Swaging technology
AssigneeMachine Solutions, Inc.
InventorThomas Motsenbocker
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Abstract
A swager for swaging articles, such as marker bands to a medical catheter, comprising an article input mechanism; a radial compression swaging head with a central swaging aperture, the swaging head being aligned and communicatively coupled with the input mechanism to receive an input article from the article input mechanism and to swage the article. The swaging head includes a plurality of swage elements; a rotatable slider plate; a plurality of track rollers; and a closer plate. An input mechanism is aligned and communicatively coupled with the swaging head to assist in delivering an article to the swaging head.
Claims19
A swage head comprising a first plate, a second plate rotatable with respect to the first plate about an axis, said second plate having a radially extending face, a plurality of swage elements slidably coupled to the second plate and having a swaging profile adapted to contact a product to be swaged and each swage element having a cam profile, and a plurality of slide rollers rotatably connected to the first plate and adapted to contact the cam profiles of the swage elements, wherein the swage elements are slidably connected to the second plate via retainers, each retainer axially extending from each swage element so that each swage element circumferentially overlaps the face of the second plate.
A swaging assembly, comprising:
- a. a swage head comprising a first plate, a second plate rotatable with respect to the first plate about an axis, said second plate having a radially extending face, a plurality of swage elements slidably coupled to the second plate via retainers which are slidably disposed in slots in the second plate, the swage elements having a swaging profile adapted to contact a product to be swaged and each swage element having a cam profile, and a plurality of slide rollers rotatably connected to the first plate and adapted to contact the cam profiles of the swage elements, each retainer axially extending from each swage element so that each swage element circumferentially overlaps the face of the second plate;
- b. a mount supporting the swage head;
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- c. a drive actuating the swage head and rotating the second plate.
A swaging system for swaging an article, comprising:
- a. a swaging assembly, comprising:
- i. a swage head comprising a first plate, a second plate rotatable with respect to the first plate about an axis, said second plate having a radially extending face, a plurality of swage elements slidably coupled to the second plate via retainers which are slidably disposed in slots in the second plate, each retainer axially extending from each swage element so that each swage element circumferentially overlaps the face of the second plate, the swage elements having a swaging profile adapted to contact a product to be swage and each swage element having a cam profile, and a plurality of slide rollers rotatably connected to the first plate and adapted to contact the cam profiles of the swage elements;
- ii. a mount supporting the swage head;
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- iii. a drive actuating the swage head and rotating the second plate;
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- b. an article input assembly for orienting an article for swaging with respect to the swaging assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.