Press system and shell feeding assembly therefor
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsDennis Cornelius Stammen, Steven Todd Albright, Bryan Lee Schoenlein, Neil Albert Zumberger, Edward Eugene Donaldson
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Abstract
A feeding assembly is for feeding material to a press system. The press system includes a shell press having a die set structured to form the material into a plurality of shells. The feeding assembly includes a support element, a feed roll including an integral shaft, a drive assembly driving the feed roll and including a motor and a drive shaft, the drive shaft, and a pinch roll cooperating with the feed roll to receive and move material therebetween. The longitudinal axis of the integral feed roll shaft is laterally offset with respect to the longitudinal axis of the motor drive shaft.
Claims16
A feeding assembly for feeding material to a press system, the press system including a can shell press having a die set structured to form said material into a plurality of beverage or food can shells, the feeding assembly comprising:
- a support element;
- a feed roll coupled to the support element and including an integral shaft having a longitudinal axis, the feed roll configured to feed the press system material of aluminum coil stock having a width of 50 inches or wider;
- a drive assembly structured to drive the feed roll, the drive assembly including a motor and a drive shaft, the drive shaft having a longitudinal axis;
- and
- a pinch roll structured to cooperate with the feed roll to receive and move said material therebetween,
- wherein the longitudinal axis of the integral feed roll shaft is laterally offset with respect to the longitudinal axis of the motor drive shaft,
- wherein the feeding assembly feeds the material of aluminum coil stock to the press system to make the plurality of beverage or food can shells at 450 strokes per minute (spm) or greater,
- wherein:
- the die set is disposed in a horizontal plane,
- the shell press has load conveyance equipment disposed at an angle outside of the horizontal plane of the die set,
- at least a portion of the load conveyance equipment is arranged above the feed roll and the pinch roll, and
- the load conveyance equipment is disposed at the angle such that one end of the load conveyance equipment is arranged vertically above the horizontal plane.
A press system comprising:
- a shell press including a base and a die set;
- a feeding assembly for feeding material to the shell press and between the die set to form a plurality of shells, the feeding assembly comprising:
- a support element,
- a feed roll coupled to the support element and including an integral shaft having a longitudinal axis,
- a drive assembly structured to drive the feed roll, the drive assembly including a motor and a drive shaft, the drive shaft having a longitudinal axis, and
- a pinch roll cooperating with the feed roll to receive and move said material therebetween,
- wherein the feed roll and the pinch roll overlap at least a portion of a base of the shell press;
- and
- conveyance equipment for conveying the shells,
- wherein:
- the die set is disposed in a horizontal plane,
- the shell press has load conveyance equipment and exit conveyance equipment,
- the load conveyance equipment is disposed at an angle outside of the horizontal plane of the die set,
- at least a portion of the load conveyance equipment is arranged above the feed roll and the pinch roll, and
- the load conveyance equipment is disposed at the angle such that one end of the load conveyance equipment is arranged vertically above the horizontal plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.