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US 10,596,617 B2Granted
Blanking die and method of blanking sheet metal therewith
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsSteven Kobs, John Woods, Corey Clemans
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Abstract
An example of a blanking die includes a blanking apparatus configured to form a series of at least two metallic blanks from sheet metal, and an ejection apparatus configured to eject a first one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in a predetermined direction and a second one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in said predetermined direction.
Claims13
A method of blanking sheet metal with a blanking die, comprising:
- feeding the sheet metal along a first direction;
- forming a series of at least two metallic blanks from the sheet metal via a single cutting stroke and ejecting the first one of the series of two metallic blanks and second one of the two metallic blanks from the blanking die in a predetermined direction, wherein ejecting the first one and second one of the metallic blanks comprises:
- ejecting the first one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die via a front ejector, wherein the first one of the series of metallic blanks is ejected by the front ejector without contacting an electing mechanism;
- and,
- ejecting the second one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die via transport of the second one of the series of metallic blanks to the front ejector by the ejecting mechanism.
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A method of blanking sheet metal with a blanking die, comprising:
- forming a series of at least two metallic blanks from the sheet metal with the blanking die by cutting the sheet metal to form the first one of the metallic blanks using a front blank cutter of the blanking die and the second one of the metallic blanks using the front blank cutter and a rear blank cutter of the blanking die, the front blank cutter being positioned between a front ejector and a rear ejector over which the second one of the metallic blanks is positioned;
- electing the first one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in a predetermined direction;
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- ejecting the second one of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in the predetermined direction, wherein electing the first one of the metallic blanks is performed using a front ejector of the blanking die, and wherein ejecting the second one of the metallic blanks comprises transport rig the second one of the metallic blanks to the front ejector concurrently with the ejection of the first one of the metallic blanks by the front ejector.
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A method of blanking sheet metal with a blanking die, comprising:
- forming a series of at least two metallic blanks from the sheet metal with the blanking die by cutting the sheet metal to form the first one of the metallic blanks using a front blank cutter of the blanking die and the second one of the metallic blanks using the front blank cutter and a rear blank cutter of the blanking die, the front blank cutter being positioned between a front ejector and a rear ejector over which the second one of the metallic blanks is positioned;
- ejecting the first one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in a predetermined direction;
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- ejecting the second one of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in the predetermined direction, wherein ejecting the first one of the metallic blanks is performed using a front ejector of the blanking die, and wherein ejecting the second one of the metallic blanks comprises transporting the second one of the metallic blanks to the front ejector concurrently with the ejection of the first one of the metallic blanks by the front ejector, wherein ejecting the second one of the metallic blanks further comprises ejecting the second one of the metallic blanks to the front ejector in the predetermined direction using an ejecting mechanism of a rear ejector and storing the ejecting mechanism in a cavity of the rear ejector until the ejecting mechanism is needed to eject the second one of the metallic blanks to the front ejector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.