Metal deforming inventions 03/08

20080072646 - Modular welding equipment: Welding equipment that includes a tooling cart for transferring interchangeable tooling modules to a welding machine. A latch is mounted to the welding machine for latching the tooling cart to the welding machine, and a latch is provided for latching the tooling modules onto the tooling cart. A two-piece tooling... Agent: James D. Stevens Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080072647 - Die, method of manufacturing stepped metal pipe or tube, and stepped metal pipe or tube: The through hole of a die has an inside surface including a bell portion, an approach portion, and a bearing portion from the entrance side formed in a continuous manner. The diameter of the approach portion is D1 on the entrance side of the approach portion and D2 on the... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080072651 - Die for forging at high temperatures: Die for high temperature forging of metal components, in particular intermetal components, including and upper an a lower die, characterized in that provided to each die part, at room temperature and with some clearance, is a surrounding reinforcing ring against which each die part is positioned when heated due to... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080072652 - Method and apparatus for determining the thickness or the springback of a workpiece bent by a press brake: A method and apparatus for determining the thickness of a workpiece or its springback in a press brake is described. The method includes the steps of detecting the deformation or strain in the punch (1) and/or the die (4) during bending, and translating it into an electric signal, by suitable... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080072654 - Butt joining method: A butt joining method is provided that is capable of joining together two members with high strength and high accuracy by utilizing plastic deformation. A bolt-shaped member having a female part at one end thereof and a piston rod having three annular grooves on a forward end part (male part)... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080066510 - Bending method and machine thereof: In a bending machine, there is provided at one back gauge abutting part (5) a plurality of contact confirmation sensors for confirming the contact thereof with a workpiece; and there is included control means driving a ram (1) on the conditions of ON of all the sensors automatically or manually... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080066512 - Apparatus for a shot peening treatment: Impeller-type ejectors (2) are installed on the surfaces on both sides of a cabinet (1) defining an ejection chamber in the cabinet. Shots ejected from the ejectors (2) to a workpiece and fallen are conveyed in the horizontal direction by a horizontal screw conveyor (4) positioned above the lower end... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080066515 - Method for changing force control gain and die cushion control apparatus: A method for changing a force control gain expressed as a ratio of force error to velocity command value in a control circuit performing a force control of a servo motor driving a die cushion disposed opposite to a slide in a press machine. The method includes: obtaining a difference... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080066517 - Method for bending metal material, bending machine, bending-equipment line, and bent product: A method, bending machine, and bending equipment line for bending a workpiece involves successively or continuously feeding the workpiece held by a supporting unit from an upstream side of the supporting unit, and performing bending at a downstream side of the supporting unit. The bending method includes: supporting the metal... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080066518 - Installation/processing systems and methods of using the same: Installation/processing tools may be used to install one or more expandable structures in a workpiece. An installation/processing tool may include an expansion mandrel, a processing tool, and an expansion assembly having an expansion jaw movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. An expandable portion of the expansion jaw... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080066519 - Dockable trolley for vehicle frame-straightening bench: A trolley (30) for use with a frame-straightening bench (10) and allowing for moving a vehicle into the bench (10) for initial repair; moving the vehicle out of the bench (10) and into holding area to allow for curing or other time-consuming repair processes or operations, thereby making the bench... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20080066520 - Method for producing a workpiece by forming under bending conditions: A method of producing a workpiece by bending a panel in a bending press, in particular an edge bending press, with measures for compensating deformations of the edge bending press due to load. The measures involve detecting the displacement forces of drive means whilst the panel is being bent at... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080060403 - Method for rolling rolling stock having a transitional region: The invention relates to a method for rolling a product in a rolling train comprising at least two roll stands having a roll gap, the product to be rolled comprising a transition region. If a critical transition region crosses the rolling train, the roll gaps of the roll stands are... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080060404 - Mandrel assembly for manufacturing tubular products: A mandrel assembly for manufacturing a tubular product, including: a first plate, a cantilever drive roller extending from the first plate, at least one cantilever idler roller extending from the first plate, and mechanism for rotating the drive roller whereby, in use, a strip may be engaged and advanced by... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080060405 - Roll embossing of discrete features: A cold rolling process for impressing a pattern on a surface of a sheet metal article involves passing the sheet article through a pair of rolls and engaging a patterning feature with isolated areas of a surface of the sheet article, at a localized pressure to plastically deform at least... Agent: Christopher C. Dunham C/o Cooper & Dunham LLP

20080053176 - Device and method for aligning the input apparatusses and the channels in a rolling stand: A device for aligning the input apparatuses and the channels in a rolling stand is characterised in that it comprises: a measurement instrument (20) equipped with means (22, F, 23) for detecting the position of the surfaces of the channels (4), at least one electronic sensor (24) suitable for receiving... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080053178 - Power adjusted sweep device: A computer controlled roll-forming apparatus is adapted to provide a repeating pattern of different longitudinal shapes to a continuous beam “on the fly” during the roll-forming process. A sweep station on the apparatus includes a primary bending roller tangentially engaging the continuous beam along the line level and an armature... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080053182 - Radial compression mechanism with optimum die-to-die gap: Radial compression mechanism includes a plurality of dies each having an elongated arcuate body with an outer end pivotally attached to a hinge plate and an inner working tip. The dies are mounted on the hinge plate in an inwardly spiraling orientation with the outer ends positioned in a circle... Agent: Robert A. Parsons

20080053183 - Methods and systems for reducing tensile residual stresses in compressed tubing and metal tubing products produced from same: Methods and systems for reducing the stress state of compressed ends of compressed tubes are disclosed. The methods and systems may provide a reduced tensile residual stress state, or even a compressive residual stress state. Tube products produced from the same are also provided.... Agent: Intellectual Property