JP2009279627A - Method for manufacturing inner and outer rings of rolling bearing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing capable of executing the rolling formation with a large diameter widening ratio without causing any crack in a ring-shaped material, and consistently forming the inner and outer rings for the rolling bearing of high accuracy with excellent yield. <P>SOLUTION: An inner ring 10 is formed by executing the rolling formation of a raceway groove 11 in a first ring part 4 separated via a separation process from a formed product 3 which is formed by connecting the first ring part 4 of the large diameter to a second ring part 5 of the small diameter. The second ring part 5 separated via the separation process and the punching process is forged in the axial direction by the swaging process, and further formed in a predetermined shape having a raceway groove 21 after diametrical expansion by the subsequent rolling formation. An outer ring 20 is formed thereby. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing, and more particularly to a method of manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing in which two race rings, an inner ring and an outer ring, are formed from one material.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a method for manufacturing two bearing rings, that is, an inner ring and an outer ring of a rolling bearing from a single cylindrical material is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1), and an example is shown in FIGS.

First step: A disk-shaped intermediate molded product 202 in which the generatrix of the outer peripheral surface shown in FIG. 9 (B) forms an arc from the cylindrical material 201 shown in FIG. 9 (A) by upsetting by hot working. Form.
Second step: A stepped cylindrical molded product 203 shown in FIG. 9C is formed from the intermediate molded product 202 by die forging. In this molded product 203, the outer periphery of one end of a small-diameter inner ring portion 205 is connected to the inner periphery of one end of a large-diameter outer ring portion 204, and the bottom of the inner end of the other end of the inner ring portion 205 is connected to the bottom. 206 is formed.
3rd process: The molded product 203 is cut | disconnected in the connection part of the outer ring part 204 and the inner ring part 205, and as shown in FIG.9 (D), the molded article 203 is isolate | separated into the outer ring part 204 and the inner ring part 205. FIG.
Fourth step: As shown in FIG. 9 (E), the bottom 206 is punched from the separated inner ring portion 205.
Fifth step: The outer ring portion 204 and the inner ring portion 205 are formed into a predetermined shape by rolling.

  In the fifth step, the diameter expansion and the raceway groove are simultaneously formed by rolling forming. For example, the forming of the outer ring 209 is a forming roll supported in parallel and relatively rotatable as shown in FIG. Between 210 and the mandrel 220, it is performed by pressing a part in the circumferential direction of the outer ring portion 204 formed by forging in the radial direction. In order to form the raceway groove 208 of the outer ring 209, the mandrel 220 has a ring-shaped convex part 221 having a generatrix shape approximate to the shape of the raceway groove 208 on a part of the outer peripheral surface.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10A, when the outer ring portion 204 is loosely fitted to the mandrel 220 and the mandrel 220 is rotated while being pressed against the forming roll 210, the outer ring portion 204 and the forming roll are rotated. The diameter of the track groove 208 is increased while the rotation 210 rotates, and the raceway groove 208 is formed. In the initial stage of rolling forming, as shown in FIG. 10B, the outer ring portion 204 is compressed only at the axial center of the outer ring portion 204 sandwiched between the ring-shaped convex portion 221 of the mandrel 220 and the forming roll 210. The diameter is expanded in a state where stress is applied. Then, when the shape of the ring-shaped convex portion 221 is almost transferred to the outer ring portion 204, both end portions in the axial direction of the outer ring portion 204 abut on both side portions of the ring-shaped convex portion 221 of the mandrel 220, and the outer ring 209 is formed. (See FIG. 10 (c)). Thereafter, the outer ring 209 is formed through processing such as cutting, grinding, and heat treatment. The same processing is applied to the inner ring portion 205 to form an inner ring.
Japanese Patent No. 3720565

  As described above, when the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing are manufactured by forging and subsequent rolling molding, the diameter of the bottom 206 to be punched can be made smaller than the inner diameter of the inner ring as a product, and thus the yield is excellent. However, according to the conventional rolling forming in which the diameter expansion and the raceway groove are simultaneously formed, as shown in FIG. 11, in the initial stage of rolling forming, the axial center portion (ring-shaped convex portion) of the outer ring portion 204 is formed. Compressive stress acts only on the portion between 221 and the forming roll 210), and the diameter of the ring-shaped convex portion 221 is expanded in a state where the compressive stress does not act on both axial portions.

  For this reason, cracks do not occur in the axial center region 204a of the outer ring portion 204 that is expanded while compressive stress is applied, but the axially opposite side regions 204b of the ring-shaped convex portion 221 are expanded in diameter. Since the diameter is expanded in a state where only the tensile stress associated with is applied, there is a problem that cracks are likely to occur. Therefore, molding cannot be performed under molding conditions having a large diameter expansion rate, and there is room for further improvement in order to improve the yield.

  Further, in the conventional rolling molding, since the restraining force for determining the outer diameter dimension does not act on the outer peripheral surface of the outer ring portion 204, the dimensional accuracy is low, and it is necessary to allow for a large cutting allowance in the subsequent cutting process. There is a problem that the cutting cost increases with a decrease in yield.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and its purpose is to enable rolling molding with a large diameter expansion rate without causing cracks in the ring-shaped material, and to provide highly accurate inner and outer surfaces for rolling bearings. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing capable of stably forming a ring with a high yield.

The above object of the present invention is achieved by the following configurations.
(1) A method of manufacturing an inner and outer ring of a rolling bearing comprising: an inner ring having a raceway groove in the axial center portion of the outer peripheral surface; and an outer ring having a raceway groove in the axial center portion of the inner peripheral surface. And
A first ring portion having a large diameter and a second ring portion having a small diameter, and an outer periphery of one end of the second ring portion is connected to an inner periphery of one end of the first ring portion. And a molding step of molding a molded product having a bottom on the inner periphery of the other end of the second ring portion;
A separation step of cutting a connecting portion between the first ring portion and the second ring portion to separate the molded product into the first ring portion and the second ring portion;
A punching step of punching the bottom of the second ring part before or after the separation step;
A first rolling molding step of molding the first ring portion separated through the separation step into a predetermined shape having the raceway groove by rolling molding;
An upsetting step of forging the second ring part separated through the separation step and the punching step in the axial direction;
A second rolling forming step of forming the second ring portion forged through the upsetting step into a predetermined shape further having the raceway groove after expanding the diameter by rolling forming;
A method for producing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing.
(2) In addition to the manufacturing method of the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing according to the above (1), the punching step and the upsetting step include the bottom of the second ring portion separated through the separation step. A method for producing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing, wherein the punching and the forging in the axial direction are continuously performed by the same mold.
(3) A method for manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing, comprising: an inner ring having a raceway groove provided at an axially central portion of an outer peripheral surface; and an outer ring having a track groove provided at an axially central portion of the inner peripheral surface. And
A first molding part having a first ring part having a large diameter and a cylindrical part having a small diameter, wherein one end part outer periphery of the first ring part is connected to one end part outer periphery of the first ring part; 1 molding process;
A separation step of cutting the connecting portion between the first ring portion and the cylindrical portion to separate the molded product into the first ring portion and the cylindrical portion;
A first rolling molding step of molding the first ring portion separated through the separation step into a predetermined shape having the raceway groove by rolling molding;
A second molding step of molding the cylindrical portion separated through the separation step into a second ring portion having a bottom on the inner periphery of the end portion;
A punching process of punching the bottom of the second ring portion;
A second rolling forming step of forming the second ring portion, the bottom of which has been punched through the punching step, into a predetermined shape further having the raceway groove after expanding the diameter by rolling forming;
A method for producing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing.
(4) In addition to the manufacturing method of the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing according to any one of (1) to (3), the first rolling forming step includes the raceway groove from the first ring portion. Molding the inner ring of a predetermined shape,
In the second rolling forming step, the inner diameter of the second ring portion is increased by a diameter increasing rolling forming step in which the inner diameter of the second ring portion is larger than the outer diameter of the first ring portion; A groove forming rolling forming step of forming the second ring portion thus formed into a predetermined shape having the raceway groove, and forming the outer ring having a predetermined shape having the raceway groove from the second ring portion. To
A method for manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing, characterized in that:
(5) A method for manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing, comprising: an inner ring having a raceway groove in the axially central portion of the outer peripheral surface; and an outer ring having a raceway groove in the axially central portion of the inner peripheral surface. And
A molding process for molding a first ring portion having a large diameter and a second ring portion having a small diameter;
An inner ring molding rolling molding step of molding the first ring portion into the shape of the inner ring having the raceway groove by rolling molding;
A diameter-enlarged rolling molding step in which an inner diameter of the second ring portion is increased by rolling molding to be larger than an outer diameter of the first ring portion;
An outer ring molding rolling molding step of molding the second ring portion having the diameter expanded through the diameter expansion rolling molding step into the shape of the outer ring having the raceway groove by rolling molding,
A method for producing an inner and outer ring of a rolling bearing, wherein the first ring part and the second ring part are formed on the inner ring and the outer ring, respectively.

  According to the manufacturing method of the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing of the present invention, the molded product formed by connecting the large-diameter first ring portion and the small-diameter second ring portion is subjected to a separation step and a punching step. Since the separated second ring part is forged in the axial direction by the upsetting process and expanded in diameter by subsequent rolling molding, it is further formed into a predetermined shape having a raceway groove. Regardless of, the inner diameter of the second ring portion having a small diameter can be formed larger than the outer diameter of the mandrel. As a result, it is possible to manufacture a raceway having a size that has conventionally been difficult to perform by rolling so that it can be formed by rolling so that the yield is high.

  In addition, since the second ring portion is expanded in diameter and then molded into a predetermined shape having a raceway groove, rolling forming with a large expansion ratio without causing cracks in the second ring portion. Is possible. As a result, a high-accuracy bearing ring can be stably molded with a high yield.

  Moreover, according to the manufacturing method of the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing of the present invention, the bottom of the second ring portion separated through the separation step and the forging in the axial direction are continuously performed by the same mold. Since this is done, the forged intermediate material for the race can be efficiently manufactured.

  According to the manufacturing method of the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing of the present invention, the cylindrical part separated through the separation process is formed from the molded product formed by connecting the first ring part with the large diameter and the cylindrical part with the small diameter. Then, after the diameter was expanded by rolling forming subsequent to the second ring portion, the second ring portion was further formed into a predetermined shape having a raceway groove. The inner diameter can be formed larger than the mandrel outer diameter. As a result, it is possible to manufacture a raceway having a size that has conventionally been difficult to perform by rolling so that it can be formed by rolling so that the yield is high.

  In addition, since the second ring portion is expanded in diameter and then molded into a predetermined shape having a raceway groove, rolling forming with a large expansion ratio without causing cracks in the second ring portion. Is possible. As a result, a high-accuracy bearing ring can be stably molded with a high yield.

  According to the method for manufacturing the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing according to the present invention, the first ring portion having a large diameter is formed into an inner ring shape by rolling forming, and the inner diameter of the second ring portion having a small diameter is set to the first by expanding roll forming. After expanding the outer diameter of the ring part to the outer ring shape, the outer ring shape of the bearing is formed by forming the outer ring of the bearing by the subsequent outer ring forming rolling forming. Is made to correspond to the dimensions of the inner ring, so that the bottom part punched in the punching process can be reduced, and the yield can be improved.

  Hereinafter, each embodiment of the manufacturing method of the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 relates to a first embodiment of a method for manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing according to the present invention. FIG. 2 shows a manufacturing process. FIG. 2 shows the first ring portion having a large diameter in the manufacturing process shown in FIG. An explanatory diagram of molding dimensions when the second ring portion having a small diameter is set up as a raw material and then expanded into a material for an outer ring after being installed, FIG. 3A shows the second ring portion as a first molding roll. Sectional drawing which shows the initial state of the diameter-expansion rolling molding process pinched by the 1st mandrel, (b) is a cross section which shows the completion state of the diameter-expanding rolling molding process in which the 2nd ring part was expanded in diameter with the rectangular cross section 4A is a cross-sectional view showing an initial state of a groove forming rolling forming process in which a raceway groove is formed on the second ring portion expanded in the diameter expanding rolling forming process, and FIG. 4B is a groove forming process. The rolling forming process is completed and the outer ring material of the rolling bearing is formed. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the manufacturing method of the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing of the present embodiment manufactures two race rings, that is, an inner ring and an outer ring of the rolling bearing from one columnar material. The method of manufacturing the inner and outer rings of this rolling bearing is to simultaneously form a first ring part having a large diameter and a second ring part having a small diameter wider than the width of the outer ring as a product, and then rolling to form a large diameter. The inner ring is formed from the first ring portion, the upsetting process is performed on the second ring portion having a small diameter, and then the outer ring is formed by rolling.

<Molding process>
First, the columnar material 1 shown in FIG. 1 (A) is made of a steel material such as high carbon chromium bearing steel, case-hardened steel, or steel for machine structural use, and this material 1 is obtained by hot working or warm working. As shown in FIG. 1B, a disk-shaped intermediate molded product 2 in which the generatrix of the outer peripheral surface forms an arc is formed.

  The intermediate molded product 2 is hot-forged or warm-forged between a fixed die and a movable die of a molding device (not shown), and the large-diameter first ring portion 4 and the small-diameter second shown in FIG. Are formed into a stepped cylindrical molded product 3 having a ring portion 5. In the molded product 3, the outer periphery of one end of the second ring portion 5 having a small diameter is connected to the inner periphery of one end portion of the first ring portion 4 having a large diameter, and the second ring portion 5. A bottom 6 is formed on the inner periphery of the other end of the first end. The height H of the second ring portion 5 having a small diameter is wider than the width h of the outer ring 20 that is a product.

  The outer peripheral surface of the first ring portion 4 and the outer peripheral surface of the second ring portion 5 are configured by linear buses parallel to the axis, and the inner peripheral surfaces of the ring portions 4 and 5 are It is set as the inclined surface which diameter expands gradually as it goes to. In addition, the large-diameter first ring portion 4 is processed into the inner ring 10 and the small-diameter second ring portion 5 is processed into the outer ring 20 through each process described later.

<Separation process>
Next, the molded product 3 is cut at a connecting portion between the first ring portion 4 and the second ring portion 5 with a die and a punch (both not shown), as shown in FIG. The molded product 3 is separated into the first ring portion 4 and the second ring portion 5. The first ring portion 4 is used as an intermediate material for the inner ring as it is in a first rolling molding process described later.

<Punching process>
As shown in FIG. 1 (E), the separated second ring portion 5 is punched out from the second ring portion 5 using a die and a punch (both not shown).

<Upsetting process>
Next, as shown in FIG. 1 (F), the second ring portion 5 with the bottom 6 punched out is forged in the axial direction, and the height H is lowered to a height h that is substantially the same as the width of the outer ring 20. Thus, the intermediate material 7 for the outer ring is obtained.

Here, in order to process the second ring portion 5 having a small diameter separated from the stepped cylindrical molded product 3 into the outer ring 20, the following various conditions are required.
That is, as shown in FIG. 2, conditions for forming a stepped molded product 3 having a shape separable into the first ring portion 4 and the second ring portion 5,
The inner diameter db of the first ring portion 4> the outer diameter Dc of the second ring portion 5 --- (a)
As shown in FIG. 3, conditions for enabling the mandrel to be inserted into the inner diameter of the second ring portion 5 during rolling molding,
Inner diameter dc of second ring portion 5> Mandrel outer diameter D1 ――― (b)
Furthermore, conditions for enabling the second ring portion 5 to be formed into the outer ring 20;
Volume of second ring portion 5> = volume of outer ring 20 --- (c)
It is required to meet all of the conditions.

  This is because the second ring portion 5 has inner and outer diameters dc and Dc satisfying (a) and (b), and (equation 1), the height H of the second ring portion 5 can be expressed by ( This is achieved by setting the height H to satisfy equation (2). That is, when the inner and outer diameters dc and Dc of the second ring portion 5 are set so as to satisfy (a) and (b), the second ring portion 5 (the intermediate material 7 for the outer ring) may be insufficient. ) Is supplemented with a height H.

  That is, the inner and outer diameters dc and Dc of the second ring portion 5 are set so as to satisfy (a) and (b), and the height H of the second ring portion 5 at that time is determined from (Equation 2). The inner ring dc has a larger inner diameter dc than the outer diameter of the mandrel regardless of the inner and outer ring dimensions (in other words, the mandrel can be inserted into the inner diameter dc of the second ring portion 5 to perform rolling molding), A second ring portion 5 that can be used as the material 7 is obtained.

<First rolling molding process>
As shown in FIG. 1 (G), the first ring portion 4 that is an intermediate material for the inner ring is held between a molding roll and a mandrel (not shown), and the mandrel is attached to the first ring portion 4 that rotates together with the molding roll. By pressing and rolling, the first ring portion 4 is formed into a predetermined shape having a raceway groove 11 at the axially central portion of the outer peripheral surface (FIG. 1 (H)). Next, cutting, polishing, quenching, and the like are performed to form the inner ring 10.

<Second rolling forming step>
The second rolling forming process includes an expanded diameter rolling forming process and a groove forming rolling forming process. As shown in FIGS. 1 (G) and 1 (H), the outer ring intermediate material 7 (second ring portion 5) is subjected to groove forming rolling after only expanding the diameter while maintaining a rectangular cross section in the diameter expanding rolling forming step. The outer ring 20 is formed by only forming the raceway grooves without increasing the diameter in the molding process.

<Expanding rolling process>
As shown in FIG. 1G, the outer ring intermediate material 7 has an inner diameter da that is larger than the outer diameter Db of the first ring portion 4 by rolling. As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the diameter-enlarged rolling molding is performed by the first forming roll 31 and the first forming roll 31 in which the outer ring intermediate material 7 formed to the height h by upsetting is supported in parallel and relatively rotatable. A part in the circumferential direction is sandwiched between one mandrel 32. Rectangular grooves 33 and 34 having substantially the same width as the outer ring 20 are provided on the inner periphery of the first forming roll 31 and the outer periphery of the first mandrel 32, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 3 (b), when the outer ring intermediate material 7 is loosely fitted to the first mandrel 32 and is rotated while pressing the first mandrel 32 against the first molding roll 31, the outer ring intermediate material 7 and the first forming roll 31 rotate together. As a result, the outer ring intermediate material 7 is expanded to an outer diameter approximate to the outer diameter Da of the outer ring 20, and the outer ring material 9 is formed.

  At this time, since the outer ring intermediate material 7 is only expanded in diameter with a rectangular cross section, it can be expanded in a state in which compressive stress is applied to the entire area of the cross section, and therefore the occurrence of cracks is greatly increased. It is suppressed. For this reason, compared with the conventional rolling forming which shape | molds a diameter expansion and a raceway groove simultaneously, rolling shaping | molding with a large diameter expansion rate is attained, and production efficiency can be improved significantly.

  As described above, the outer ring material 9 that has been expanded only to a predetermined outer diameter Da with a rectangular cross-section in the first rolling forming step is formed in the raceway groove 21 without increasing the diameter in the groove forming rolling forming step. Only the molding is performed, and the outer ring 20 is manufactured.

<Groove forming rolling process>
As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the outer ring material 9 expanded in diameter with a rectangular cross section is fitted into a ring die 35, which is a ring-shaped mold, and the outer periphery 22 is restrained. At the same time, the second mandrel 36 is loosely fitted and set. The inner diameter of the ring die 35 has the same dimension as the outer diameter Da of the outer ring 20. On the outer peripheral portion of the second mandrel 36, a ring-shaped convex portion 37 having a generatrix shape that approximates the shape of the raceway groove 21 is formed in the central portion in the axial direction.

  Further, since the second mandrel 36 performs only groove forming without increasing the diameter, the outer dimension can be increased, and the outer diameter D2 of the second mandrel 36 is preferably the outer diameter D1 of the first mandrel 32, preferably Is set larger than the inner diameter dc of the forged outer ring intermediate material 7. Thereby, the rigidity of the second mandrel 36 is increased, the life of the second mandrel 36 is improved, and the outer ring 20 can be manufactured with high accuracy. The outer peripheral portion 38 of the ring die 35 is backed up in contact with an auxiliary roll 39 that is supported in parallel with and relative to the second mandrel 36.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, the outer ring material 9 is fitted into the ring die 35, and the second mandrel 36 is loosely fitted to the second mandrel 36, and the second mandrel 36 is attached to the auxiliary roll 39 via the ring die 35. When rotating while pressing, the outer ring material 9, the ring die 35, and the auxiliary roll 39 rotate together, and the raceway groove 21 is formed in the axially central portion of the inner periphery of the outer ring material 9.

  In this groove forming rolling forming step, only the groove forming is performed without increasing the diameter, so that the tensile stress is not applied to the outer ring material 9 and therefore no cracks are generated. Further, the molding amount by pressing is small, and stable molding can be performed. Furthermore, since the outer ring material 9 is groove-formed while the outer peripheral portion 22 is constrained by the ring die 35, it can be formed with high accuracy in both dimensional accuracy and roundness. Therefore, conventionally, the post-cutting cutting process can be reduced, and a significant cost reduction is achieved.

  As described above, according to the manufacturing method of the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing of the present invention, from the molded product 3 formed by connecting the first ring portion 4 having a large diameter and the second ring portion 5 having a small diameter. The second ring portion 5 separated through the separation step and the punching step is forged in the axial direction by the upsetting step, expanded in diameter by subsequent rolling forming, and further formed into a predetermined shape having the raceway grooves 21. As a result, the inner diameter dc of the small-diameter second ring portion 5 can be formed larger than the mandrel outer diameter D1 regardless of the dimensions of the inner and outer rings. As a result, the outer ring 20 having a size that has conventionally been difficult to perform rolling can be rolled with a large diameter expansion ratio without causing cracks, and the high-precision outer ring 20 can be stably manufactured with high yield. Can be molded.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the modification of the manufacturing method of the inner-outer ring of the rolling bearing of 1st Embodiment mentioned above is demonstrated. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a manufacturing process of a modified example, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a molding process in which a punching process and an upsetting process of the second ring portion are continuously performed by the molding apparatus in the order of the processes. . In addition, description is abbreviate | omitted or simplified by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol to the member etc. which are common in the manufacturing method of 1st Embodiment mentioned above.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the manufacturing method of the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing according to this modification, the punching process for punching the bottom 6 from the second ring portion 5 and the upsetting process forging in the axial direction are the same mold. 40 continuously. Since other manufacturing methods are the same as the manufacturing method of 1st Embodiment, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the mold 40 includes a die 41 and a punch 42. A die hole 43 is formed in the die 41, and a cutting blade 44 is formed on the inner periphery of the die hole 43. The punch 42 is disposed on the axial center of the punched hole 43 so that it can advance and retreat with respect to the die 41. The punch 42 is provided with a large-diameter base 45 and a protrusion 46 that protrudes from the tip of the base 45 and enters the punched hole 43. A cutting blade 47 is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the end face of the protrusion 46.

  As shown in FIGS. 6A to 6C, in the mold 40, the punch 42 is lowered, and the bottom 6 of the second ring portion 5 is moved by the cutting blade 44 of the die 41 and the cutting blade 47 of the punch 42. Cut and punch. After punching out the bottom 6, the punch 42 is further lowered to narrow the second ring portion 5 with the base portion 45 and the die 41 and perform upsetting. As a result, the second ring portion 5 is forged in the axial direction, and the height H thereof is lowered to a height h that is substantially the same as the width of the outer ring 20, so that the second ring portion 5 is molded into the outer ring intermediate material 7.

  According to the modified inner and outer ring manufacturing method, the number of processes can be reduced by one process compared to the manufacturing method described in the first embodiment, and more efficient inner and outer rings 10 and 20 can be manufactured. It becomes. Since other processes, operations, and effects are the same as those in the method for manufacturing the inner and outer rings of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, based on FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, 2nd Embodiment of the manufacturing method of the inner / outer ring | wheel of the rolling bearing of this invention is described. In the molded product formed by the inner and outer ring manufacturing method of the second embodiment, the large-diameter first ring portion and the small-diameter cylindrical portion are connected, and the small-diameter second ring portion is connected from the cylindrical portion, It differs from the method for manufacturing the inner and outer rings of the first embodiment in that it is molded in a separate process from the molding of the first ring portion. The other parts are the same as those of the inner and outer ring manufacturing method according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and therefore the same parts are denoted by the same or corresponding reference numerals, and the description thereof will be simplified or omitted.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing a manufacturing process of the second embodiment of the method for manufacturing the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing, and FIG. 8 shows the dimensions of the large-diameter first ring portion and the small-diameter second ring portion. It is sectional drawing shown by comparing with the manufacturing method (a) of and the manufacturing method (b) which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  The inner and outer ring manufacturing method according to the second embodiment forms a molded product in which a large-diameter first ring part and a small-diameter column part are connected, and forms an inner ring from the large-diameter first ring part. The outer ring is formed from a second ring portion having a small diameter obtained by forming the portion.

<First molding step>
First, a cylindrical material 1 made of a steel material such as high carbon chrome bearing steel, case-hardened steel, or machine structural steel shown in FIG. 7A is between a fixed mold and a movable mold of a molding apparatus (not shown). Hot forging or warm forging is performed to form a stepped molded article 3 having a large-diameter first ring portion 4 and a small-diameter cylindrical portion 5A shown in FIG. In the molded product 3, one end portion of the small-diameter columnar portion 5 </ b> A is connected to one end portion of the large-diameter first ring portion 4. In the molding of the molded product 3, the cylindrical portion 5 </ b> A maintains the material shape only by forming the concave portion 5 a for alignment on the bottom surface, so that an upsetting process is not required and the forging man-hour is increased. Avoided.

<Separation process>
Next, as shown in FIG. 7C, the molded product 3 is cut at a connecting portion by a die and a punch (both not shown) and separated into a first ring portion 4 and a cylindrical portion 5A. . As in the first embodiment, the first ring portion 4 is used as an intermediate material for the inner ring as it is in the first rolling molding step, and the inner ring 10 is molded.

<Second molding step>
As shown in FIG. 7D, the columnar portion 5A separated through the separation step is forged into a second ring portion 5 having a bottom 6 on the inner periphery of the end portion. As described above, the second ring portion 5 is molded in a process different from the molding process of the first ring portion 4.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8A, according to the molding method of molding the first ring portion 4 and the second ring portion 5 simultaneously,
Inner diameter db> of first ring portion 4> ≈Outer diameter Dc of second ring portion 5 --- (d)
There is a case where the volume of the second ring portion 5 is insufficient (less than the volume of the outer ring 20). In this case, the outer ring 20 cannot be molded.

On the other hand, according to the manufacturing method of the present embodiment, the second ring portion 5 is formed in a separate process from the first ring portion 4, so as shown in FIG.
Inner diameter db of first ring portion 4 <outer diameter Dc of second ring portion 5 --- (e)
In this condition, the molding can be performed, and thereby the inner diameter dc of the second ring portion 5 is made large enough to allow the mandrel to be inserted, and the outer diameter Dc is molded to ensure a necessary volume as the outer ring material 9. be able to.

<Punching process>
As shown in FIG. 7E, the second ring portion 5 punches the bottom 6 from the second ring portion 5 using a die and a punch (both not shown).

<Second rolling forming step>
As shown in FIGS. 7 (F) and (G), the second ring portion 5 has been described in FIG. 4 after performing only the diameter expansion while maintaining the rectangular cross section by the diameter expansion rolling forming process described in FIG. The outer ring 20 is formed by only forming the raceway groove 21 without increasing the diameter in the groove forming rolling forming step.
Since other processes, operations, and effects are the same as those in the method for manufacturing the inner and outer rings of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

  As described above, according to the manufacturing method of the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing of the present invention, the cylinder separated from the molded product 3 formed by connecting the first ring portion 4 having a large diameter and the cylindrical portion 5A having a small diameter. After forming the second ring portion 5 by forming the portion 5A and expanding the diameter by rolling molding, the shape is further formed into a predetermined shape having the raceway groove 21, so regardless of the dimensions of the inner and outer rings, The inner diameter dc of the second ring portion 5 can be formed larger than the outer diameter of the mandrel. As a result, a bearing ring having a size that has been difficult to perform by rolling can be formed by rolling and can be manufactured with high yield.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to each embodiment and modification which were mentioned above, A deformation | transformation, improvement, etc. are possible suitably.

It is a figure which shows the manufacturing process in connection with 1st Embodiment of the manufacturing method of the inner and outer ring | wheel of the rolling bearing of this invention. In the manufacturing process shown in FIG. 1, the first ring portion with the large diameter is used as the inner ring material, and the second ring portion with the small diameter is installed and then expanded to obtain the outer ring material. FIG. (A) is sectional drawing which shows the initial state of the diameter expansion rolling shaping | molding process in which the 2nd ring part was pinched by the 1st shaping | molding roll and the 1st mandrel, (b) is a 2nd ring part with a rectangular cross section It is sectional drawing which shows the completion state of the diameter-expanded rolling forming process expanded. (A) is sectional drawing which shows the initial state of the groove forming rolling forming process in which a raceway groove is formed in the 2nd ring part expanded in the diameter expanding rolling forming process, (b) is a groove forming rolling forming process. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which complete | finished and the outer ring | wheel of the rolling bearing was shape | molded. It is a figure which shows the manufacturing process of the modification of 1st Embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the shaping | molding process in which the punching process and upsetting process of a 2nd ring part are continuously performed by a shaping | molding apparatus along process order. It is a figure which shows the manufacturing process of 2nd Embodiment of the manufacturing method of the inner and outer ring | wheel of a rolling bearing. The size of the first ring portion with the large diameter and the size of the second ring portion with the small diameter are compared between the conventional manufacturing method (a) and the manufacturing method (b) according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. It is a figure which shows the manufacturing process of the manufacturing method of the inner and outer ring | wheel of the conventional rolling bearing. It is sectional drawing which shows the conventional rolling shaping | molding process in which diameter expansion and groove shaping are performed simultaneously along process order. It is an XI section enlarged view in Drawing 10 (b).

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3 Molded product 4 First ring portion 5 Second ring portion 5A Column portion 6 Bottom 10 Inner ring 11 Track groove 20 Outer ring 21 Track groove 40 Mold Db Outer diameter dc of first ring portion Inner diameter of second ring portion

Claims (5)

A method of manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing comprising: an inner ring provided with a raceway groove at an axially central portion of an outer peripheral surface; and an outer ring provided with a raceway groove at an axially central portion of an inner peripheral surface,
A first ring portion having a large diameter and a second ring portion having a small diameter, and an outer periphery of one end of the second ring portion is connected to an inner periphery of one end of the first ring portion. And a molding step of molding a molded product having a bottom on the inner periphery of the other end of the second ring portion;
A separation step of cutting a connecting portion between the first ring portion and the second ring portion to separate the molded product into the first ring portion and the second ring portion;
A punching step of punching the bottom of the second ring part before or after the separation step;
A first rolling molding step of molding the first ring portion separated through the separation step into a predetermined shape having the raceway groove by rolling molding;
An upsetting step of forging the second ring part separated through the separation step and the punching step in the axial direction;
A second rolling forming step of forming the second ring portion forged through the upsetting step into a predetermined shape further having the raceway groove after expanding the diameter by rolling forming;
A method for producing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing.   In the punching step and the upsetting step, the bottom of the second ring portion separated through the separation step and the forging in the axial direction are continuously performed by the same mold. The method for manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing according to claim 1, wherein A method of manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing comprising: an inner ring provided with a raceway groove at an axially central portion of an outer peripheral surface; and an outer ring provided with a raceway groove at an axially central portion of an inner peripheral surface,
A first molding part having a first ring part having a large diameter and a cylindrical part having a small diameter, wherein one end part outer periphery of the first ring part is connected to one end part outer periphery of the first ring part; 1 molding process;
A separation step of cutting the connecting portion between the first ring portion and the cylindrical portion to separate the molded product into the first ring portion and the cylindrical portion;
A first rolling molding step of molding the first ring portion separated through the separation step into a predetermined shape having the raceway groove by rolling molding;
A second molding step of molding the cylindrical portion separated through the separation step into a second ring portion having a bottom on the inner periphery of the end portion;
A punching process of punching the bottom of the second ring portion;
A second rolling forming step of forming the second ring portion, the bottom of which has been punched through the punching step, into a predetermined shape further having the raceway groove after expanding the diameter by rolling forming;
A method for producing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing. In the first rolling forming step, the inner ring having a predetermined shape having the raceway groove from the first ring portion is formed,
In the second rolling forming step, the inner diameter of the second ring portion is increased by a diameter increasing rolling forming step in which the inner diameter of the second ring portion is larger than the outer diameter of the first ring portion; A groove forming rolling forming step of forming the second ring portion thus formed into a predetermined shape having the raceway groove, and forming the outer ring having a predetermined shape having the raceway groove from the second ring portion. To
The method for manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A method of manufacturing inner and outer rings of a rolling bearing comprising: an inner ring provided with a raceway groove at an axially central portion of an outer peripheral surface; and an outer ring provided with a raceway groove at an axially central portion of an inner peripheral surface,
A molding process for molding a first ring portion having a large diameter and a second ring portion having a small diameter;
An inner ring molding rolling molding step of molding the first ring portion into the shape of the inner ring having the raceway groove by rolling molding;
A diameter-enlarged rolling molding step in which an inner diameter of the second ring portion is increased by rolling molding to be larger than an outer diameter of the first ring portion;
An outer ring molding rolling molding step of molding the second ring portion having the diameter expanded through the diameter expansion rolling molding step into the shape of the outer ring having the raceway groove by rolling molding,
A method for producing an inner and outer ring of a rolling bearing, wherein the first ring part and the second ring part are formed on the inner ring and the outer ring, respectively.

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