involve enormous installation costs as well as large numbers of steps. AS another drawback, it is not easy to delicately control a set heating temperature.
There has also been provided a measure wherein an outer plate of comparatively small size is put in a heating box, and the whole outer plate is heated to a predetermined temperature and is thereafter welded to a skeleton (refer to, for example, the official gazette of Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 60-64791). However, the heating box is complicated in structure. Moreover, as the outer plate becomes larger in size, the heating box needs to be larger in scale in proportion, to incur the problems that a large floor space and a workshop of large area are required and that the installation cost becomes high.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the problems of the prior arts, the present invention has for its object to provide a method and apparatus for preventing the sag of a panel according to which the occurrence of the "sag" during the assemblage of a plate structure is prevented by simple steps and an equipment of simple construction.
According to the present invention there is provided a method of preventing a sag of a panel, comprising the steps of:
- placing on a support means a skelton framework to which a series of plates are to be secured and placing said plates independently on said skelton;
- energizng radiation heating means having downwardly projecting radiation heating elements in one relevant operative stage above one plate to heat the same;
- re~oving said radiation heating means from said ~2 ~27~800 one relevant operative stage for the step at a subsequent operative stage after the plate is heated to a predetermined level at which said plate achieves a predetermined amount of thermal expansion;
- tack welding said heated plate to the skelton framework when the difference of temperature of the plate and the skelton framework is more than a predetermined amount;
- finish welding said plate to the skelton framework;
- permittin~ the plate to cool so as to achieve thermal shrinkage deformation and predetermined residual tensil stresses therewithin and between the plate and the skelton frame work.
According to the present invention there is also pro.vided an apparatus for preventing the sag of a panel which comprises a skelton beam framework and a plate disposed upon said skelton beam framework and to which said plate is to be secured, comprising:
- a support surface;
- a pair of laterally spaced support means extending upwardly from said support surface for supporting opposite sides of said skelton beam framework, and said plate disposed upon said skelton beam framework, at an elevated level above said support surface so as to provide substantially unobstructed access to the undersurface of said panel formed by said skelton beam framework and said plate in order to facilitate securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework, and - radiation heating means, relatively movable with respect to said plate, said skelton beam framework, and said support means, between a first stage above said plate, at which downwardly projecting heating elements of said heating means can preheat said plate to a predetermined temperature ~' 127~800 - 4a -so as to initially thermally expand said plate in preparation for subsequent securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework, and a second stage remote from said plate so as to provide substantially unobstructed access to 5 the upper surface of said panel formed by said skelton beam framework and said plate in order to facilitate securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework whereby the sag of said panel will be prevented as a result of a residual tensile stress being development within said plate attendant 10 thermal shrinkage deformation of said plate upon cooling of said plate after said plate has been secured to said skelton beam framework.
Therefore, in the present invention, the plate is preheated to the predetermined temperature to be thermally lS expanded by the radiation heating means before being attached to the skeleton, and it is thereafter welded, so that the tensile residual stress capable of checking the occurrence of the "sag" is developed in the plate by the thermal shrinkage deformation in the cooling process.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The drawings exemplify the aspects of performance of ~ ' 1~7~80~) the present invention, in which:
Fig. 1 is an outward perspective view showing the essential portions of a panel fabricating apparatus;
Fig. 2 is a front view, partly in section, showing radiation heating means;
Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the radiation heating means;
Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the cooling characteristic of a plate at the stage of natural cooling after heating;
and Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are diagrams each showing a temperature distribution in the heating test of a plate test piece.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
_ Now, emboidments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
A panel fabricating apparatus 1 shown in Fig. 1 exemplifies one which is applied to a case of fabricating a panel 2 for railway vehicles. It is constructed of a tentative placing rest 3, a holding truck 4 and radiation heating means 5.
More specifically, the tentative placing rest 3 disposed on a floor is formed at a width and a length required for placing thereon a skeleton 7 to which a rectangular plate 6a is attached. The holding truck 4 is l~'Yl-80V
movably set on rails 8, 8 which are laid along the tentative placing rest 3 and at both the sideward positions thereof.
This holding truck consists of a rectangular mounting frame 9 which is confronted to the tentative placing rest 3 over this rest, four supporting legs 10 which are joined to the four corners of the mounting frame so as to extend downwards therefrom, and casters 11 which are respectively disposed at the lower ends of the supporting legs. The radiation heating means 5 composed of a suitable number of heating units 13, in each of which heating elements 12 made of infrared lamps are arranged downwards, is detachably mounted on the holding truck 4. This radiation heating means is so disposed that it can be moved by the holding truck 4 to a position over an outer plate 6 on the tentative placing rest 3.
In Figs. 2 and 3, the mounting frame 9 for the radiation heating means 5 is partitioned into a plurality of spaces of identical shape by a marginal frame 9a, longitudinal beams 9b and cross beams 9c to which angle steel members are applied by way of example. ~he heating unit 13 installed in each of the spaces has the heating elements 12 in a number of twelve arranged in this embodiment. A feeder cord 15 (refer to Fig. 1) which has a plurality of parts suspended from a guide rail 14 so as to freely extend and contract is connected to the respective heating units 13. According to the material, thickness and heating area of the outer plate 6,the number of the heating units 13 to be installed or to be fed with electric power or the level of the electric power to be fed to the the heating units can be increased or decreased, and the number of the heating elements 12 to be arranged or the 1;~7~8~)0 heating capacity thereof can be increased or decreased.
In addition, as the heating element 12, an infrared heater is applicable otherwise than the infrared lamp.
In case of controlling heating temperatures~ temperature sensors 16 shown in Fig. 1 are disposed in a required number at the respective positions of the outer plate 6 to-be-heated in a stage A, a stage B, etc. It has been experimentally revealed that, with the size of the panel shown in Fig. 5, one or two sensors suffice for controlling the radiation heating means.
Next, a method of preventing the sag of the panel 2 will be described. First, the skeleton 7 is placed on the tentative placing rest 3, and the plate 6a is situated thereof. Thereafter, the holding truck 4 is moved to the stage A (refer to Fig. 1) for heating the front end part of the plate 6a, to confront the radiation heating means 5 to the position over the outer plate 6, and the heating elements 12 are energized to preheat the outer plate 6 to a predetermined temperature T described later and to thermally expand it. At this time, not only the plate 6a but also the skeleton 7 is heated by heat conduction.
Since, however, the parts of the skeleton in contact with the plate are of a small area ordinarily, the heat conduction poses no problem in practical use. When the plate 6a has reached the predetermined temperature, the holding truck 4 is moved away from the stage A so as to locate the radiation heating means 5 to the stage B (a position of chain lines in Fig. 1). While the plate 6a in the stage B
is being heated by the radiation heating means 5, the plate 6a in the stage A is quickly tacked and then finish-welded to the skeleton 7. Further, the plates 6a in and behind the lZ718~C~
stage B are heated, tacked and finish-welded by repeating the same operations as described above. It has been experimentally varified that, if the tack welding is promptly and reliably carried out, the plate 6a where heat still remains will not develop a considerable tensile stress, and that the plate can generate a sufficient residual stress when reliably finish-welded meantime. At the stage of the finish welding, spot welding is suitable for the panel of this type, and continuous welding such as arc welding is unsuitable because it gives rise to distortions. The plate 6a fixed to the skeleton 7 by the finish welding develops a tensile residual stress in the outer plate 6 owing to a thermal shrinkage deformation attendant upon the subsequent natural cooling, whereby the fabrication of the panel 2 free from any "sag" is completed. As regards the heating of the plate 6a, the temperature control of the outer plate 6 is performed by associating the detection signals of the temperature sensors 16 with the electric circuit of the heating elements 12. Concretely, one sensor may be set at the required lowest temperature and the other at the required highest temperature so as to control the heating temperature between them.
The predetermined temperature T at the step of heating the plate 6a is set so that the plate 6a may give rise to a required tensile residual stress, in consideration of the material of the plate 6a, the ambient temperature, the strength of the skeleton 7, the handling of the plate 6a after the heating, the period of time taken till the start of the finish welding since the tacking, and so forth. An example of the predetermined temperature T will be calculated as to a case where a stainless steel plate ~;~71801~
g 1.5 mm thick is employed for the plate 6a, the ambient temperature is about 20C, and the period of time taken till the start of the finish welding since the outer plate heated has been taken out and tacked is about 1 minute.
It is known that a tensile residual stress necessary for preventing the occurrence of the welding distortion of the outer plate 6 after welding may be 15 kg/mm2 or so.
The temperature difference X between the outer plate 6 and the skeleton 7 on which this outer plate is to be mounted, for developing the above tensile residual stress is evaluated with the following formula:
X = k ~ y : tensile residual stress, ~y: yield stress or proof stress value, k : temperature difference at which a tensile stress corresponding to ~y develops.
When ~ = 15 kg/mm2, ~y = 52.7 kg/mm2 and k = 154 C
are respectively substituted into the above formula, the temperature difference X becomes about 44C. Meanwhile, a cooling rate near, e. g., 90 C is read to be :
about 10 Cjmin from the diagram of the cooling curve of the stainless steel plate after the heating thereof as shown in Fig. 4. The temperature difference X is needed at the point of time at which the welding fixation of the outer plate 6 has ended. Therefore, assuming that the period of time taken since the end of the heating till the completion of the 1;~7180~) tack welding be approxlmately 1 minute and that the ambient temperature, namely, the temperature of the skeleton 7 be 20C, the heating target temperature of the outer plate 6 beocmes 20C + 44C + 10C = 74C.
Accordingly, the predetermined temperature T of the outer plate 6 during the production of the product should desirably be set at approximately 80C with some allowance made for the aforementioned heating target temperature.
In this connection, there will now be described the essential points of heating tests which were conducted as to conditions for uniformly heating at 80C stainless steel plates of various shapes to be applied to the outer plates 6.
Fig. 5 shcws the surface temperatures of a plate measured when a test piece Pl made of the stainless steel plate 1245 mm wide,goo mm long and 1.5 mm thick was subjected to a heating test by the use of the heating elements constructed of infrared lamps. This heating test was carried out under the conditions that the heating elements numbering 36 were the infrared lamps each having a power of 250 W, that the distance between the heating elements and the test piece P1 was 175 mm, that the heating period of time was 5 minutes and that the ambient temperature was 29C. Results obtained were the highest temperature of 95 C, the lowest temperature of 58C, and an average temperature of 80C. In order to ensure a sufficient temperature difference, the plate should preferably be heated a little more.
Besides, Fig. 6 shows surface temperature measured 1;~71~30(1 when a test piece P2 made of a stainless steel plate 1245 mm wide, 2400 mm long and 1.5 mm thick was subjected to a heating test by the use of the heating elements constructed of infrared lamps. This heating test was carried out under the conditions that the heating elements numbering 72 were the infrared lamps each having a power of 250 W, that the distance between the heating elements and the test piece P2 was 175 mm, that the heating period of time was 5 minutes and that the ambient temperature was 22C. Results obtained were the highest temperature of 107C, the lowest temperature of 66C, and an average temperature of 86C.
Further, Fig. 7 shows surface temperatures measured when a part of a test piece P3 made of a stainless steel plate 1150 mm wide, 1500 mm long and 1.5 mm thick was subjected to a heating test by the use of the heating elements constructed of infrared heaters. This heating test was carried out under the conditions that the heating elements numbering 4 were the infrared heaters each having a power of 1 kW, that the distance between the heating elements and the test piece P3 was 20 mm, that the heating period of time was 3 minutes and that the ambient temperature was 28C. Results obtained were the highest temperature of 130C, the lowest temperature of 73C, and an average temperature of 102C. Although the average temperature in this case exceeds the predetermined temperature T = 80C stated before, it can be controlled to the afore-mentioend appropriate temperature by shortening the heating period of time, adjusting the arrangement of the heating elements or increasing the distance between the heating elements and the test piece.
lX7180() In the embodiments, only the flat panel has been exemplified as the panel 2 which consists of the outer plate 6 and the skeleton 7. However, if the skeleton 7 exhibits a sufficient strength and can satisfactorily endure a tensile residual stress, even a panel in the shape of a curved surface will be producible. On that occasion, desirably the radiation heating means 5 ought to be formed into a structure which extends along the curved surface.
The present invention is constructed as described above. Thus, according to the first aspect of performance of the invention, the occurrence of the sag of a plate can be prevented without being restricted by the size of the plate itself, and the number of heat sources can be adjusted at will in conformity with the material and dimensions of the plate. A further effect is that input energy can be readily adjusted and can be very simply controlled with sensors. According to the second aspect of performance of the invention, radiation heating means disposed so as to be movable relative to a position over a plate can smoothly continue the operations of heating, tack welding and finish welding. Further, the means can be readily adapted to the changes of the material, size and thickness of the plate by adjusting the number and conditions of heating elements. Accordingly, this aspect brings forth such excellent effects in the fabrication of a panel that the quality of the panel product is enhance and that the sag eliminating operation after the welding operation in the prior art can be dispensed with to sharply reduce the number of steps. Above all, both the aspects are suited to a flow process and can render operations efficient.
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1. A method of preventing a sag of a panel, comprising the steps of:
- placing on a support means a skelton framework to which a series of plates are to be secured and placing said plates independently on said skelton;
- energizng radiation heating means having downwardly projecting radiation heating elements in one relevant operative stage above one plate to heat the same;
- removing said radiation heating means from said one relevant operative stage for the step at a subsequent operative stage after the plate is heated to a predetermined level at which said plate achieves a predetermined amount of thermal expansion;
- tack welding said heated plate to the skelton framework when the difference of temperature of the plate and the skelton framework is more than a predetermined amount;
- finish welding said plate to the skelton framework;
- permitting the plate to cool so as to achieve thermal shrinkage deformation and predetermined residual tensil stresses therewithin and between the plate and the skelton frame work.
- placing on a support means a skelton framework to which a series of plates are to be secured and placing said plates independently on said skelton;
- energizng radiation heating means having downwardly projecting radiation heating elements in one relevant operative stage above one plate to heat the same;
- removing said radiation heating means from said one relevant operative stage for the step at a subsequent operative stage after the plate is heated to a predetermined level at which said plate achieves a predetermined amount of thermal expansion;
- tack welding said heated plate to the skelton framework when the difference of temperature of the plate and the skelton framework is more than a predetermined amount;
- finish welding said plate to the skelton framework;
- permitting the plate to cool so as to achieve thermal shrinkage deformation and predetermined residual tensil stresses therewithin and between the plate and the skelton frame work.
2. A method of preventing a sag of a panel as defined in claim 1, wherein the heating of said plate by said radiation heating means is controlled to said predetermined temperature by the use of temperature sensors.
3. Apparatus for preventing the sag of a panel which comprises a skelton beam framework and a plate disposed upon said skelton beam framework and to which said plate is to be secured, comprising:
- a support surface;
- a pair of laterally spaced support means extending upwardly from said support surface for supporting opposite sides of said skelton beam framework, and said plate disposed upon said skelton beam framework, at an elevated level above said support surface so as to provide substantially unobstructed access to the undersurface of said panel formed by said skelton beam framework and said plate in order to facilitate securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework; and - radiation heating means, relatively movable with respect to said plate, said skelton beam framework, and said support means, between a first stage above said plate, at which downwardly projecting heating elements of said heating means can preheat said plate to a predetermined temperature 80 as to initially thermally expand said plate in preparation for subsequent securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework, and a second stage remote from said plate so as to provide substantially unobstructed access to the upper surface of said panel formed by said skelton beam framework and said plate in order to facilitate securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework whereby the sag of said panel will be prevented as a result of a residual tensile stress being development within said plate attendant thermal shrinkage deformation of said plate upon cooling of said plate after said plate has been secured to said skelton beam framework.
- a support surface;
- a pair of laterally spaced support means extending upwardly from said support surface for supporting opposite sides of said skelton beam framework, and said plate disposed upon said skelton beam framework, at an elevated level above said support surface so as to provide substantially unobstructed access to the undersurface of said panel formed by said skelton beam framework and said plate in order to facilitate securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework; and - radiation heating means, relatively movable with respect to said plate, said skelton beam framework, and said support means, between a first stage above said plate, at which downwardly projecting heating elements of said heating means can preheat said plate to a predetermined temperature 80 as to initially thermally expand said plate in preparation for subsequent securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework, and a second stage remote from said plate so as to provide substantially unobstructed access to the upper surface of said panel formed by said skelton beam framework and said plate in order to facilitate securement of said plate to said skelton beam framework whereby the sag of said panel will be prevented as a result of a residual tensile stress being development within said plate attendant thermal shrinkage deformation of said plate upon cooling of said plate after said plate has been secured to said skelton beam framework.
4. An apparatus for preventing a sag of a panel as defined in claim 3, wherein said heating elements are infrared lamps.
5. An apparatus for preventing a sag of a panel as defined in claim 3, wherein said heating elements are infrared heaters.
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