Abstract: In a process for cooling hot rolled metal plates (16) and strips, especially such of aluminium or an aluminium alloy, a hot rolled strip (12) is cut to plates (16) immediately after it emerges from a rolling mill (10). Immediately after the cutting to length, the plates (16) pass through a cooling station (20) where they are jetted directly with water from flat stream nozzles (52). The water stream (W) emerging from the flat stream nozzles (52) form essentially a plane (E) which is directed at the plate surface (32). Immediately after it leaves the flat stream nozzle (52), the water stream (W) is periodically deflected by means of streams (A, B) of air or water in such a manner that the water stream (W) striking the plate surface (32) performs a wiping action.

Abstract: A bending block for bending the rolls of cluster roll stands is rigidly connected on both sides of the chocks of the pair of rolls to be bent to the windowed housing posts of the roll housing or to units for the horizontal stabilization of the rolls. The bending block has bending jaws which are slidably guided in both bending directions and are driven by means of piston-cylinder units. The chocks or the units for horizontal stabilization have pressure receiving surfaces and the bending jaws have pressure contact surfaces which act on the pressure receiving surfaces in one or the other bending direction. Each bending jaw includes a pair of partial bending jaws which can be moved independently of each other and in opposite directions, wherein the pressure contact surfaces of each partial bending jaw corresponds to one or the other bending direction.

Abstract: The invention is a cold rolling process which converts rods of hot rolled metal into strips with width to thickness ratios as high as approximately 17 to 1. The process cools the rod between successive rolling mills and employs feed backward tension controls to direct the speed of each individual upline rolling mill in order to reduce the thermal and mechanical shock experienced by the rod as it is flattened into a strip.

Abstract: A mill including large-diameter work rolls which are directly driven is disposed in an upstream stage of a hot strip finish rolling mill train, and mills including small-diameter work rolls which are driven by back-up rolls or intermediate rolls are disposed in middle and downstream stages of the hot strip finish rolling mill train, so that a strip can be rolled with strong draft and at a low speed, whereby a small-scale production of hot strips on the order of million tons annual yield can be achieved with a compact structure of equipment.

Abstract: A rolled metal strip which is free of torsion and on which a superior gloss is obtained by a combination of cross rolling and parallel rolling upon cold rolling a metal strip and by rolling the material in a parallel rolling manner in either at least the final stand (in the case of a tandem mill array) or at least the final pass (in the case of a single stand mill such as a reversible mill or the like). If necessary, the metal strip is preliminarily rolled by cross rolling at a rolling reduction rate of over 5% and then cold rolled by either parallel rolling or a combination of cross rolling and parallel rolling.

Abstract: A guiding method and apparatus are presented for preventing the generation of lateral curving in a rolled slab produced in a roughing mill train, consisting of an edging mill and a horizontal mill in tandem, for example. The apparatus basically includes a first side guide placed upstream at the entrance to the edging mill, a second side guide placed downstream at the exit of the horizontal mill and a third side guide placed between the edging mill and the horizontal mill. The first side guide at the entrance to the edging mill synchronously closes the separation distance of the guide components upon the entry of the rolled slab into the first side guide, leaving a narrow space between the guide and the rolled slab. The third side guide closes the separation spacing based on slab exit timing representing the instant the tail end of the rolled slab passes through the edging mill. The second side guide assumes a narrow separation distance when the head end of the rolled slab enters therebetween.

Abstract: Equipment-holder bar (10) associated with a rolling mill stand (11) for the positioning and successive clamping in position of at least a guide box (12) to guide rolled stock in relation to a specific rolling pass defined by rolling rolls (47), the bar (10) comprising a slider (18) able to move lengthwise in both directions on a stationary body (13) solidly fitted to a frame (15) of the rolling mill stand (11), the slider (18) being positioned lengthwise by positioner means (37) consisting of an outer sleeve (21) associated with a rotary positioner shaft (31) set in rotation by a suitable motor, the stationary body (13) and the slider (18) including reciprocal guide means (16-17), the stationary body (13) and the slider (18) comprising lower guide means (16a-17a) and downstream inclined guide means (16b-17b) and also upper movable guide means (38), the stationary body (13) including a lengthwise lodgement seat (22) for the positioner means (37) and a part (45) extending upstream of the seat (22) and containin

Abstract: An arrangement for sealing without contact a gap between a separating wall and a work roll in the runout of a roll stand includes at an end of the separating wall a separating element which is arranged so as to extend approximately tangentially relative to the surface of the work roll and at a relatively small distance from the surface of the work roll and from the surface of the rolled material. The separating element has at least one supply duct for compressed air connected to a compressed air source, wherein the supply duct has at an end thereof a slot-shaped nozzle which is located at a small distance from the roll surface and extends along the roll surface in the direction of the roll axis. The blowing-out direction of the slot-shaped nozzle and a line extending from the nozzle opening perpendicularly relative to the axis of the work roll include an angle of between 0.degree. and 45.degree..

Abstract: In a method of making a head on an elongate blank (26), the blank (26) is moved into a die (16) having a bottom stop (28) such that part of the blank (26) extends outside the die (16) end opposite the bottom stop (28). The protruding part of the blank (26) is engaged by a pre-upsetting bushing (25) positioned in extension of the die (16) and a punch (27) is slidably movable in the pre-upsetting bushing. The bushing (25) and the die (16) are moved away from each other during the latter part of the deforming procedure. The movement of both the punch (27) and the bushing (25) with respect to the die (16) is positively controlled so that the bushing (25) and the die (16) are moved away from each other at the latter part of the deforming procedure, while the punch (27) continues to press against the blank in a direction toward the die (16).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an improved screw washer, an improved screw washer, and an improved mold for fabricating the improved screw washer. Using a selected metal plate having a thickness thinner than a nominal height demanded for a nut, the invention primarily aims to form an improved screw washer incorporating a nut satisfying the demanded height. The invention is to provide an improved method of manufacturing an improved screw washer, the improved screw washer, and an improved mold for fabricating the screw washer. Particularly, using this improved mold, the improved screw washer can easily be manufactured, where the above-identified nut is solidly bonded with the metal plate without being disengaged therefrom, and yet, a sufficiently lengthy tapped hole is formed. Structurally, a nut is formed in the state being continuous to a metal plate after punching out part of the metal plate.

Abstract: A method of making stock for fabricating a hollow metal ball bat, the stock having a barrel section, a handle section and a tapered section connecting the barrel section and handle section. The barrel section has a first inner and outer diameter. The handle section has a second outer and inner diameter. The second outer and inner diameters are smaller than the first outer and inner diameters. The tapered section has a variable inner and outer diameter along its length and a substantially uniform wall thickness.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming at least one curved, rectangular bodied surgical needle which comprises frame means, flat press means associated with said frame means for imparting first flat surfaces to opposite sides of at least a portion of at least one needle blank, curving means associated with said frame means for imparting an arcuate profile to at least a portion of the at least one needle blank and side press means mounted on said frame portion for imparting second flat surfaces to opposite sides of the needle blank, wherein said second flat surfaces are imparted substantially perpendicular to said first flat surfaces.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing steel bars wherein at least four individual bars are rolled at the same time from a single billet, thus increasing the production capacity of a given rolling mill operating at a predetermined velocity and designed to produce only one or two bars at the same time and without requiring tension relieving stations between the slitting box and the finishing rolling stands as in the prior art. The problems of uniform quality of final bars are solved by preforming the outermost elements of a multi-stranded stock with different shape and/or cross section as compared to the inner elements of said multi-stranded stock. An apparatus for separation of the individual elements of the multi-stranded bar is provided wherein the elements are separated at several stages starting with the two outermost elements in the first stage and continuing in the same order until the center elements are separated in the last stage.

Abstract: Flanged structural products are rolled directly from rectangular slabs using only a universal mill having web rolls of fixed width corresponding to a selected finished web depth of the finished product. Original slab width is dependent upon the area ratio of the web and flanges in the intended finished product.Flanged structural products are rolled directly from rectangular slabs using only a universal mill having web rolls of fixed width corresponding to a selected finished web depth of the finished product. Original slab width is dependent upon the area ratio of the web and flanges in the intended finished product. As the slab thickness is reduced between web rolls, flange rolls simultaneously apply pressure to the longitudinal edge surfaces of the slab, moving material toward the slab's center. The edge surfaces of the slab become upset in each pass so that the slab thickness at the edges exceeds the original slab thickness.

Abstract: A process for production of a two-part cage nut from a single metal plate. The cage nut includes a nut slidably carried on a holding part. The nut includes a base plate having a threaded sleeve. The holding part includes a holding plate having an aperture and a pair of side walls which are bent over the edge of the base plate of the nut. The process production includes stamping the holding part and nut from a single metal plate. The nut is joined to the base plate by a narrow connecting web. The base plate is then bent about the connecting web and positioned over the holding plate between the side walls. The side walls are bent inwardly until they extend over the side edges of the base plate of the nut. The nut is separated from the holding plate by shearing off the now bent over portion of the connecting web. The nut is permitted to slide between boundary tabs on a guide path between the side walls.

Abstract: In a six high rolling mill comprising each pair of upper and lower work rolls, intermediate rolls and backup rolls, at least the intermediate rolls of the work and intermediate rolls being adapted for shifting in axial directions thereof, each of the intermediate rolls has a barrel length longer than that of the backup roll such that barrel ends of the intermediate roll extend beyond barrel ends of the-backup roll at maximum and minimum shifted positions of the intermediate roll, thereby providing a six high rolling mill having a high mill rigidity.

Abstract: Wire is routed onto a bus plate by a wire routing device that comprises a wire feed mechanism and a non-rotatable wire routing head. The wire routing head has a horn that includes an inverted funnel shaped orifice. The wire feed mechanism pushes wire into the inverted funnel shaped orifice which routes the wire in wire receiving channels and passages of the bus plate in linear and non-linear patterns without any need for rotating the horn with respect to the bus plate.

Abstract: An apparatus makes self-piercing nuts from blanks (11) each having a cylindrical pilot portion (13) which has a raw unopened and unthreaded bore (12) and an end surface serving as a punch. The pilot portion surrounded by a rim (14) extending along a periphery a nut body, and an annular groove (15) is present between the pilot (13) and the rim. The apparatus has a punching die which has a boring punch (33) and a first cylindrical insert (35) fitted on the punch serving to open the bore (12). The boring punch has at its basal portion a tapered annular wall (34), and the cylindrical insert (35) having at its end surface an annular lug (36) capable of fitting in the annular groove. The tapered wall (34) radially expands an end of the pilot portion, so that its peripheral wall is forcibly slanted in a radial direction and an annular edge (13a) of the peripheral wall is stopped by an inner periphery of the annular lug (36).

Abstract: A threaded fastener has an eccentric tip with a smooth portion, a threaded portion and a cleaning recess formed into the threaded portion of the tip. The recess and tip are formed in the heading operation prior to rolling the threads onto the shank which provides better thread quality.

Abstract: An apparatus for assembling a fastener blank to a washer including a mechanism for supplying washers in a sequential manner from unoriented bulk to a desired oriented position and a mechanism for supplying fastener blanks having a shank and a head to a desired oriented position. The apparatus further includes an adjustable fastener driving mechanism for gripping individual fasteners by the shank from the fastener supply mechanism and inserting the fastener shank within an aperture of a respective washer with a very high degree of accuracy and low rate of rejection to accommodate fastener blanks having mis-shaped heads or heads which are off-center or off square with respect to the shank.