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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7654125 | Metal forming apparatus Metal forming apparatuses provide enhanced thermal efficiency by reducing thermal conduction from a forming tool to a shield. In one embodiment, a shield extends between a tool and a mounting plate, and is in conductive heat transfer relationship with the tool via a... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7278287 | Apparatus for shaping metal sheets Apparatus for shaping metal sheets including a shaping tool having an forming space for receiving a metal sheet. At least one heating element is disposed in a recess of the shaping tool for heating at least a portion of the metal sheet, whereby an insulation layer i... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272967 | Thermal control extrusion press container A subliner for use in a metal extrusion press, the subliner comprising an elongate annular body having an outer surface dimensioned for placement within an outer mantle, and an inner surface dimensioned to receive an inner liner. The subliner further comprises at le... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7207204 | Crimper In one embodiment, an apparatus for shaping an article may comprise a plurality of movable dies arranged to form a chamber whose size may be varied by moving the dies. Each of the dies may have a contacting surface for contacting the article to be shaped. The chambe... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199334 | Apparatus and method for heating and transferring a workpiece prior to forming An apparatus and method for heating and transferring a workpiece to a forming press for superplastic forming. The apparatus includes a heater assembly, having upper and lower heated platens, mounted to a frame. The heater assembly heats the workpiece to a predetermi... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7159427 | Heated and insulated tool container for hot gas blow-forming Apparatus for hot gas blow-forming including opposed heated and insulated tool containers, each including a tool heater plate that is adapted for attachment to a platen of a press with one or more load bearing spacers interposed between the tool heater plate and the... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159437 | Heated die for hot forming A hot forming tool is heated with multiple electrical resistance cartridge heaters. The heaters are located in the body of the tool so as to maintain the entire forming surface within a predetermined temperature range. Numerical thermal and optimization analyses dir... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7066000 | Forming tool apparatus for hot stretch-forming processes A tooling assembly for hot stretch-forming of a sheet metal workpiece. A forming tool is attached to a plate and includes a shell having a forming surface, and support walls that extend away from the shell, that terminate in a rearward surface of the forming tool, a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6971256 | Method and apparatus for incremental forming An incremental forming apparatus 100 holds a workpiece 10 onto a table 110. A spindle is disposed perpendicularly above table 110. For incremental forming, an incremental forming tool 150 is mounted on the spindle, and a form porti... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6868709 | Apparatus and method for thermomechanically forming an aluminide part of a workpiece A method of thermomechanically forming an aluminide part of a workpiece resistively heats at least a portion of the aluminide part, plastically deforms the heated portion of the aluminide part to a predetermined shape by applying pressure to the aluminide part posit... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6810709 | Heated metal forming tool A heated metal forming tool including an un-heated mounting plate that is attached to a press. A tool detail is attached to the mounting plate. Insulation surrounds the tool detail to thermally isolate it from the mounting plate, and from the tool surroundings. The ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6732558 | Robot and method for bending orthodontic archwires and other medical devices A robotic bending apparatus for bending archwires and other types of elongate, bendable medical devices into a desired configuration includes a first gripping tool and a moveable gripping tool. The first gripping tool can be either fixed with respect to a base or ta... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6609286 | Process for manufacturing a part of a metal matrix composite material A part is manufactured from a composite material containing an aluminum alloy as a metal matrix. Blanks are prepared from a billet of the composite material, and worked on in a press, while they are held at a temperature ranging from the solidus temperatu... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6349583 | Method and device for forming a hollow metallic workpiece by inner pressure In a method of forming a hollow workpiece having open ends by inner pressure in a multi-part forming tool, the forming tool having a forming mold is heated and the workpiece is placed into the forming mold of the forming tool. Closing plugs are inserted i... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6263718 | Temperature control during can body ironing A method is provided for ironing a cup to a selected wall thickness, using a mandrel that pushes the cup through several ironing rings that are axially aligned with the central axis of the mandrel. The method includes selecting a wall thickness, providing... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5515705 | Apparatus and method for deforming a workpiece An apparatus and method is provided for controlling the temperature of dies and workpiece throughout a deformation process. Dies are capable of receiving external current to resistively heat the workpiece and dies during the deformation operation, the ext... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5461768 | Electrically heatable caulking system and method An electrical caulking method for a work made from a magnesium or a magnesium alloy wherein a caulking pin integrally projects from a body, wherein an electric caulking apparatus having two opposing electrodes is used. The work is held between the opposin... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5277047 | Conversion system tooling heater The residual of an easy open can end is controlled by a band heater mounted on the anvil in conversion system tooling. The separation at closest approach of the score and anvil in the conversion tooling is altered as necessary by thermal expansion and con... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5186036 | Cable wire bending method and cable wire bending device An electric cable bending device for bending an exposed portion of core wire of electric cable having a coating member mounted on a non exposed portion of said core wire has a clamping unit, a vertical hot press, a horizontal hot press, and a vertically s... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4888973 | Heater for superplastic forming of metals A superplastic forming machine having ceramic platens which are oriented to each other with heating elements of each platen arranged at a substantially right angle relationship to the heating elements of the other platen. The heating elements are formed a... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4712413 | Billet heating process Shaped metal parts are produced on a continuous basis from semi-solid metal preforms. The preforms are supported on pedestals which are surrounded by a ring of material which acts as a heat sink to absorb heat from the liquid portion of the preforms to su... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4635461 | Veritcal press An improved insulated forming press for forming structures at elevated temperatures and pressures is disclosed. Vertical rams move vertical heated platens, vertical ram insulation blocks, and vertically oriented forming dies, to close about a workpiece. T... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4584860 | Tooling system for superplastic forming of metals An oblate spheroid shaped shell has upper and lower component parts which are held together by means of spring loaded clamps. The upper and lower component parts each contain liquid hardenable ceramic material forming die member halves which have surfaces... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4145908 | Incremental hot sizing of titanium Titanium is advanced by increments through a heated pressurized die to yield a sized stress relieved part. Temperature zones are controlled across the die. Titanium as it advances in steps through the die allows time for soaking at forming temperatures an... | 03/27/1979 |
