Process for continuously identifying drawn metal parts
AssigneeTruelove & Maclean, Inc.
InventorsJohn A. Benaglio, Grant Demerchant, Volker Seefeldt
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Abstract
Battery cans are produced in a continuous in-line operation from a group of drawing press tools. The streams of parts from each tool are merged into an ordered stream of parts without losing their identity as to the tool that produced them. The parts are automatically inspected and if parts from a particular tool are defective, the other parts from that tool are ejected from the line without ceasing operation of the stream of parts from the remaining tools. The operation continues through packing the parts in containers identified with the tool source of the respective parts.
Claims14
Process for continuously producing and packing finished drawn metal parts in containers identifiable by a tool from which the drawn metal parts were produced, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of identifiable drawing press tools;
- supplying each one of the plurality of identifiable drawing press tools with a supply of metal blanks;
- drawing the metal blanks in the plurality of identifiable drawing press tools and providing a plurality of segregated streams of drawn metal parts, each stream being associated with one of said plurality of identifiable drawing press tools;
- merging the segregated streams into a single ordered stream of drawn metal parts having a repeating sequential order enabling identification of the drawing press tool in which the drawn metal part was drawn;
- providing a plurality of containers each of which corresponds to one of said plurality of identifiable drawing press tools;
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- packing the finished drawn metal parts from the ordered stream into the containers respectively corresponding to the each of the identifiable drawing press tools.
Process for continuously producing and packing finished drawn metal parts in containers identified by a tool from which the drawn metal parts were produced, comprising the steps of:
- providing a source of initially drawn metal cups;
- providing a plurality of identifiable drawing press tools;
- supplying each one of the plurality of identifiable drawing press tools with a supply of metal cups from said source;
- drawing the metal cups in the plurality of identifiable drawing press tools and providing a plurality of segregated streams of drawn metal parts, each said stream being associated with one of said identifiable drawing press tools;
- merging said segregated streams into a single ordered stream of drawn metal parts having a repeating sequential order, said repeating sequential order enabling identification of the drawing press tool in which the drawn metal part was drawn by the location of the metal part in said ordered stream;
- providing a conveyor having segregated pockets for each of said drawn metal parts;
- inserting the drawn metal parts into the segregated pockets in said repeating sequential order;
- performing additional manufacturing steps on the ordered stream to provide finished drawn metal parts;
- providing a plurality of containers each of which corresponds to one of said plurality of identifiable drawing press tools;
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- packing the finished drawn metal pans from the ordered stream into said containers respectively corresponding to said identifiable drawing press tools.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.