Metal deforming inventions 09/06

20060207305 - Method of setting/controlling wedge in plate material rolling: A wedge setup/control method for plate material rolling ensures that the work side and drive side are equal in the rolled plate thickness. The wedge setup/control method, which is used in reversible rolling of a plate material with a rough mill for hot rolling, includes preparing a wedge meter on...

20060207306 - Method for treating the surface of a machine element: A method for treating the surface of a machine element, such as the raceway and/or a rolling element of a rolling element bearing, comprising the steps of—subjecting the surface to a hard turning operation so as to obtain a specific roughness profile having a series of alternating ridges and grooves,—after...

20060207307 - Method of feeding a pipe from level wound coil, package for level wound coil and packaging method for level wound coil: A method of feeding a metal pipe from an LWC has steps of: mounting the one or more LWC on a mount surface of a pallet such that a coil center axis of the LWC is parallel to the mount surface of the pallet, the metal pipe being wound in...

20060207308 - Method of extruding hollow light metal member, die for extruding hollow light metal, and member for extruding hollow light metal: It is an object to realize and establish new extrusion technology for manufacturing a light-metal hollow member (product) having excellent mechanical properties with constant stability and also efficiently manufacturing the product having a strength satisfying a required level at low cost, by using a hollow die such as a bridge...

20060207309 - Bending device and method for bending a plate: In order to configure the bending of a plate in an intermediate space between two blade rings, arranged along an axis of a compressor and having blades extending along a radius in a simpler and more effective manner, the novel concept provides a bending device which can be positioned in...

20060201217 - Method and apparatus for continuously manufacturing fastener stringer: A fastener stringer continuous manufacturing apparatus which eliminates a necessity of increasing a size of a manufacturing apparatus and is capable of chamfering attaching legs of an engaging element which is produced continuously from a metallic wire rod having a Y-shaped section, securely and accurately, without changing a load and...

20060201218 - Device for free three-dimensional profile forming: The invention pertains to a device for the 3D free-form bending of profiles with arbitrary, but constant outside dimensions over the profile length, particularly hollow profiles, wherein the profile (7) to be bent has a longitudinal axis (L) and is moved through the through-opening (1c) of a guide element (1)...

20060201219 - Bending apparatus for rod-shaped and tubular workpieces: A bending apparatus for rod-shaped and tubular workpieces, includes a rotatable bending mandrel with a bending groove is provided with a wrinkle smoothener, which immediately precedes the bending mandrel, and two sliding jaws. In order to change the bending direction around the bending mandrel, the sliding jaws can be moved...

20060201220 - Rolling apparatus and method of making product of miscellaneous cross section with use of same: A rolling apparatus including a first work roll and a second work roll cooperative with the first work roll for rolling a metal blank plate to manufacture a metal product of miscellaneous cross section including a plate portion having one side in the form of a flat surface and a...

20060201221 - Method of cooling a hot isostatic pressing device and a hot isostatic pressing device: A method of cooling a load provided in a load compartment in a furnace chamber of a furnace of a hot isostatic pressing device includes releasing hot pressure medium from the load compartment. Cool pressure medium is provided for enabling it to fall through the released hot pressure medium outside...

20060201222 - Thermo-electromechanical process and system for coiling and uncoiling an in-line hot rolled pre-strip from thin slab coninuous casting: A system and the relevant thermo-electromechanical process with two superimposed devices (A) able to coil and uncoil a pre-strip (a) by reversing their positions, provided with outer (4) and inner (7) burners to respectively equalize and optimise the temperature along the whole pre-strip by means of special algorithms of the...

20060201223 - Cold roll forming method for reducing a diameter of a metal pipe, and a metal pipe product having its diameter reduced by such method: A cold roll forming method for reducing a diameter of a metal pipe and a metal pipe product having a diameter reduced by such a method are disclosed, wherein the method includes: passing a raw metal pipe through a set of pre-forming rolls so that it can be pre-formed into...

20060201224 - Hot cut aluminum billet saw: A process and apparatus for extruding aluminum into products, wherein aluminum logs are first heated to a predetermined temperature in a furnace, then are cut into billets of predetermined lengths, and then the billets, while still hot, are extruded into predetermined products in an extruder. In the process, the logs...

20060201225 - Metal stud punch system: A portable metal stud punching system with a controller. The punch system may be set for a desired number of punches, N. When N equals 0, N may be reset though the entry of a code to reset N or increase the value of N to a number greater than...

20060201226 - Press-actuation system: A press has upper and lower dies, an actuating element spaced vertically from one of the dies, and a platen carrying the one die and between the element and the one die. A membrane defines a closed chamber having one side operatively bearing vertically on the platen and an opposite...

20060201227 - Vehicle structural components made from tubular members and method therefor: The invention provides rear suspension structures and engine cradles involving tubular components. The tubular components have variable wall thickness along the length for reducing materials required. The tubular components also have mechanical properties varying along the length of the tubular components, to meet the requirements on strength and dynamic and...

20060201228 - Expansion device for hollow bodies: An expansion device for hollow bodies, such as pipe ends having a base body (1) in which a bore (11) for the axial guidance of a displaceable, a tapering spreading member (10) is disposed, and having an expansion head (13) which contains a thimble ring (14), and sector-shaped spreader jaws...

20060201229 - System, method, and device for designing a die to stamp metal parts to an exact final dimension: A system and method for designing stamping tools that produce parts of desired dimensions. The system and method compensate for post stamping deviations from the desired dimensions in the shape of the tools used to produce the parts. The compensated tools result in nearly ideal parts....

20060201230 - Edge bending method and apparatus: A first hemming mold unit (20) and a second hemming mold unit (30), are installed in a single pressing machine. The first hemming mold unit (20) performs partial bending of an edge (95) of a workpiece (93; 96). The workpiece (93; 96), having undergone the partial bending, is transferred to...

20060201231 - Metal shaping apparatus: A power hammer assembly providing forming capabilities while remaining economical with respect to performance, vibration, footprint size and acquisition costs. The power hammer assembly can provide for a single stroke speed and/or a single set stroke with respect to the striking of die assemblies against a piece of metal. The...

20060196242 - Wire rod cutting apparatus of spring manufacturing machine: To easily adjust and change a locus of a leading end (an endless locus) of a cutter, a wire rod cutting apparatus of spring manufacturing machine has structure so that a slide may vertically slide via a connection rod by rotating a rotation shaft, and a cutter mounting oscillating arm...

20060196243 - Method for changing the configuration of a rolling mill and advanced rolling mill for carrying out said method: According to the invention, at least two types of working rolls (C1, C2) are realised having, respectively a great diameter and a small diameter and the quarto configuration rolling mill is switched to a sexto configuration and conversely, the rolls with great diameter (C1, C′1) being used as working rolls...

20060196244 - Method and device for straightening wheel: A method and apparatus for straightening dents and irregularities in wheels including a spindle, a platen mounted on the spindle configured such that the wheel can be mounted on the spindle with the spindle projecting through the central hub hole and at least one actuator device positionable between the spindle...

20060196242 - Wire rod cutting apparatus of spring manufacturing machine: To easily adjust and change a locus of a leading end (an endless locus) of a cutter, a wire rod cutting apparatus of spring manufacturing machine has structure so that a slide may vertically slide via a connection rod by rotating a rotation shaft, and a cutter mounting oscillating arm...

20060196243 - Method for changing the configuration of a rolling mill and advanced rolling mill for carrying out said method: According to the invention, at least two types of working rolls (C1, C2) are realised having, respectively a great diameter and a small diameter and the quarto configuration rolling mill is switched to a sexto configuration and conversely, the rolls with great diameter (C1, C′1) being used as working rolls...

20060196244 - Method and device for straightening wheel: A method and apparatus for straightening dents and irregularities in wheels including a spindle, a platen mounted on the spindle configured such that the wheel can be mounted on the spindle with the spindle projecting through the central hub hole and at least one actuator device positionable between the spindle...