Tool pack assembly
AssigneePride Engineering, LLC
InventorRick Swedberg
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Abstract
A tool pack assembly having sensor plates to measure the temperature of a tool pack forming die and the forces exerted on the forming dies during can production. Each sensor plate may include at least one temperature sensor and at least one strain sensor for reading and transmitting temperature and strain data relating to the dies of a tool pack assembly. The data read and transmitted may be used to determine the concentricity of the punch of a tool pack assembly during operation making can bodies.
Claims18
A sensor plate assembly for use in a tool pack assembly, the tool pack assembly having a series of spaced dies used with a reciprocating can forming punch for the drawing and ironing of metal bodies in the high cyclic manufacture of container bodies, said sensor plate assembly being constructed and arranged for placement adjacent a spaced die of the tool pack assembly, said sensor plate assembly comprising:
- an annular sensor plate body having at least one strain sensor and at least one corresponding raised surface, said at least one corresponding raised surface configured to contact one of the dies in the series of spaced dies and to transmit force from the contacted die to said at least one strain sensor;
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- an electrical interface in communication with said at least one strain sensor of said sensor place body and being configured to provide an output signal.
A sensor plate assembly for use in a tool pack assembly having a series of spaced, annular dies for contact with a metal body held on a reciprocating can forming punch for the drawing and ironing of the metal body in the high cyclic manufacture of container bodies, said sensor plate assembly constructed and arranged for placement adjacent a die within the tool pack assembly and having the punch reciprocating therethrough, said sensor plate assembly comprising:
- a. an annular, ring-shaped sensor plate body, having a front side and a back side, said front side having a plurality of raised sensing surfaces, said back side having a plurality of strain sensors, said front side of said sensor plate body positioned so that said plurality of raised sensing surfaces are positioned and configured to contact one of the dies in the series of spaced dies and to transmit force from the contacted die to said plurality of strain sensors to thereby measure forces caused by the reciprocating can forming punch onto said sensor plate assembly;
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- b. an electronic element being in communication with said plurality of strain sensors of said sensor plate assembly.
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