Method for manufacturing swaging rings

A method for manufacturing a plurality of swaging rings from a continuous strip of metal comprising the steps of:

• a) feeding a first end of a metal strip into a stamping press;
• b) stamping the metal strip to form a compressed strip end of a first ring and an adjacent compressed strip end of a second ring, the stamping operation compressing each strip end to about one-half the thickness of the metal strip and forming at least two interlocking means on each compressed end;
• c) trimming the displaced metal from the edges of the compressed strip ends such that the compressed strip ends are the same width as the metal strip;
• d) cutting the metal strip between the compressed strip end of a first ring and the adjacent compressed strip end of a second ring;
• e) feeding a length of the metal strip into the stamping press, the length of the metal strip corresponding to a circumference of the ring to be swaged;
• f) repeating steps a-e to form a plurality of metal strips having compressed ends with interlocking means;
• g) forming a plurality of plates, each for securing the compressed strip ends of each metal strip, said plates having the same width and about one-half the thickness of the metal strip and including complementary interlocking means for receiving the interlocking means of the compressed strip ends;
• h) rolling each of the metal strips until the compressed strip ends of a respective metal strip are abutted to form a housing for receiving the plate;
• I) inserting the plate into the housing and securing the interlocking means of the compressed strip end into the complementary interlocking means of the plate to form a swaging ring;
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• j) repeating steps h and i to form a plurality of swaging rings.

A method for manufacturing a plurality of swaging rings from a continuous strip of metal comprising the steps of:

• a) feeding a first end of a metal strip into a stamping press;
• b) stamping the metal strip to form a compressed strip end of a first ring and an adjacent compressed strip end of a second ring, the stamping operation compressing each strip end to about one-half the thickness of the metal strip and forming at least two interlocking means on each compressed end;
• c) trimming the displaced metal from the edges of the compressed strip ends such that the compressed strip ends are the same width as the metal strip;
• d) cutting the metal strip between the compressed strip end of a first ring and the adjacent compressed strip end of a second ring;
• e) feeding a length of the metal strip into the stamping press, the length of the metal strip corresponding to a circumference of the ring to be swaged;
• f) repeating steps a-e to form a plurality of metal strips having compressed ends with interlocking means;
• g) forming a plurality of plates, each for securing the compressed strip ends of each metal strip, said plates having the same width and about one-half the thickness of the metal strip and including complementary interlocking means for receiving the interlocking means of the compressed strip ends;
• h) securing the complementary interlocking means of a plate to the interlocking means to a first compressed strip end of a respective metal strip;
• I) rolling the metal strip until the first compressed strip end is abutted to a second compressed strip end of the metal strip;
• j) securing the interlocking means of the second compressed strip end into the complementary interlocking means of the plate to form a swaging ring;
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• k) repeating steps h through j to form a plurality of swaging rings.