Metal deforming inventions 03/06

20060065029 - Peripheral length correction device, peripheral length measurement device and surface defect inspection device: A peripheral length correction device with a metal ring wrapped around a pair rollers of a rotating driver side and a follower side, wherein, while regulating the separation distance of the pair of rollers and exerting a predetermined tension to the metal ring, corrects the metal ring peripheral length by...

20060065030 - In-die hydropiercing device for piercing holes in hydroformed parts: An in-die hydropiercing device comprises a punch with an annular shearing blade which is operated by a hydraulic cylinder and is received in a ring-shaped die button mounted in one of the dies that form a die cavity for the hydroforming of a part, a center support member that is...

20060065031 - Method for performing a hydroforming operation: A method for performing a hydroforming operation on a hollow workpiece includes the initial step of filling the interior of the workpiece with a hydroforming fluid. The pressure exerted by the hydroforming fluid against the interior of the workpiece is below the yield strength of the workpiece so as to...

20060065032 - Method of manufacturing seamless tube: m

20060065033 - Embossing unit: An embossing unit, wherein sheet material is fed between a first and a second embossing roller counter-rotating respectively about a first and a second axis of rotation defining a plane, one of the embossing rollers being subjected, in use, to a compression force towards the other embossing roller; and wherein...

20060065034 - Bending device: A bending device includes a fixed mount having a chuck mechanism gripping a workpiece is attached thereon, and an articulated robot which moves a bending mechanism attached thereto. The articulated robot is provided with a plurality of swinging joints which perform swinging operation and a plurality of pivoting joints which...

20060065035 - System and method for tube bending: A method for bending a tube in a pre-selected geometry includes deriving at least one processing parameter from the geometry, applying a thermal source circumferentially to the tube to heat the tube along at least one circumferentially directed path in accordance with the parameter and actively cooling the tube to...

20060065036 - Method and device for transferring a workpiece: Aspects of the invention relate to a method and a device for transferring work pieces. In the method, at least one first handling device positions and/or securely holds at least one workpiece in a working region of a shaping machine, and, in at least one shaping process in the shaping...

20060065037 - Apparatus for cutting a workpiece: An apparatus is described for forging a workpiece (3) with an intermittently drivable clamping head (4) for the workpiece (3) and with a counter-holder (5) for receiving the end of the workpiece (3) averted from the clamping head (4), which counter-holder is rotatably held in a frame (12). In order...

20060053852 - Method and apparatus for reforming and reprofiling a bottom portion of a container: A reforming assembly for simultaneously reforming and reprofiling a bottom portion of a metallic container is provided. The reforming assembly generally includes a roller block having a pair of reform rollers and two pairs of outside reprofile rollers. A biasing means is operably interconnected to the reform rollers, such that...

20060053853 - Wire feeder driving mechanism for spring manufacturing machine: A wire feeder driving mechanism capable of driving a wire feeder of a spring manufacturing machine to perform a three-dimensional movement. The spring manufacturing machine includes a machine base and a work table. The work table has an opening and a plurality of tool seats. The opening provides the feeding...

20060053854 - Bending apparatus: A bending apparatus which can bend pipes and obtain as small curvature as possible without flattening or buckling easily occurring in the bending region. The bending apparatus comprises a bending die for a pipe, a clamping die which rotates together with the bending die while clamping the pipe, a pressure...

20060053855 - Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus of pipe, thickness deviation information derivation apparatus, and computer program: A complex Fourier transform is performed on measured values of wall thickness at points in a cross section of a pipe in an axial direction, types of thickness deviation are classified, thickness deviation amount is calculated from the absolute value of the complex Fourier component, the position of a thick...

20060053856 - Method for fabricating thin californium-containing radioactive source wires: A method for reducing the cross-sectional diameter of a radioactive californium-containing cermet wire while simultaneously improving the wire diameter to a more nearly circular cross section. A collet fixture is used to reduce the wire diameter by controlled pressurization pulses while simultaneously improving the wire cross-sectional diameter. The method is...

20060053857 - Tool system for bending sheet materials and method of using same: A bending tool system is provided for forming a three-dimensional structure from a two-dimensional sheet material which includes a predetermined fold line. The system includes a tool base for receiving and supporting the sheet material in a work plane, a clamp for engaging against the sheet material to secure a...

20060053858 - Method of processing metal parts by blanking: A method of processing metal parts and the like by blanking includes the steps of performing a first blanking step on a semi-finished product in order to produce a blanked semi-finished product, and performing a subsequent processing of the blanked semi-finished product to produce a finished product. The first blanking...

20060053859 - Push bench and method of manufacturing small diameter tubing: The present invention involves cost effective, efficient systems and methods for sizing pipe. In an embodiment of the present invention, a pipe sizing system includes a die having an opening operable to size the pipe, a hydraulic cylinder having at least one rod attached thereto, the hydraulic cylinder and the...

20060053860 - Method and plant for rolling and subsequent reeling of metal strip in particular steel strip: A method of rolling and then coiling metal strip (1) especially steel strip (1) on at least one rotatably driven and spreadable coiling mandrel (20), whereby the metal strip (1) is inspected in longitudinal segments for rolling anomalies, in which an economical and rapid inspection of the strip samples (1a)...

20060053861 - Method and apparatus to reduce the width of a slot or opening in a pipe, tube or other object: A method to reduce the width of slots or openings in a pipe. The method involve determining the position of the slots relative to the surface of the pipe and determining the width of the slots. A signal is generated corresponding to the determined width and relative position of the...

20060048556 - Method of manufacturing a splined member for use in a driveshaft assembly: A method of manufacturing a splined member avoids the generation of waste material and minimizes the amount of dimensional inaccuracies. A hollow cylindrical workpiece is initially provided from a material having a relatively high elongation characteristic. The material used to form the workpiece may be AA-5 154 grade aluminum alloy...

20060048557 - Method and device for bending blade member: This invention aims at a bending process in the width direction on a blade member (1) without leaving any unprocessed portion. According to the present invention, the thickness-deviating process of making the front end edges (41, 51) of dies (4, 5) into a portion near the blade point (12) and...

20060048558 - Methods and apparatus for forming stiffening structures in a strip material: Methods and apparatus of forming stiffening structures in a material are disclosed. In an example method, a first bend line is formed in the material and a portion of the material is drawn toward the first bend line to form an intermediate stiffening structure. A second bend line is then...

20060048559 - Method for making punch head of paper punch: A method for making punch heads includes a step of pulling a cylindrical metal material wrapped around a mandrel; a step of cutting the cylindrical metal material into sections; a step of inserting the sections into concavity of a mold set and punching a recess in a first end of...

20060048560 - Toothless crimpling tool for plastic pipe connectors: In a preferred embodiment, a crimping tool to crimp a cylindrical ring about cylindrical plastic pipe, including: first and second handles operative to open and close first and second jaws, respectively, pivotally attached, respectively, to proximal ends of the first and second handles and to each other; and the first...

20060048561 - Equipment for cold-drawing a metal wire: The following invention refers to an equipment for cold-drawing a metal wire. The equipment comprises a succession of a sleeve (5) with a cylindrical hole (8) and a threading die (11) with a conical hole (14). The sleeve (5) is inserted into a support (6) and terminates with an extension...

20060042339 - Manufacturing device, particularly a folding press, having electronic tool detection: The invention relates to production unit (1), in particular a bending press (2), for forming workpieces (3) of sheet metal, having two press beams (15, 16) which are displaceable relative to one another by means of a drive mechanism (53) and can be used to obtain a required tool length...

20060042340 - System and method for hemming vehicle sheet metal: A vehicle sheet metal hemming system (20) and method for hemming vehicle sheet metal outer and inner members (24 and 26) to each other is performed by prehemming and final hemming operations at a single station in cooperation with robot apparatus (42). A drive mechanism (98) has a rotary actuator...

20060042341 - Deburring device, and deburring method for punch press, and punch press: The present invention provides a deburring device for a punch press which can remove burrs produced along a slot or a cut portion formed in a plate material by punching or cutting using a punch press so that the removal is carried out as a process with the same punch...

20060042342 - Method for manufacturing ring-shaped magnet material and manufacturing apparatus used therefor: A method for manufacturing a ring-shaped magnet material, the method comprising: in a penetrating hole formed in a die, arranging a mandrel having a cylinder tip portion of a diameter d1, a cylinder base end portion of a diameter d2 (provided d1<d2), and a taper portion of a taper angle...

20060042343 - Method and device for the production of a tubular workpiece, particularly a shock absorber piston rod, and such a workpiece: m

20060042344 - Method and apparatus for shaping a metallic container end closure: The present invention describes an apparatus and forming process to manufacture container end closures with improved internal buckle strength. The present invention provides greater material and dimensional control during the forming process by utilizing a pressure sleeve to provide support to at least a portion of an end closure chuck...

20060042345 - Pneumatically-operated repetition riveting tool: A hydro-pneumatically operated repetition riveting tool, which tool includes a gripping means for releasably gripping an elongated mandrel at a position remote from the mandrel head, which gripping means comprises a housing with an internal taper, and a plurality of mandrel-gripping jaws which are urged into contact with the mandrel...

20060042346 - Coaxial cable fitting and crimping tool: A crimping tool for connecting a cable fitting to the end of a cable is made up of an elongated body having a lever arm pivoted at one end of the body to actuate a plunger having a chuck at one end toward and away from axially slidable die portions...

20060042347 - Aircraft component manufacturing tool and method: A creep forming tool modifies the shape of an aircraft component in the form of a wing skin portion. The tool includes a shaped surface defined by removable rib boards. The component is forced against the shaped surface, via a reusable intermediate plate. The shape of the shaped surface may...

20060042348 - Forming die having filler cam assembly: A filler cam assembly for use with a forming die generally including a center cam component, end cam components and a base assembly and being designed to transition between unloading and forming positions. The various cam components preferably have axial ends with helical surfaces such that rotation of one of...

20060042349 - Multi-piece self pierce rivet die for improved die life: A multi-piece die and system for driving a self pierce rivet into a plurality of workpieces. The die includes an anvil and a collar affixed to the anvil. The anvil and collar cooperate to reduce stresses to reduce breaking of the die....