Abstract: A head rotatable about an axis for machining and simultaneously polishing the peripheral surfaces of shafts or the like, comprises a support plate provided with a central opening through which a shaft to be machined and polishing may extend. A plurality of tool supports are mounted in a star-like manner on the support plate adjustable in radial direction toward a shaft extending through the central opening. The tool supports alternatingly carry at inner ends knives or polishing rolls. A central adjustment device is provided for simultaneously adjusting of the tools carried by the tool supports through equal distances in radial direction toward the workpiece. The central adjustment is carried out by a plurality of angular drives, each including a bevel gear for each tool support and at least one gear ring with which the bevel gears mesh.

Abstract: In an improved crank press arrangement including a sled which is reciprocally mounted on the frame of the arrangement. A toggle lever is pivotably mounted on the sled. One arm of the toggle lever has a cam-follower roller whereas the other arm coacts with an ejector arm slidably mounted in the sled. A crank drive reciprocates the sled. A control cam is in contact with the cam-follower. The ejector rod coacts with a blank and a die to form a workpiece. The crank drive and control arm are operatively connected by means of a gear train. The contour and shape of the control cam is such that while the cam-follower roller is in continuous contact therewith, nevertheless a temporary standstill of the ejector rod occurs during the operative cycle of the arrangement.

Abstract: In an automatic screw thread cutting machine having a clamping carriage for clamping an elongated workpiece, one end portion of which is to be provided with a screw thread, and a spindle coaxially arranged with a workpiece held by said clamping carriage and carrying at one end thereof facing the end portion of the workpiece a screw cutting tool and being driven over a stepdown gearing from a motor, an advancing mechanism for advancing the clamping carriage towards said spindle and including a rod connected to the carriage and having a pair of opposite smooth parallel friction surfaces and a friction wheel driven by the spindle and pressed against one of the friction surfaces while the other friction surface is engaged by a counter roll. The friction wheel is exchangeble against a friction wheel of different diameter to thereby change the speed of advancement of the carriage.

Abstract: A gripping arrangement for longitudinally advancing elongated workpieces, particularly for use in a drawing bench, a stripping machine and the like, comprises a pair of supports which are mounted on guide rails for movement in paths which are parallel to one another and to the direction of advancement of the workpiece, and coextensive. Jaw elements are mounted on the supports for movement therewith and for displacement between closed positions in which they engage, and open positions in which they are disengaged from, the workpiece. The gripping arrangement is located downstream of a die and operates in such a manner that always at least one pair of jaw elements associated with one of the supports engages the workpiece and advances the same in a given direction, thus drawing the workpiece through the die.

Abstract: Machine for simultaneous reduction and straightening of metallic tubes or rods has a reducing die which is mounted in the frame downstream of a guide for workpieces and upstream of a ring-shaped straightening tool whose axis orbits about the axis of the opening in the die. The outlet end of the internal surface surrounding the opening in the die tapers counter to the direction of lengthwise movement of workpieces through the die. The guide insures that the workpieces cannot be flexed upstream of the throat portion of the internal surface of the die, and a second guide can be provided downstream of the straightening tool to confine the flexing of the workpieces to the region between the throat portion of the internal surface of the die and the second guide. The tool is mounted in a spherical bearing which is installed in the eccentric bore of a sleeve driven by a pulley to rotate about the axis of the die whereby the tool orbits the axis of its passage about the axis of the opening in the die.

Abstract: A straightening machine for straightening elongated workpieces at high speed comprises a plurality of stands or frames mounted on a machine bed displaceable with respect to each other in the direction of the movement of the workpieces. Each stand comprises a cage provided with a set of four straightening rolls rotatable about the axis. Each cage is mounted on a cage holder on a guide adjustable in radial direction with respect to the workpiece axis and the guides on the plurality of stands are located in parallel planes normal to the workpiece axis, with the guides on successive stands extending normal to each other as viewed in the direction of movement of the workpiece through the machine.