Dual forging system and method
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsLucas Santiago Ribeiro Ferianci, Darci Primon Araujo, Marco Antonio Candido, Joao Benedito Silva
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Abstract
An apparatus includes an anvil having a first end and second end, and a press head reciprocally mounted relative to the anvil. The apparatus further includes an induction heater having a workpiece discharge end mounted adjacent the first end of the anvil, and a plurality of first station dies secured to the anvil. The first station dies each form at least a portion of a first contour. A plurality of second station dies are also secured to the anvil, the second station dies each defining at least a portion of a second contour.
Claims7
A method comprising:
- heating a plurality of forgeable workpieces with at least one induction heater having a workpiece discharge end;
- moving an arm of a die feeder into a first position adjacent the respective workpiece discharge ends such that workpieces exiting the workpiece discharge end are received by respective receptacles of the arm and are supported by trays;
- moving the arm of the die feeder into a second position wherein the workpieces are unsupported by the trays and drop into a respective plurality of first station dies;
- applying pressure simultaneously to the forgeable workpieces until the forgeable workpieces have a first shape;
- and
- transferring each of the forgeable workpieces to one of a plurality of second forming stations having a second common die shape.
A method comprising:
- inductively heating a plurality of forgeable workpieces with at least one induction heater having a workpiece discharge end;
- receiving the forgeable workpieces from the workpiece discharge end at receptacles defined on an arm of a die feeder, the workpieces supported by trays;
- moving the arm to a position where the workpieces are unsupported by the trays causing the respective workpieces to be deposited in one of a plurality of first forming stations having a first common die shape;
- upon depositing the forgeable workpieces in the first stations, applying pressure simultaneously to the forgeable workpieces until the forgeable workpieces have a first shape;
- transferring each of the forgeable workpieces to one of a plurality of second forming stations having a second common die shape;
- and
- upon depositing each of the forgeable workpieces in the second stations, applying pressure simultaneously to the forgeable workpieces until the forgeable workpieces have a second shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.