1365results about "Handling devices" patented technology

A method for precision bending of a sheet of material (31,41,61,91,231) along a bend line (35,45,62-66,96,235) and the resulting sheet are disclosed. A method includes a step of forming and longitudinally extending slits (33,43,68,92,233) through the sheet of material in axially spaced relation to define bending webs (37,47,71,72,106,237), forming stress reducing structures such as enlarged openings (39,49,69,73) or transversely extending slits (239) at each of adjacent ends of pairs of slits in order to reduce crack propagation across the bending webs. In another aspect, the elongated slits (43,68,92,233) are formed with pairs of longitudinally extending slit segments (51,52;74,76;98,99;127) proximate to and on opposite sides of and substantially parallel to the desired bend line. Longitudinally extending slit segments further are connected by at least one intermediate transversely extending slit segment (53,77,101,128). Sheets of slit material suitable for bending also are disclosed.

A method for precision bending of a sheet of material (41, 241, 341, 441) along a bend line (45, 245, 345, 445) and the resulting sheet are disclosed. A method includes a step of forming longitudinally extending slits (43, 243, 343, 443) through the sheet of material in axially spaced relation to produce precise bending of the sheet (41, 241, 341, 441) along the bend line (45, 245, 345, 445) with edges (257, 457) engaged and supported on faces (255, 455) of the sheet material on opposite sides of the slits. The edge-to-face contact produces bending along a virtual fulcrum position in superimposed relation to the bend line (45, 245, 345, 445). Several slit embodiments (43, 243, 343, 443) suitable for producing edge-to-face engagement support and precise bending are disclosed, as is the use of the slit sheets to enhance various fabrication techniques.

A process for designing and manufacturing precision-folded, high strength, fatigue-resistant structures and a sheet therefore. The techniques include methods for precision bending of a sheet of material (41, 241, 341, 441, 541) along a bend line (45, 245, 345, 445,543) and a sheet of material formed with bending strap-defining structures, such as slits or grooves (43, 243, 343, 443, 542), are disclosed. Methods include steps of designing and then separately forming longitudinally extending slits or grooves (43, 243, 343, 443, 542) through the sheet of material in axially spaced relation to produce precise bending of the sheet (41, 241, 341, 441,541) when bent along the bend line (45, 245, 345, 445, 543). The bending straps have a configuration and orientation which increases their strength and fatigue resistance, and most preferably slits or arcs are used which causes edges (257, 457) to be engaged and supported on faces (255, 455) of the sheet material on opposite sides of the slits or arcs. The edge-to-face contact produces bending along a virtual fulcrum position in superimposed relation to the bend line (45, 245, 345, 445, 543). Several slit embodiments (43, 243, 343, 443, 542) suitable for producing edge-to-face engagement support and precise bending are disclosed, as is the use of the slit sheets to produce various three-dimensional structures and to enhance various design and fabrication techniques.

A method for prototyping parts from a sheet metal blank in which the sheet metal has at least two spaced edges. The method includes the step of forming a plurality of longitudinally aligned slots through the sheet metal blank to form a bend line extending between two spaced edges on the sheet metal blank. The slots are preferably formed by laser cutting. The sheet metal blank is then bent along the bend line to form the prototype.

A method of designing fold lines in sheet material includes the steps defining the desired fold line in a parent plane on a drawing system, and populating the fold line with a fold geometry including a series of cut zones that define a series of connected zones configured and positioned relative to the fold line whereby upon folding the material along the fold line produces edge-to-face engagement of the material on opposite sides of the cut zones. Alternatively, the method may include the steps storing a plurality of cut zone configurations and connected zone configurations having differing dimensions and / or shapes, defining a desired fold line in a parent plane on a drawing system, selecting a preferred cut zone and / or a preferred connected zone which have a desired shape and scale, locating a preferred fold geometry along the fold line, the preferred fold geometry including the selected cut zone and the selected connected zone, and relocating, resealing and / or reshaping the preferred fold geometry to displace, add and / or subtract at least one of the connected zones, whereby upon folding the material along the fold line produces edge-to-face engagement of the material on opposite sides of the cut zones. A computer program product and a system configured for implementing the method of designing fold lines in sheet material is also disclosed.

Precision-folded, high strength, fatigue-resistant structures and a sheet therefore are disclosed. To form the structures, methods for precision bending of a sheet of material along a bend line and a sheet of material formed with bending strap-defining structures, such as slits or grooves, are disclosed. Methods include steps of designing and then separately forming longitudinally extending slits or grooves through the sheet of material in axially spaced relation to produce precise bending of the sheet when bent along the bend line. The bending straps have a configuration and orientation which increases their strength and fatigue resistance, and most preferably slits or arcs are used which causes edges to be engaged and supported on faces of the sheet material on opposite sides of the slits or arcs. The edge-to-face contact produces bending along a virtual fulcrum position in superimposed relation to the bend line. Several slit embodiments suitable for producing edge-to-face engagement support and precise bending are disclosed. With these teachings, forming numerous three-dimensional load-bearing structures from a two dimensional sheet are enabled. Examples of straight and curved beams, chassis, and exoskeletons are disclosed.

A process of forming bend-controlling structures, such as slits, grooves or displacements (22), in a sheet of material (21, 121, 221, 321, 421, 521, 621,721). The bend-controlling structures (22) have central portions (26) extending substantially parallel to a desired bend line (23) on the sheet and end portions (27) which diverge away from the bend line (23). In one embodiment the process includes the step of forming the bending straps (24) between pairs of slit end portions (27) at a desired spaced apart distances along the bend line (23) with the straps (24) having a desired configuration, and the step of forming central portions (26) which connect the end portions (27) to complete the slits (22) using a separate die set. A plurality of end portion dies (51 / 54) can be used to produce end portions (27) of various shapes and straps (24) of various widths, and a single set of central portion forming dies (71 / 74) are used to connect the end portions (27). In other embodiments die sets producing a single end portion (27) or mirror image impressions (A,B) are used and preferably overlapped to produce the complete bend-controlling structure (22). A modular die assembly (500) also is disclosed in which the bend-controlling structures can be produced by modular die inserts (511-514, 611-614). Finally, a selection of die sets (722a, 722b, 722c) of differing length from a group of die sets can be made to position the bending straps (24) at desired locations along the bend line.

The present invention provides a beam homogenizer being equipped with an optical waveguide having a pair of reflection planes provided oppositely, having one end surface into which the laser beam is incident, and having the other end surface from which the laser beam is emitted in the optical system for forming the beam spot. The optical waveguide is a circuit being able to keep radiation light in a certain region and to transmit the radiation light in such a way that the energy flow thereof is guided in parallel with an axis of the channel.

A sheet of material (21, 61, 81) formed for control bending along a bend line (23, 63) while maintaining a continuous web of material (26) across the bend line (23, 63). The sheet has at least one groove (22, 62, 82) formed therein with a central groove portion (24, 64, 84) extending in the direction of and positioned proximate to a desired bend line (23, 63). The groove is formed with a continuous web of material (26) at a bottom of the groove (22, 62, 82) and has a configuration defining at least one bending strap (27, 67) extending across the bending line (23, 63) at the end of the groove with a centerline (28) of the bending strap (27, 67) oriented obliquely across the bend line (23, 63) so that a balancing of the forces during bending of the web along the central portion (24, 64, 84) of the grooves and bending of the oblique bending strap occur and control the location of bending of the sheet. A method of preparing a sheet of material (21, 61, 81) for bending while maintaining a continuous membrane (26) across the bend line (23, 63) is also disclosed.

A method of preparing a sheet of material for bending along a bend line comprising the step of forming of at least one displacement in the thickness direction of the sheet of material with a portion of the periphery of the displacement closest to the bend line providing an edge and opposed face configured in position to produce edge-to-face engagement of the sheet on opposite sides of the periphery during bending. The forming step is preferably accomplished using one of a stamping process, a punching process, a roll-forming process and an embossing process. A sheet of material suitable for bending using the process also is disclosed, as are the use of coatings, shin guards and displacing the area of the sheet between bending inducing slits.

The present invention provides a system and method for a manufacturing operation for fabricating production stamping dies for making precise die blanks wherein the operation is controlled by computer. The method and system produces proposed die blanks from a customer's proposed die blank configuration which are evaluated by the customer before trial and / or production stamping dies are made. In particular, the method provides a computer processing unit, which is accessible to the customer, wherein the computer provides die blank and stamping die CAD / CAM designing and manufacturing capabilities, data storage and retrieval, and coordinates all or particular functions involved in the manufacture of proposed die blanks and trial or production stamping dies.

A sheet of material (21, 61, 81) formed for control bending along a bend line (23, 63) while maintaining a continuous web of material (26) across the bend line (23, 63). The sheet has at least one groove (22, 62, 82) formed therein with a central groove portion (24, 64, 84) extending in the direction of and positioned proximate to a desired bend line (23, 63). The groove is formed with a continuous web of material (26) at a bottom of the groove (22, 62, 82) and has a configuration defining at least one bending strap (27, 67) extending across the bending line (23, 63) at the end of the groove with a centerline (28) of the bending strap (27, 67) oriented obliquely across the bend line (23, 63) so that a balancing of the forces during bending of the web along the central portion (24, 64, 84) of the grooves and bending of the oblique bending strap occur and control the location of bending of the sheet. A method of preparing a sheet of material (21, 61, 81) for bending while maintaining a continuous membrane (26) across the bend line (23, 63) is also disclosed.

To provide a cutting apparatus capable of executing cutting or half cutting of a work-piece depending upon quality of the work-piece by producing parallelism between a knife edge of a cutting blade and a mounting face of the work-piece. A support having the blade is provided to a column capable of controlling a tilting angle of the blade in a blade length direction, cutting or half cutting is executed by controlling vertical movement of the blade to the support by a driving source capable of controlling to move linearly provided to the support and by producing a relationship of parallelism to a surface of a table and a knife edge. Respective supports are unitized by being provided with respectively different types driving sources and the blade vertically moved by the driving source and mounted interchangeably and selectively on a column of a cutting apparatus.

The invention relates to a two-die three-punch upsetter. A third punch die is a trimming die or a forging and pressing die and is arranged on a large slide block, and a first punch die and a second punch die are arranged on a lifting plate; a first concave die corresponds to the first punch die and the second punch die, and a second concave die corresponds to the third punch die; and axis of the second concave die and the third punch die are oppositely kept on the same straight line all the time. A working method comprises the following steps of: forming a workpiece by rotating a crank shaft twice; when the large slide block is upset for the first time, upsetting a blank into a primary upsetting semi-finished workpiece by the first punch die and preserving the semi-finished workpiece in the first concave die; upsetting a secondary upsetting semi-finished workpiece into a finished workpiece by the third die and ejecting the finished workpiece out; when the large slide block upsets for the second time, upsetting the primary upsetting semi-finished workpiece into the secondary upsetting semi-finished workpiece by the second punch die and ejecting the secondary upsetting semi-finished workpiece out; and air beating by the third punch die. The invention can achieve the functions of various upsetters, such as a one-die two-punch upsetter, an outer hexangular trimming machine, a three-die three-punch upsetter, and the like.

Precision-folded, high strength, fatigue-resistant structures and a sheet therefore are disclosed. To form the structures, methods for precision bending of a sheet of material along a bend line and a sheet of material formed with bending strap-defining structures, such as slits or grooves, are disclosed. Methods include steps of designing and then separately forming longitudinally extending slits or grooves through the sheet of material in axially spaced relation to produce precise bending of the sheet when bent along the bend line. The bending straps have a configuration and orientation which increases their strength and fatigue resistance, and most preferably slits or arcs are used which causes edges to be engaged and supported on faces of the sheet material on opposite sides of the slits or arcs. The edge-to-face contact produces bending along a virtual fulcrum position in superimposed relation to the bend line. Several slit embodiments suitable for producing edge-to-face engagement support and precise bending are disclosed. With these teachings, forming numerous three-dimensional load-bearing structures from a two dimensional sheet are enabled. Examples of straight and curved beams, chassis, and exoskeletons are disclosed.

A method of roughening metal surfaces of a workpiece such as a cylinder bore of an internal combustion engine to improve the adhesion of layers thermally sprayed thereon. Uniform grooves are formed in the surface and ridges are arranged between the grooves. The grooves may be formed by a process such as turning, drilling, milling or rolling. The ridges are plastically deformed in order to form undercuts in the grooves, with the degree of plastic deformation of the ridges varying regularly in the longitudinal direction of the grooves. Local deformations are produced in the ridge, and these bring about regular undercuts in the groove. This makes it possible to produce the undercuts in identical dimensions with little effort. Furthermore, since the groove is now not completely constricted by undercuts, it can be filled more effectively with spraying material.

The present invention is an improvement in conventional street elbow pipe design that allows for the street elbow pipe to be easily installed, removed, maintained, adjusted and handled without damage to the street elbow pipe itself or injury to a person performing work on the street elbow pipe. The street elbow pipe includes male and female fitting portions and a nut section disposed around at least one of the male and female fitting portions with a graspable surface area formed on the nut section.

The invention relates to the technical field of metal hot processing, in particular to the technical field of production device and production technology for non-quenched and tempered steel forge piece automatic forging. The device comprises a forging system, a feeding system and a discharging system, wherein the feeding system is arranged at the front end of the forging system, the discharging system is arranged at the rear end of the forging system, the forging system comprises an electric heating furnace connected with rear part of the feeding system, a forging pressing machine is connected with the rear part of the electric heating furnace, an edge trimmer is connected with the rear part of the discharging system, and the discharging system is connected with the rear part of the edge trimmer. According to the device provided by the invention, defects in the prior art is overcame, the full automatic line technology that the forge piece is heated once and is controlled by one worker is realized, is energy-saving and cost-reducing, labor saving, the outer surface and the inner quality of the forge piece is improved, and the service life is prolonged; as the mechanical property of each part of the forage is close to one anther, the forge piece quality and safety performance are improved, and the non quenched and tempered steel forging piece is high in tensile strength, fatigue strength and machinability.

An apparatus is provided for texturing the surface of a brake plate has three die plates and spring supports therebetween. A toothed tooling mounts to the top die plate above an anvil on the centre die plate both of which ride on posts held by the lower die plate. The toothed tooling comprises multiple blades each with multiple replaceable toothed inserts are held in a cartridge arrangement. The anvil receives brake plates from a separately supported plate feed mechanism with greatly reduced reciprocating mass. The complete die set can be set up on the bench and inserted ready to use in any style of press where the press ram contacts the upper die plate.

A silencer for a firearm which incorporates a cylindrical housing, front end cap, mean of attachment to the muzzle of a firearm, spacers and an improved cone baffle design. The proposed device incorporates a novel cone baffle design which uses concave flutes to increase surface area and thereby sound reduction. The geometry of this new cone baffle minimizes the weight of a silencer, maximizes internal volume, and effectively reduces sound and flash which are the result of a discharging firearm.

The invention discloses a die assembly upsetting and forging machine and a working method thereof. The die assembly upsetting and forging machine comprises a machine body, a punch die assembly, a punch die assembly driving mechanism, a feeding mechanism and a material shearing sleeve; the machine body is provided with a die assembly device; the die assembly device comprises a first die assembly base and a second die assembly base; a first installation space is arranged on the side face, close to the second die assembly base, of the first die assembly base; a second installation space is arranged on the side face, close to the first die assembly base, of the second die assembly base; and the die assembly upsetting and forging machine is further provided with a first die assembly driving mechanism for driving the first die assembly base to horizontally move and a second die assembly driving mechanism for driving the second die assembly base to horizontally move. The working method comprises the steps that displacement whole-circle material shearing and material transferring of station parts are achieved through horizontal movement of the die assembly device, and then upsetting and forging are conducted. According to the working method, an independent material shearing mechanism and an independent material clamping and blank transferring mechanism are omitted, and the functions of die assembly material shearing and die assembly upsetting and forging and the function of a clamp are achieved.

A sheet of material (111) having a plurality of bend-inducing structures (113) configured and positioned to produce bending along a bend line (115). The bend-inducing structures (113) have arcuate return portions (122) extending from opposite ends (121) back along the bend-inducing structures (113) toward the other return portion (122) and each return portion (122) has a length dimension and a radius of curvature reducing stress concentrations. Preferably, the length dimension of the arcuate return portion (122) is in excess of twice the thickness. The lateral distance, LD, to which the bend-inducing structures (113) is formed in the sheet away from the bend line (115) is preferably minimized by small radius arcs (125) which connect the return portions (122) to the remainder of the bend-inducing structures (113). A method of forming a structure (131) from a sheet of material (111) to resist cyclical loading is also disclosed, as is a method to increase the fatigue resistance of a structure (131) formed by bending a sheet of material (111) along a bend line (115) having a plurality of bend-inducing structures (113).

A method includes defining a desired fold line in sheet material and populating the fold line with a fold geometry including cut zones that define connected zones, whereby upon folding the material produces edge-to-face engagement of the material on opposite sides of the cut zones. Alternatively, the method includes storing cut zone configurations and connected zone configurations, defining a desired fold line, selecting a cut zone and / or a connected zone, locating a preferred fold geometry, including the cut zone and the connected zone, along the fold line, and relocating, rescaling and / or reshaping the preferred fold geometry to displace, add and / or subtract at least one of the connected zones, whereby upon folding the material produces edge-to-face engagement of the material on opposite sides of the cut zones. Also, a computer program product and a system configured for implementing the method.

A two-dimensional sheet material is provided that is suitable for bending along a bend line to form a three-dimensional object. The sheet material is provided with a plurality of displacements in a thickness direction of the sheet material on one side of the bend line. A portion of the displacements shear adjacent the bend line and define an edge and an opposed face. The edge and opposed face configured to produce edge-to-face engagement of the sheet material during bending. Alternatively, sheet material is provided with a plurality of displacements in a thickness direction of the sheet material on one or both sides of the bend line, and with a plurality of corresponding and cooperating protrusions to improve structural integrity and / or to improve electromagnetic and radio frequency shielding. The sheet material may also be provided with a self-latching structure. A method of preparing and using these sheet materials is also described.

A process of forming bend-controlling structures, such as slits, grooves or displacements (22), in a sheet of material (21, 121, 221, 321, 421, 521, 621, 721). The bend-controlling structures (22) have central portions (26) extending substantially parallel to a desired bend line (23) on the sheet and end portions (27) which diverge away from the bend line (23). In one embodiment the process includes the step of forming the bending straps (24) between pairs of slit end portions (27) at a desired spaced apart distances along the bend line (23) with the straps (24) having a desired configuration, and the step of forming central portions (26) which connect the end portions (27) to complete the slits (22) using a separate die set. A plurality of end portion dies (51 / 54) can be used to produce end portions (27) of various shapes and straps (24) of various widths, and a single set of central portion forming dies (71 / 74) are used to connect the end portions (27). In other embodiments die sets producing a single end portion (27) or mirror image impressions (A,B) are used and preferably overlapped to produce the complete bend-controlling structure (22). A modular die assembly (500) also is disclosed in which the bend-controlling structures can be produced by modular die inserts (511-514, 611-614). Finally, a selection of die sets (722a, 722b, 722c) of differing length from a group of die sets can be made to position the bending straps (24) at desired locations along the bend line.

The invention discloses a cold heading machine. The cold heading machine comprises a machine body, wherein a main motor, a drive system, a linear feeding device, a rotary clamp, a cutter system, an adjustable male die ejecting mechanism and a closed back support are arranged on the machine body; the main motor is arranged at a first end of the machine body, and the drive system is arranged at an output end of the main motor; the linear feeding device is arranged at a second end of the machine body, and the closed back support is arranged on one side of the feeding device; the rotary clamp and the male die ejecting mechanism are arranged in the middle of the machine body; and the cutter system is arranged below the rotary clamp. After the main motor of the machine is started, the main motor drives the linear feeding device, the rotary clamp, cutters, the male die ejecting mechanism and the like through the drive system to finish processing steps of feeding, cutting, upsetting, finished product ejecting and the like. The cold heading machine has the advantages that the drive efficiency can be improved, the high-speed driving is realized, the working efficiency and precision of the cold heading machine are improved, and the like.

Cold extrusion procedures for obtaining metal elements such as for example bushings, nuts or other elements with dead or through holes, screws, standard and special shape extruded or pressed products, etc. on a machining center comprising a series of hydraulic presses connected to each other with an automatic movement system. The final drilling or shearing of the elements is advantageously carried out by a dedicated drilling or shearing unit, working at high speed, which can consist of a vertical mechanical press. The use of the plant comprising several hydraulic presses together with the rapid drilling or shearing unit makes it possible to achieve a high level of productivity.

A method of producing a stamped composite part, the method comprising spot welding two or more metal component parts to each other to hold the component parts in a selected position as a composite part, heating the composite part, and stamping the composite part into a desired shape. The invention also contemplates the further step of welding the two or more metal component parts to each other in the composite part.

An anchor for a medical implant, methods of manufacturing the anchor, and procedures for placing a medical implant, such as for diagnosing, monitoring and / or treating cardiovascular diseases. The anchor has a base portion with first and second longitudinal ends and a cage therebetween. The anchor further has flexible arms, flexible legs, features for securing the medical implant within the cage of the base portion, and a coupler portion connected to and spaced apart from the second longitudinal end of the base portion. The anchor is adapted to have a deployed configuration in which the arms and legs radially project away from the base portion, the arms axially project toward the second longitudinal end of the base portion, and the legs axially project toward the first longitudinal end of the base portion. Convex surfaces of the arms and legs are adapted to clamp the anchor to a wall.