Adjustable width blanking die apparatuses
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsThoney R. Charles, George A. Weiss
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Abstract
A blanking die apparatus includes a first blanking die including an upper die shoe including an upper die shoe cutting surface and a lower die shoe including a lower die shoe cutting surface. A second blanking die includes an upper die shoe including an upper die shoe cutting surface and a lower die shoe comprising a lower die shoe cutting surface. The second blanking die movable on a base in a feed direction to increase and decrease a dimension of a blank formed between the first blanking die and the second blanking die.
Claims15
A blanking die apparatus comprising:
- a first blanking die comprising an upper die shoe including an upper die shoe cutting surface and a lower die shoe including a lower die shoe cutting surface;
- a second blanking die comprising an upper die shoe including an upper die shoe cutting surface and a lower die shoe comprising a lower die shoe cutting surface;
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- a base, the second blanking die movable on the base in a feed direction to increase and decrease a dimension of a blank formed between the first blanking die and the second blanking die.
A method of forming a blank using a blanking die apparatus, the method comprising:
- moving a first blanking die in a feed direction relative to a second blanking die along a base changing a distance of a gap between the first blanking die and the second blanking die;
- cutting a first metal blank using both the first blanking die and the second blanking die;
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- cutting a second metal blank using the second blanking die as the first metal blank is cut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.