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US 2016/0038994 A1Published application
System and Method of Making a Forged Part
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorPhillip Leicht
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Abstract
A system and method of making a forged part. The method may include forming a workpiece in a first die unit that may be disposed in a first press, transferring the workpiece to a tooth forming die unit that may be disposed in a second press, and forming the workpiece into the forged part by forming a set of teeth on the workpiece with the tooth forming die unit.
Claims20
A method of making a forged part comprising:
- forming a workpiece in a first die unit that is disposed in a first press;
- transferring the workpiece from the first die unit to a tooth forming die unit that is disposed in a second press;
- and
- forming the workpiece into the forged part by forming a set of teeth on the workpiece with the tooth forming die unit.
1 more element
A method of making a forged part comprising:
- forming a workpiece into a toothless drive pinion that has a stem and an enlarged head that extends from the stem with a first die unit that is disposed in a first press;
- transferring the toothless drive pinion from the first die unit to a tooth forming die unit that is disposed in a second press;
- and
- forming the toothless drive pinion into the forged part by forming a set of teeth on the enlarged head with the tooth forming die unit.
1 more element
A system for making a forged part comprising:
- a first press;
- and
- a first die unit that is disposed in the first press and that includes a first die assembly, a second die assembly, and a third die assembly that sequentially form a workpiece into a toothless drive pinion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.