Metal deforming inventions 07/06

20060162408 - Bending machine: A bending machine has an upper table and a lower table. An input part is provided for inputting product information. A bending order determiner is provided for determining a bending order of the workpiece. A mold determiner is provided for determining the mold necessary for bending the workpiece. A layout...

20060162409 - Coldforming machine: There is disclosed a coldforming machine in which the rolling racks are preferably arranged in vertical direction and are adjustable via a feed means during the rolling operation in radial direction with respect to the workpiece to be formed....

20060162410 - Composite fabrication facility of steel tube and fabrication method of steel tube: The present invention pertains to a combined machining equipment for steel tubes, and a machining method is of a small size, can easily be moved, and is capable of not only flaring a steel tube, but also grinding a flared surface, forming a groove, and peeling off a lining. A...

20060162411 - Automatic releasing-type rolling head for forming tapered thread on pipe: The invention is aimed at the provision of an automatic releasing-type rolling head for forming a tapered thread on a pipe in which the shock generated at the end of the thread rolling operation is alleviated and a thread automatic rolling roller retracting mechanism is not damaged. The rolling head...

20060162412 - Swaging head assembly: An apparatus for imparting a predetermined profile to one end of a workpiece mounted on a main axis. The apparatus comprises a rotary head mounted for rotation about the main axis and at least two fingers pivotally mounted to the rotary head for pivotal movement between an open position and...

20060162413 - Roller tool for the linear deformation of sheet metal and sheet deformation facility having such a roller tool: A roller tool is used within a sheet deformation facility for the linear deformation of sheet metal. The roller tool comprises a press roller having a shaft and a roller body rolling around the same as well as a counterbody. The press roller and the counterbody can be jointly moved...

20060162414 - Arrangement for cooling a roll: The present invention discloses an arrangement for cooling a roll (5). The arrangement comprises a housing (2) to be secured to the roll (5), a hollow shaft (8) mounted for rotational movement within the housing (2) and a cooling medium line to convey cooling medium into the roll (5) via...

20060162415 - Method and device for producing a hard metal tool: The method has a first material of lesser hardness acting as a rod-shaped carrier for a second material of greater hardness, each materials formed within a respective extrusion press tool and the plastic mass flow of the greater hardness material fed to the extrusion press tool for the lesser hardness...

20060162416 - Oil grooves formed in a race: A device, such as an inner race of a torque converter's overrunning clutch, is formed by powder metallurgy. The race includes oil grooves and chamfers formed in each face by forging. The oil grooves on the first face open onto the chamfer. The chamfer on the second face is interrupted...

20060162417 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing a battery terminal with undercut rings: A method and apparatus to cold form rings or a lead battery terminal with undercuts or overhangs to improve the sealing properties of the rings. The apparatus can be one of a segmented die device and a die device wherein one die member moves relative to the other die member....

20060162418 - Press brake tooling technology: The invention provides press brake and press brake tooling technology. Certain embodiments of the invention provide a press brake tool that has an elongated, retractable safety key. In certain embodiments, the invention provides click-in/slide-out press brake tools. In some of these embodiments, the tool has a safety key defining a...

20060156773 - Method for regulating the temperature of a metal strip, especially for rolling a metal hot trip in a finishing train: The invention relates to a method for controlling and regulating the temperature of a metal strip in a finishing train of a hot rolling mill. A target function is formed by comparing a desired temperature gradient with an actual temperature gradient. The target function measures deviations from desired indications positioned...

20060156774 - Lubricated hot rolling method: An exemplary lubricated hot rolling method is provided which can use a lubricating oil containing, e.g., one or more kinds among an high-basic alkaline-earth metal phenate, high-basic alkaline-earth metal carboxylate, high-basic alkaline-earth salicylate, or high-basic alkaline-earth metal sulfonate having a basicity of 40 mgKOH/g or higher, and has a viscosity...

20060156775 - Mobile pipe mill: A portable apparatus for forming pipe from helical convulsions of elongated sheet metal. A decoiler, rolling portion and pivot are mounted on a trailer, with a rigid frame extending from pivot and being laterally pivotable at the pivot in relation to the trailer. A forming head, cutoff saw, and dump...

20060156776 - Method and apparatus for performing a magnetic pulse forming process: A magnetic pulse forming process is performed by an apparatus and a method that causes the plasticity of a workpiece to be preliminarily increased to facilitate deformation to the desired shape. Initially, a mandrel having a surface and an electrically conductive member are provided. The workpiece is oriented between the...

20060156777 - Deformation of thin walled bodies: A thin walled body is deformed in a process in which the body is gripped securely in a holding station and, whilst gripped in the holding station, tooling engages to deform the peripheral wall of the body at a predetermined wall zone. The tooling is provided at a tooling station...

20060156778 - Method and apparatus for controlling strip shape in hot rolling mills: A hot rolling mill and method for operating the hot rolling mill where the shape of the strip is controlled by localized cooling devices positioned at intervals along work rolls in at least three lateral zones, a central and two edge zones, and capable of separately cooling each zone to...

20060156779 - Process for the manufacture of defect-free gauged steel bars and installation for their manufacture: The process comprises combining the operation of gauging by drawing with a stage of crack monitoring and a subsequent operation of mechanically machining the bar through the removal of turnings prior to cutting of the bars in such a way that the calibrated depth for crack detection has a value...

20060156780 - Method for producing a plurality of bent extruded profiles: The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of bent extruded profiles (4; 5) from a light metal or light metal alloy, which is characterized by the following steps: simultaneously extruding at least two extruded profiles (4; 5) that are mirror-symmetric with respect to their cross-sectional shape while...

20060156782 - Continuous extrusion apparatus: Continuous extrusion apparatus includes a rotatable wheel, the rotatable wheel including a circumferential groove. Continuous extrusion apparatus includes a shoe including an arcuate tooling bounding a radially outer portion of the groove provided with an exit aperture in a die body and an abutment displaced in the direction of rotation...

20060156781 - Method and equipment for performing continuous extrusion: The invention relates to a method for performing continuous extrusion of a metallic material, such as copper, so that the material to be extruded (1) is fed in the extrusion member (4) by means of a feed member (3) provided with a groove on its peripheral wall (2) and by...

20060156783 - Forging press of the hot-die type and thermal insulation means for the press: The invention relates to a forging press of the hot-die type with an operating temperature above a temperature T, comprising two dies between two die support elements, a thermal insulation means being placed between each die and its support element. The press is characterized in that the said means comprises...

20060156784 - Crimping apparatus: A crimping apparatus for applying crimps about crimping targets in jewelry making and the like. The crimping apparatus folds multiple crimps of various shapes, sizes and materials....

20060156785 - Reconfigurable fixture device and methods of use: A reconfigurable fixture device system, including: a base member; a reconfigurable pad disposed on the base member, wherein the reconfigurable pad comprises a shape memory material configured to selectively conform to a surface contour of a workpiece; an activation device in operative communication with the shape memory material; a controller...

20060156786 - Battery powered hydraulic tool: A battery powered hydraulic tool including a frame; a battery connected to the frame; a motor connected to the frame and adapted to be powered by the battery; and a hydraulic pump connected to the motor by a gear reduction transmission. The motor and gear reduction transmission are adapted to...

20060156787 - Laminated tool and a method for forming a tool: A tool 10 and a method 50 for producing a tool 10 by laminatingly forming a pre-tool or undersized object 16 and then casting a second material 74 unto the pre-tool 16, thereby forming the tool 10 and allowing the tool to have the superior characteristics associated with the lamination...

20060156788 - Quick front clamping system for reverisble clamping of bending tools: The application describes a reversible and quick front clamping system for bending tools (P) that adopts a system of double front (01) and rear (02) bars. As the clamping has to be done over the front bar (01) for safety reasons, independently from the fact that the tool has to...

20060150698 - Instrument for bending spinal rods used in a spinal fixation system: An instrument and method for bending a surgical implant, such as a spinal rod, includes a lever pivotally connected to a handle through a movable linkage system. The movable linkage system includes one or more bearing surfaces for applying a force to a first portion of the surgical implant while...

20060150699 - Instrument for bending spinal rods used in a spinal fixation system: An instrument and method for bending a surgical implant, such as a spinal rod, includes a lever pivotally connected to a handle through a movable linkage system. The movable linkage system includes one or more bearing surfaces for applying a force to a first portion of the surgical implant while...

20060150700 - Deep rolling roller head of a deep rolling tool: The invention relates to a deep rolling roller head (1) of a deep rolling tool for deep rolling radii or recesses (22) on the main and lifting bearing journals of crankshafts (21). Said deep rolling roller head is equipped with a housing (2) inside of which one or two laterally...

20060150701 - Method of controlling the cross section of a wire rod strand emerging from a wire rod mill line: In a wire rod mill, the last rolling block or unit, either a finishing unit or a postfinishing rolling unit, with common drive is not used for traction control, but traction control upstream thereof is provided to regulate the cross section of the wire rod strand before entry into the...

20060150702 - Rolling mill with support plates: In order to shorten the delivery path of working rolls for their replacement in a rolling mill with support plates which are provided on an operating side (BS) of roll stands (F1-Fi), are displaced transversely to roll axes, are outfitted for receiving working roll sets (4), and are located adjacent...

20060150703 - Stud stabilizer device and method: A device for securing a metal stud into the metal track of a framing system includes a first lever arm with a handle portion at one end and an endplate at the other end. A second lever arm features a handle portion at one end and a pair of cutting...

20060150704 - Metal sheet pressing method: This invention provides a metal sheet pressing method of precision-pressing a metal sheet, wherein after a metal sheet (1) is partially drawn so as to form a perforated portion (1a), the perforated portion (1a) is heated by baking and after it is heated by baking, the perforated portion (1a) is...

20060150705 - Hong ring pliers with automatic feed apparatus: The present invention is directed to a hog ring pliers with automatic feed mechanism which provides an efficient method of attaching hog rings and similar devices. A brittle plastic strip to which are adhered a plurality of hog rings of a predetermined spacing is inserted into the loading sleeve of...

20060150706 - Wedge driving tool having mutually adjustable elements for the non-cutting shaping of a sheet metal workpiece in a press: A wedge driving tool for cutting and/or non-cutting shaping of a sheet metal workpiece in a press includes a mould- and/or tool-bearing working slider, which may be displaced between a slider bed and a driver at a predetermined angle. For obtaining a working slider which may be continuously angularly adjusted,...

20060144109 - Method and device for connecting two components and an assembly of the components: A method and device for connecting two components by way of high fluid pressure are provided, the components being pushed onto one another, and the two components then being pressed against one another by way of the high pressure. In order to interconnect components in a relatively simple and controlled...

20060144110 - Method and device for producing tubular formed body: A forming device having a rotating frame (1) and a forming blade (2) movable in the axial and radial directions of the rotating frame. One side-edge portion of a tubular blank (B) is fixed to a predetermined position of the rotating frame (1), and the other side-edge portion is movably...

20060144111 - Method of manufacturing part internal gear and rolling machine: The present invention provides method of fabricating components having internal teeth and rolling machine thereof, enabling large deformation at main rolling step omitting broaching step and step using gear shaper. A container having toughness against internal pressure as high as that of cold forging is provided instead of gripping mechanism...

20060144112 - Method of manufacturing metal ring for endless metal belt: A metal ring with smaller stress concentration is manufactured, and the manufacture and maintenance of a rolling roller for transferring a mesh-shaped unevenness to the metal ring is facilitated. A mesh-like unevenness 8 is formed to the surface of an inner circumference rolling roller 6. This unevenness 8 is formed...

20060144113 - Lightweight tool for crimping a flange cover: A crimping assembly roll crimps a cover part over an underlying structure. The crimping assembly includes a base. A first roller extends out from the base and is rotatable with respect thereto. A second roller extends out of the base and is rotatable with respect thereto. In addition, the second...

20060144115 - Roll-changing tool: Roll-changing tool having a dismantling device which can be supported on a rolling machine by a hook and which, on a carrier, has a lifting device mounting and a roll holder for a roll journal of a roll, the carrier having a trolley which can be moved in its longitudinal...

20060144114 - Rolling mill comprising means for exchanging the rolls: The invention relates to a rolling mill (1) comprising several rolling frames (Fi) and support plates (7) that are provided on the operator side (BS) of the frames (Fi) and can be displaced transversally to the roll axes, said plates being equipped to receive sets of working rolls (14) and...

20060144116 - Pipe flaring tool: A pipe flaring apparatus for use in flaring the end of a pipe preferably comprises a housing, a three jaw clamping chuck (3) in the housing which clamps the pipe (11) as the chuck (3) is propelled along an inclined surface (10a) of a chuck clamp (10) also in the...

20060144117 - Device for processing a thin metal foil: A device for processing a thin metal foil and provided with a frame plate (7) for a die (16), a guide plate (10) for a punch (11), and a guide arranging for the die (16) and the punch to cooperate in the desired manner for the purpose of processing a...

20060144118 - Method for manufacturing disk member: d

20060144119 - Method and tool mounting for adjustment of tools on a press mounted cam: A tool mounting and method for adjustably mounting a tool holder on a cam slide of a press mounted cam also including an adapter body and driver. The tool mounting includes a tooling plate adjustably secured to the cam slide by a series of dowel pins closely fit in dowel...