Abstract: A wall has a fixed support plate and a die face. A transfer housing and an air cylinder have a cylindrical rod horizontally secured to the support plate. The housing and air cylinder are laterally reciprocable upon the rod. Fingers have lower free ends for receiving a workpiece to be cold forged and delivering the workpiece to a die. The fingers have an upper follower. The follower is vertically reciprocable to move the fingers between an expanded orientation for releasing the workpiece and a contracted orientation for retaining the workpiece.

Abstract: A work piece has an interior cylindrical component. The interior cylindrical component is composed of a beam. The beam is adapted to apply pressure to remove the work piece. An intermediate cylindrical component has four radial spaced cylindrical control arms, an interior flange and an exterior pair of semi-conical molding adapted to receive a work piece. An exterior cylinder housing is adapted to house the interior component and the intermediate component. The exterior cylinder housing has a plurality of bores and a conical recess. The conical recess is adapted to receive the molding arms of the intermediate cylindrical component.