Mobile flange press and method
AssigneeABL Fabricators, Inc.
InventorsRussel Andras, Kenneth Caillouet
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Abstract
A mobile flange press adapted to be mounted on a flange of a workpiece I-beam and moved thereon including at least one clamp that contacts an underside of the flange of the workpiece I-beam, at least one hydraulic cylinder adapted to apply vertical downward pressure on the flange with resulting upward pressure at the ends of the flange to straighten the flange, and a drive mechanism for moving the mobile flange press along the flange of the workpiece I-beam to another portion of the flange. In addition, a method of straightening flanges of a workpiece I-beam where the mobile flange press is moved along the workpiece I-beam while straightening the flange.
Claims40
A mobile flange press adapted to be mounted on a flange of a workpiece I-beam and moved thereon, the mobile flange press comprising:
- at least one clamp that contacts an underside of the flange of the workpiece I-beam;
- at least one hydraulic cylinder adapted to apply vertical downward pressure on the flange to straighten said flange;
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- a drive mechanism for moving said mobile flange press along the flange of the workpiece I-beam to another portion of the flange.
A method of straightening flanges of a workpiece I-beam comprising the steps of:
- placing a mobile flange press on top of a first portion of the flange of the workpiece I-beam;
- securing said mobile flange press to the first portion of the flange of the workpiece I-beam;
- applying pressure to the first portion of the flange to straighten the first portion of the flange;
- unsecuring said mobile flange press from the first portion of the flange;
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- moving said mobile flange press along the top of the flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.