Drawing and straightening unit for metal products, and corresponding method
AssigneeM.E.P. Macchine Elettroniche Piegatrici SpA
InventorGiorgio del Fabro
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Abstract
Drawing and straightening unit (10) having at least one first roller (12) and at least one second roller (16, 17, 18) opposite said first roller (12) with respect to an axis of feed (X) of said at least one metal product (P). The present invention also concerns an apparatus (100), comprising a feed unit (119) and a drawing and straightening unit (10), and a corresponding method to draw and straighten metal products (P) with said drawing and straightening unit (10).
Claims12
Drawing and straightening unit for feeding one or more metal products, comprising at least one first roller provided peripherally with a plurality of circular grooves able to accommodate at least one metal product, and at least one second roller opposite said first roller with respect to an axis of feed of said at least one metal product, characterized in that there are adjustment means able to move said unit in a direction of adjustment transverse with respect to said axis of feed so as to align one or more of said grooves with respective metal products fed by a feed unit disposed upstream.
Apparatus for working metal products comprising a feed unit, a drawing and straightening unit having at least one first roller provided peripherally with a plurality of circular grooves, characterized in that there are adjustment means associated with said drawing and straightening unit in order to move it in a direction of adjustment transverse with respect to an axis of feed of at least one metal product, so as to align one or more of said grooves with one or more metal products fed by said feed unit.
Drawing and straightening method for feeding one or more elongated metal products to a machine for working such metal products, comprising:
- a step of supplying one or more metal products to a drawing and straightening unit carried out by a feed unit which supports them slidingly,
- a step of drawing said one or more metal products by means of a drawing and straightening unit in which at least one first roller accommodates, in respective grooves, said one or more metal products which are simultaneously contrasted in position by at least one second roller with respect to an axis of feed,
- characterized in that between said supply step and said drawing step there is provided an adjustment step in which said drawing and straightening unit is moved in a direction of adjustment transverse with respect to said axis of feed so as to align one or more of said grooves with respective metal products.
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