Tool for wire forming
AssigneeCAES Systems LLC
InventorBrent Pena
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Abstract
A tool for wire forming is provided. The tool for wire forming may include a first anvil having a first chamber. The tool for wire forming further includes a second anvil having a second chamber. The tool for wire forming further includes a mandrel having a first portion disposed in the first chamber, a second portion disposed in the second chamber, and a third portion in between the first portion and the second portion. The third portion may include a recess configured to receive a wire. The second anvil may be configured to be actuated from an open position to a closed position to transform the wire into a formed wire.
Claims11
A tool for producing a formed wire, the tool comprising:
- a first anvil comprising a first chamber;
- a second anvil comprising a second chamber;
- and
- a mandrel having a cylindrical shape, wherein the mandrel has a first portion disposed in the first chamber, a second portion disposed in the second chamber, and a third portion in between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the third portion comprises a recess configured to receive a wire, wherein the recess is in the third portion is cylindrical in shape and oriented perpendicular to a central axis of the cylindrical shape of the mandrel, wherein the second anvil is configured to be actuated from an open position to a closed position to transform the wire received into the recess into the formed wire, and wherein to actuate the second anvil from the open position to the closed position includes:
- rotating the second anvil with respect to the first anvil and the mandrel;
- and
- after rotating the second anvil, pushing the second anvil towards the first anvil and over at least a portion of the third portion of the mandrel.
A method for producing a formed wire, the method comprising:
- placing a wire into a recess of a mandrel, wherein the mandrel has a cylindrical shape, wherein the mandrel has a first portion disposed in a first chamber of a first anvil, a second portion disposed in a second chamber of a second anvil, and a third portion in between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the recess is in the third portion is cylindrical in shape and oriented perpendicular to a central axis of the cylindrical shape of the mandrel;
- actuating the second anvil from an open position to a closed position to transform the wire into the formed wire by:
- rotating the second anvil with respect to the first anvil from a first position to a second position to transform the wire into a curved wire;
- and
- pushing, after rotating the second anvil, the second anvil towards the first anvil and over at least a portion of third portion of the mandrel, to transform the curved wire into the formed wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.