Abstract: The method includes the steps of placing a metal band (101) in a mandrel (102) provided at a machining tool; forming the metal band/work piece (101) for making a desired length of rim (201) and a wheel disc (202); spinning a nave portion (401) of the work piece (101) for shaping the wheel disc (202); spinning the work piece (101) for making a disc flange (502) and a gutter portion (504) of the wheel; rolling the rim portion to form the required gutter portion (504) of predetermined shape and thickness; spinning the rim portion further to form a tyre seat and well area (701); forming a flange flare (801) by bending the rim portion; forming the flange portion (901) of the wheel rim by bending the flange flare (801); machining flange edge (1201), nave (1202) and bore; reaming of bolt holes and chamfering bores at the wheel disk portion.

Abstract: A simplified wire bending machine is provided comprising a bending head with an integrated wire cutoff mechanism. The bending head comprises an inner portion, wherein the inner portion includes a wire bending channel; and an outer portion, wherein the outer portion includes a cutting edge and one or more bending pins. The outer portion is rotatable about the inner portion such that a bending pin is capable of bending a wire around the inner portion. Further, the outer portion is movable from a first position to a second position in which the cutting edge is configured to engage and shear a wire.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a round or oval shaped duct for all AC systems in one continuous operation where two driving rolls advance a flat metal sheet to at least one multi-positioning bending roll, where the at least one bending roll is moveable to a bending position for different curvatures and a non-bending position. The driving rolls advance the sheet through while the bending roll bends the sheet to form the curved sides, and the bending roll in the non-bending position form the flat sides of the oval shaped duct. A position sensor detects the position of the flat metal sheet in the rolls to control the location along the sheet where the bending roll is moved to either of the bending or non-bending positions while the driving rolls are stopped. An adhesive dispenser joins both ends of the sheet, resulting in a complete duct.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tubular core on which sheets of metal or other material can be wound and supported, for shipment, handling and dispersal, and a method for forming the core. The core comprises a metal sheet or strip which has a rectangular-ribbed cross-sectional profile comprising rectangular, flat ribs, and which is wound spirally into a tubular configuration. The core is formed by passing the strip through a plurality of roll-forming stands, to progressively form sections of the ribs and progressively define the sections into the rectangular ribbed profile in which the flat ribs collectively form a support surface for the sheets which are to be wound on the core.

Abstract: The Invention relates to a Kenter shackle for anchor chains, at least comprising two half elements which can be coupled to one another and a coupling piece element that can be introduced between the half-elements wherein the half elements each have an L-shaped or J-shaped configuration, wherein the external toothing having a plurality of parallel toothing planes is formed at the end of a short connection leg and wherein a receiving chamber is formed at the end of a long connection leg, having an internal toothing with a plurality of parallel toothing planes, into which the external toothing of the short connection leg engages, and wherein the connection legs are connected to one another via a curved clasp. In addition, the receiving chamber in the long leg is extended by means of a cavity above the end side of the external toothing of the short leg and/or above the uppermost toothing plane of the internal toothing pointing towards the clasp.

Abstract: Provided is a method for performing an external pipe thread process on a hollow blank by at least twice rolling, wherein amount of rolling wheels in a rolling wheel set, used in any two back-to-back rolling processes in a processing sequence, are different in parity. Further provided are various roll-processing modules and corresponding rolling apparatuses, achieving the above processing method and having a simple structure, portability and practicality. A hollow blank is not liable to deform when performing an external pipe thread rolling process thereon, thereby improving a processing yield.

Abstract: A die holder mounts a die to form heads on nails or screws. A top surface of the die includes a groove for longitudinally receiving and holding an elongate body. The die has a recess merging into the groove at one end of the groove to form a nail or screw head. The die is conical for press fit by contact with an inner surface of a bore or hole in the die holder. A top surface of the die is planar to a top surface of the die holder with a bottom surface engaging bottom part of the die holder. The bottom portion of the die has a recess or engaging with a corresponding protrusion die holder fixing an angular orientation of the groove relative to the die holder. Two opposite dies are brought together by two opposite die holders forming the head.

Abstract: A plastic working method for a magnesium alloy, wherein the magnesium alloy is subjected to a friction stir process whereby a probe at the tip portion of a tool rotating around an axial line is press-fitted to the surface of the magnesium alloy, the magnesium alloy is heated and softened by friction between the magnesium alloy and the rotating tool, and the tool is moved parallel to the surface of the magnesium alloy while the tool is rotated with the probe in the press-fitted state. When the length in a first direction of the region of the magnesium alloy being plastically worked is A, and the amount of shrinkage of the magnesium alloy in the first direction due to the friction stir process is ?, A+? is set as the length in the first direction of the region subjected to the friction stir process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a component for lifting, lashing or stop technology, in particular a shackle, for outdoor or offshore applications. Thus, a component for lifting, lashing or stop technology is provided and comprises a main body having an opening and at least one closable passage that further comprises a closing element by means of which the passage is closed at a closing position. A closure through which the closing element is held at the closing position is provided such that it is rotatable relative to the main body and secured against opening of the passage, and a closure lock is provided, which is automatically activated at the closing position and through which the closure is blocked at the closing position, said closure lock comprising a grip element used for releasing the closure lock and configured for operation by hand without the use of a tool.

Abstract: The invention relates first to a device for applying a pressing force, comprising two pressing jaws (25, 26) which can be moved linearly relative to each other via a hydraulic piston-cylinder assembly (8). Additionally, an actuation cone (13) is provided for an expanding device (36), said cone carrying out a forward and rearward movement depending on an actuation of the hydraulic piston-cylinder assembly (8). In order to advantageously develop the device, the actuation cone (13) is connected to the hydraulic piston (9) of the hydraulic piston-cylinder assembly (8) for the forward and rearward movement. The invention further relates to a device for applying a pressing force, comprising two pressing jaws which can be moved linearly relative to each other and which can be held in receiving areas and to a pair of pressing jaws.

Abstract: Described herein is a new method and device for operating a hemming head of the type comprising a hemming roller (101) and a second, opposed, roller (102), which are rotatable about respective axes contained in one and the same plane. The method includes variation of the position of the second roller that is opposed to the hemming roller as a function of a signal indicating the force exerted by said second roller on the metal sheet and/or as a function of a signal indicating the position of the head along the machining path.

Abstract: A body panel repair assembly for repairing a dent includes a block that is metallic and configured to conduct heat. The block is configured to couple to a head of a jack so that the jack is configured to position the block in abutment to a dent in a body panel. A heating element is coupled to the block. A controller is configured to selectively operationally couple the heating element to a source of alternating current so that the heating element is positioned to heat the block. The block is positioned to transfer heat to the dent in the body panel concurrent with the jack applying a force through the block to the dent to repair the dent.

Abstract: The Invention relates to a coupling piece element for a Kenter shackle for anchor chains, which shackle comprises two half elements which can be coupled to one another and between which the coupling piece element can be inserted. The coupling piece element has a base body with at least one transverse borehole. Furthermore two securing bolts are provided, which are mounted in at least one transverse borehole in the base body and can be slidably moved outwards by means of at least one spreader element. The laterally protruding ends of the securing bolts are spherical or conical in shape. The base body has protrusions and/or recesses on its side surfaces facing the half elements for positive guidance on the half elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a set of interchangeable crimp units for a crimping machine. According to the invention each crimp unit comprises an integrated sensor for measuring a crimping force or a crimping displacement during the crimping process.

Abstract: A binding machine includes a curl guide configured to guide a wire in a loop shape around a binding target and a twisting part configured to bind the binding target by twisting the wire guided in the loop shape around the binding target. The curl guide has a tapered protrusion at a tip end-side.

Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a curl guide configured to curl the wire fed by the wire feeding unit around an object to be bound, a binding unit including a twisting shaft provided to be rotatable around a predetermined axis, and a gripping part provided at one end side of the twisting shaft, wherein the gripping part is configured to grip the wire curled by the curl guide and the twisting shaft is configured to twist the gripped wire so as to bind the object, a binding machine main body having one end side at which the curl guide is arranged and configured to accommodate therein the wire feeding unit and the binding unit, and a setting unit provided at an opposite end side of the binding machine main body and configured to set a predetermined operation condition.

Abstract: A twisted wire producing apparatus includes an electric wire twisting unit that twists two electric wires, a controller that controls the electric wire twisting unit, and a tension adding part that adds tension to the two electric wires. The electric wire twisting unit includes a one end chuck part, the other end chuck part, and chuck rotating parts for rotating the one end chuck part and/or the other end chuck part under control of the controller. The other end chuck part includes a base, a chuck main body, twist prevention parts, and a wire length difference absorbing part. The wire length difference absorbing part includes an inter-electric wire inserting part which is movable in a direction perpendicular to the electric wires extending direction.

Abstract: A guard for a part to be shot-blasted and having an axis of revolution, the guard including: a cover and a chamber shaped for receiving the part to be shot-blasted; the chamber having at least one planar section with a shape matching at least one planar section of the cover; two side guards mounted on the part to be shot-blasted and having one degree of freedom relative to the chamber and the cover, wherein the cover, the chamber and the two side guards form a box for sealing the shot, the box including a window for projecting the shot, the surface of which matches a portion of a surface of the chamber.

Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit which feeds a wire, a curl guide which curls the fed wire around an object to be bound, a binding unit including a twisting shaft provided to be rotatable around an axis, a gripping part provided at one end of the twisting shaft and a drive unit provided to the other end of the twisting shaft, a control unit which controls the drive unit, and a binding machine main body which accommodates therein the binding unit and the control unit. When an inside of the binding machine main body is divided by a virtual plane perpendicular to the axis to be partitioned into a first space in which the gripping part is accommodated and a second space in which the drive unit is accommodated, the control unit is arranged in the second space in which the drive unit is accommodated.

Abstract: An apparatus that manufactures a closed-structure part includes a bottom portion and left and right side wall portions, including a press-forming die that form a plurality of first out-of-plane deformed portions and bent portions, the first out-of-plane deformed portions being formed in a region of a workpiece corresponding to the bottom portion and arranged along a longitudinal direction, each of the first out-of-plane deformed portions having a recessed shape or a protruding shape; a pad and a punch that squash the first out-of-plane deformed portions by clamping the region of the workpiece corresponding to the bottom portion therebetween, a cross-sectional shape of a pressing portion of the punch being curved along the longitudinal direction; and bending dies that bend the bent portions by pressing the punch into a space therebetween while the region of the workpiece corresponding to the bottom portion is clamped between the pad and the punch.