Conversion press
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsGregory H. Butcher, Aaron E. Carstens, Patrick K. McCarty, Jason A. Davidson, Neil A. Zumberger
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Abstract
A conversion press wherein a crankshaft drives the motion of the tooling assemblies within a number of lanes is provided. The crankshaft is structured to move the tooling assemblies associated with less than the total number of lanes. That is, for example, a four lane conversion press could include two crankshafts each actuating the tooling assemblies of two lanes. In an exemplary embodiment, each lane has a single associated crankshaft.
Claims18
A can end conversion system comprising:
- a housing assembly;
- a drive assembly including a motor;
- a plurality of press units, each press unit including a number of elongated sets of lanes, a drive assembly, a number of crankshafts, and a number of associated first tooling assemblies and second tooling assemblies;
- said drive assembly motor operatively coupled to each crankshaft;
- each crankshaft operatively coupled to an associated first tooling assembly;
- each first tooling assembly movably coupled to said housing assembly;
- each second tooling assembly coupled to said housing assembly;
- wherein rotation of each crankshaft moves an associated first tooling assembly between a first position, wherein the first tooling assembly is spaced from the associated second tooling assembly, and a second position, wherein the first tooling assembly is adjacent the associated second tooling assembly;
- wherein a number of said press units have reduced operational characteristics.
The can end conversion system of claim 14 wherein said drive assembly motor provides a load of about 60 tons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.