Abstract: A punch and die assembly for forming a spot clinch joint between two or more laminated sheets, the assembly including a frame having a die cartridge and a punch cartridge mounted thereon, the die cartridge including a housing having a slitting and forming slot, a moveable die block forming one side of the slot, an anvil positioned in the housing and projecting into the slitting and forming slot, a spring for biasing the anvil into the slot and an adjustable screw assembly for limiting the motion of the anvil to correspond to the thickness of the laminated material; the punch cartridge including a housing having a punch mounted therein for reciprocal motion toward and away from the anvil; and a power source mounted on the frame and being operatively connected to move the punch through a continuous cycle of motion whereby a spot clinch joint will be formed on one side of the anvil in the laminated sheet material when placed in the space between the anvil cartridge and punch cartridge in each cycle of motion of

Abstract: A vertically extending heat exchanger is provided in which an elongated dasher is rotatably mounted within an upright cylindrical chamber. The exterior surface of the dasher coacts with the interior surface of the chamber to form a product flow passage. The opposite side of the chamber interior surface is in contact with a heat exchange medium. The dasher is selectively movable longitudinally of the chamber between operative and inoperative modes. When in the operative mode, the dasher is fully assembled within the chamber and is supported at opposite ends by upper and lower endwall assemblies, the latter being mounted, respectively, on the upper and lower exterior end portions of the chamber. The dasher is movable to the inoperative mode when the lower endwall assembly is disassembled from the chamber and the dasher is lowered through the lower end portion of the chamber.