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US 2016/0221065 A1Published application
Conversion system
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsGregory H. Butcher, Aaron E. Carstens, Patrick K. McCarty, Jason A. Davidson, Neil A. Zumberger, Kenneth E. Carper, Russell Bauer
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Abstract
A conversion system 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 system could include two crankshafts each actuating the tooling assemblies of two lanes. In an exemplary embodiment, each lane has a single associated crankshaft.
Claims20
A can end conversion system comprising:
- a plurality of press units, each press unit including a number of elongated sets of lanes, a crankshaft assembly, a first tooling assembly, and a second tooling assembly;
- each lane having a longitudinal axis;
- each crankshaft assembly including a crankshaft;
- each crankshaft including an elongated body having a longitudinal axis;
- wherein a number of crankshaft body longitudinal axes are substantially parallel to the associated lane set longitudinal axis;
- each crankshaft operatively coupled to an associated first tooling assembly;
- each second tooling assembly disposed in a substantially fixed position relative to the crankshaft;
- wherein rotation of each crankshaft moves the associated first tooling assembly between a first position, wherein the first tooling assembly is spaced from the second tooling assembly, and a second position, wherein the first tooling assembly is adjacent the second tooling assembly;
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- wherein each press unit crankshaft of said modular press unit number of crankshafts is disposed below the associated first tooling assembly and second tooling assembly.
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