Punching or nibbling presses having a turret
OwnerPhilippe L. Beauplatinventor
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Abstract
A puching press with a very strong main swanneck frame having an upper arm carrying a punching head equipped with an actuating slide, and a lower arm provided with an anvil. A rotary turret is provided with a plurality of punches engageable selectively with the actuating slide by rotation of the turret, and the turret is also provided with a plurality of punching dies each corresponding to a punch and locatable over the anvil by synchronous rotation with the punches. The turret is mounted on a second swanneck frame disposed outside of the slot of the first swanneck frame.
Claims5
A punch press apparatus comprising a punch press unit and a tool exchange unit fixedly connected to said punch press unit for operation therewith;
- said punch press unit having a C-shaped frame, an anvil supported by said frame, and a ram supported by said frame in opposite spaced-apart relation to the anvil and moveable relative thereto along a given path;
- said tool exchange unit having a C-shaped frame disposed in laterally spaced relation to the C-shaped frame of the punch press unit, the openings of said C-shaped frames being in generally facing relation to each other, said tool exchange unit having turret means supported by the frame of such unit for rotation relative thereto about a fixed axis to selectively position punch and die sets carried by the turret means into registry with said ram and anvil.
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