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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7281402 | Method and apparatus for optimizing forging processes A method and apparatus for optimizing the forging of a workpiece that is moved along a longitudinal axis of a forging press. The method includes detecting the relative positions of the first and second ends of the workpiece along the longitudinal axis and calculatin... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7257979 | Device and method for reshaping bar-shaped materials particularly for drawing and extruding An apparatus for reforming rod-shaped, electrically conductive and/or magnetizable materials, in particular for drawing and extruding, having the following features: the apparatus has a female mold having a die, which forms the tool for reforming; the apparatus has ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7140215 | Cutting head for wire-processing machine A cutting head has upper part with at least one separating cutter, at least one stripping cutter, a first cutting edge, a force-measuring device operating on the piezo principle, and a first holding plate. A lower part of the cutting head includes at least one separ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7076979 | Method and device for producing curved lengths of spring band steel In a method and a device for producing curved lengths of spring band steel in order to produce precisely toleranced, dimensionally stable bending radii, the spring band steel (10) pass through a bending unit (20), which is comprised of three support po... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6996913 | Circumferential measurement of tubular members An apparatus and method are provided for circumferentially measuring cross-sectional characteristics of a tubular member. The apparatus includes first and second template members that cooperably define an aperture for receiving the tubular member. At least one of th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6826939 | Method and device for detaching plate thickness in press A ram descends due to its own weight and pressure of a rod-side cylinder chamber of a hydraulic cylinder which vertically moves the ram is detected by an oil pressure detector. A determination section detects a position at which a punch attached to the ram contacts ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6334350 | Automatic machine for the formation of ship's curved hull-pieces This invention relates to an automatic machine to form curved plates (100) of ship's hull-pieces in a shipbuilding process. This automatic machine has the following devices, ajig table (10) to support steel plates, a heating device (21) including a torch ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 5950484 | Bending center In order to improve a bending center comprising a bending unit, a loading device with a feed table for receiving a sheet-metal part to be inserted, and a manipulator arrangement, with which the sheet-metal part can be gripped, moved as well as rotated, in... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5761943 | Method of and arrangement for making helical springs from biconical wire A method and arrangement of making helical springs from a wire, includes a winding machine for coiling the wire strand to a finished spring. Disposed upstream of the winding machine is a wire gage for measuring a diameter of the wire strand at a predeterm... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5584199 | Device for measuring an angle in a workpiece A device for measuring an angle in a workpiece piece which includes a base; a pair of feelers which are movable relative to the base and each of which has an active surface for contacting a respective portion of the workpiece piece during the measurement;... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5390519 | Method for manufacturing long products by press working A method for manufacturing long products from a lengthy plate-like material having an appreciably small thickness by press working is disclosed in which the plate-like material is fed in succession into the press working stages of a single press unit carr... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5083867 | Slab surface contour monitor A system for creating a image of the surface contours of a metal workpiece, such as a continuous cast slab, is provided including a sheet of single frequency, planar light is directed to strike a surface of the workpiece, and a video camera positioned to ... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4811582 | Strain rate control of superplastic forming A method of superplastically forming a part over period of a forming cycle in which a blank of the material is provided and heated to within a certain range of temperatures. An analytical model is provided that determines locations of the blank that will ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4797662 | Wire prebreak/break detector A wire prebreak/break sensor is disclosed for use in a low cost verbal annunciator system for use in monitoring a wire fabrication process. Wire exiting a drawing machine is accumulated and has its tension controlled by a dancer arm. According to the pres... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4592220 | System and method for the in press adjustment of workpiece holding force A system for the automatic adjustment of the pressure pad holding force in accordance with the thickness of the workpiece and the forming tool stroke includes a force transducer and a displacement transducer. The force transducer is used to monitor the fo... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4531391 | Adaptive method and apparatus for correcting deviations in the shape of objects Deviations from desired shape of plasticly deformable objects are corrected within narrow tolerances by a method wherein the real shape of the object is sensed, whereupon the deviation from the desired shape is determined and a correction length correspon... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4416130 | Pulsing impact straightener An automatic production workpiece straightener employing pulsing impact hammer peening blows on the concave curvature side of a distorted workpiece to straighten by imparting compressive stress to the surface fibers thereby permanently deflecting the work... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4403489 | Strip winding machine and method A method and apparatus for winding axial air gap motor cores, using prepunched strip material, so that the finished cores have radially aligned slots. The invention includes a precise movement of the winding mandrel away from the punching means to gradual... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4227812 | Method of determining a dimension of an article To determine a dimension of an article, a beam is directed at the article by means of a first mobile deflector so as to scan the part of the profile of the article comprising the dimension to be measured. Rays reflected by the article are orientated in th... | 10/14/1980 |
| 3958436 | Dynamically controlled forming by drawing machine Dynamic controls and jaw mechanism for a forming machine adapted to impart compound curvatures to a metal sheet. The setting of the machine, particularly in its first and third stages, is dynamically controlled by a tracer and transducer system whereby, a... | 05/25/1976 |
