Reciprocating Die-Assisted Drawing of Shaped Metal Components
OwnerAdam Stroud, Mark O. Bordelon +1inventors
InventorsAdam Stroud, Mark O. Bordelon, John Klotz
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Abstract
A drawing unit with a segment reciprocating die for drawing metal segments comprises a tensioning device arranged to advance a shaped specimen through an array of dies that create a shaped orifice with the spacing formed between the dies. These dies segments act under the influence of a powered unit to move in a reciprocating motion that causes the spacings between segments to increase and decrease synchronously thereby shaping the metal segments.
Claims26
Apparatus for cross sectional reducing and straightening shaped metal segments comprising;
- an arrangement of reciprocating contact dies, means for delivering reciprocation motion and compressive force to the contact dies, a constraining mechanism to support and guide the contact dies segments, and a tensioning device that provides a tensile loading and axial advancing of a reduced segment exiting the reciprocating contact dies.
A method of shaping a metal segment comprising;
- a) providing at least one pair of reciprocating dies having contact surfaces,
- b) advancing the metal segment under tension through a space between the reciprocating dies, and
- c) impacting at least two surfaces of the metal segment with the reciprocating dies to shape the metal segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.