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US 2011/0023567 A1Published application
Deformation of Thin Walled Bodies
AssigneeEnvases (UK) Limited
InventorsSantiago Garcia Campo, Juan Salz Goiria
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Abstract
A thin walled body is deformed in a process in which the body is gripped securely in a holding station and, whilst gripped in the holding station, tooling engages to deform the peripheral wall of the body at a predetermined wall zone. The tooling is provided at a tooling station which is adjacent the holding station during deformation. The predetermined wall zone is co-aligned with the tooling by rotation of the body about an axis prior to securing at the holding station.
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A method of deforming a thin walled body comprising:
- (i) holding the body gripped securely in a holding station;
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- (ii) whilst gripped in the holding station engaging tooling to deform the peripheral wall of the body at a predetermined wall zone, the tooling being provided at a tooling station which is adjacent the holding station during deformation;
- wherein the predetermined wall zone is co-aligned with the tooling by rotation of the body about an axis prior to securing at the holding station.
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Apparatus for deforming a thin walled body comprising:
- i) a holding station for holding the body gripped securely;
- ii) a tooling station including tooling arranged to engage with and to deform the body at a predetermined wall zone on the peripheral wall whilst the body is gripped securely in the holding station, the tooling station being positioned at a location adjacent the holding station and advanced relative to the tooling station for deformation of the body;
- iii) determination means for determining the orientation of the cylindrical body relative to a reference datum situation;
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- iv) means for co-ordinated movement to reconfigure the body about an axis of the body to accord with the datum situation prior to the body being gripped at the holding station in a fixed orientation for deforming of the wall of the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.