Press for swaging metal sleeves

A press adapted for use in confined spaces for forming a workpiece, said press comprising a cylinder having a longitudinal axis with a piston therein and reciprocable along said axis, said cylinder having an end from which a pair of arms extend in a direction generally parallel to said longitudinal axis, the outer surface of each of said arms being planar with the distance between the outer surfaces of said arms measured in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis being less than the outer diameter of said cylinder, said arms also including tapered flanges, a bridging member in the form of a cap having tapered flanges thereon, said cap being detachably secured to said arms, with the flanges of said arms mating with the flanges of said cap, a first die part mounted for said reciprocable movement with said piston and a second die part mounted on said bridging member, said die parts cooperating together to form said workpiece by movement of said first die part toward said second die part in accordance with the movement of said piston along said axis.