FACE SPLINE MOLDING DEVICE AND FACE SPLINE MOLDING METHOD

Provided are a face spline forming apparatus and a face spline forming method, with which fluctuation of an inner diameter of a cup section can be suppressed and a face spline can be formed stably. An outer joint member formed by the face spline forming apparatus and the face spline forming method, and a constant velocity universal joint using the outer joint member thus formed are proposed. The face spline forming apparatus comprises: a punch member (50) having a tooth portion (62) for forming a face spline (28); a pedestal (53) having an end-surface receiving surface (52) for receiving an opening end surface (51) of a cup section (7); and a shaft member (57) having an inner-surface receiving surface (56) for receiving a bottom-wall inner surface (55) of the cup section (7). The opening end surface (51) and the bottom-wall inner surface (52) are brought into a simultaneous pressure receiving state. In this state, the punch member performs rocking motion to form the face spline (28) in a bottom-wall back surface (26a) due to plastic deformation caused by the tooth portion (62) of the punch member (50).