A FORMING TOOL, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A FORMING TOOL AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING SUCH A FORMING TOOL

A forming tool (1) comprising a housing (2), a lid (3), and a container assembly (4). The container assembly is placed in an encapsulation between the housing and the lid (3) and has an axial dimension preventing the lid from reaching the housing thereby forming a gap. Tension rods are arranged circumferentially around the container assembly to pull the lid (3) towards the housing. The structure and particularly the gap allows the container assembly to be fixed in the encapsulation by bending of the lid within its elastic deformation range and thereby allows easy, fast, and precise mounting of the container assembly and thereby facilitates swift adaption of the tool to different types of workpieces by replacement of the container assembly. The tool further facilitates easy disassembly and maintenance of the container assembly for continued manufacturing of a workpiece and thereby potentially provides a reduction in downtime.

The invention also relates to a method of assembling a forming tool and to a method for calibrating such a forming tool.