IP Library Granted Patent US 8,776,369
Granted Patent B2
US 8,776,369 · App. 12/521,671 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Through-hole manufacturing method for cylindrical body wall and cylindrical body structure

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Patent No.
US 8,776,369
App. No.
12/521,671
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a through-hole manufacturing method for a cylindrical body wall that enables the operation of forming a through-hole without leaving a machining burr on the wall of a cylindrical member to be easily and reliably carried out without depending on experts. A through-hole manufacturing method for a cylindrical body wall in which a machining burr is not formed on inner walls of through holes formed by a tool piercing the wall of a cylindrical body, the method including a hole forming step of forming one pair or a plurality of pairs of the through-holes in the cylindrical body wall by the tool piercing the cylindrical body from the outside orthogonally or substantially orthogonally to a cylindrical body axis of the cylindrical body; and a welding step of sealing the through-hole formed by the tool piercing the cylindrical body from the outer wall to the inner wall by welding using a welding jig made of a material having better heat conductivity than the cylindrical body, wherein the through-hole formed by the tool piercing the cylindrical body from the inner wall to the outer wall is left as a nozzle hole.

Claims (6)

1. A through-hole manufacturing method, the method comprising:

a hole forming step of forming at least one pair of diametrically opposed through-holes comprising a first and second through-hole each having a same hole diameter in a cylindrical body by a tool piercing from outside of the cylindrical body, substantially orthogonal to a main axis of the cylindrical body, through an outer wall of the cylindrical body to an inner wall of the cylindrical body to form the first through-hole, and then through the inner wall of the cylindrical body to the outer wall of the cylindrical body to form the second through-hole; and

a welding step of sealing the first through-hole by forming a sealing member having a same diameter as that of the first through-hole by welding using a welding jig made of a material having better heat conductivity than the cylindrical body,

wherein the second through-hole remains, and

a machining burr is not formed on the inner wall of the second through-hole in the cylindrical body.

2. The through-hole manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing member is melted by welding to fill a metal retaining section formed by an inner wall of the first through-hole and a front end section of the welding jig inserted into the first through-hole from the inside.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052891/0576 →