Abstract: The invention relates to a manufacturing process of aluminum alloy beverage cans by «Drawing-Ironing», characterized in that a friction higher between the bodymaker punch and the aluminum sheet than between the ironing die and said aluminum sheet is produced by at least one of the following specificities: An aluminum sheet with an internal surface significantly higher in roughness than the external one Ironing dies with rounded intersections between infeed as well as exit surface and the land, with a smooth surface in the working area and a short width of the land A bodymaker punch with an extra roughness and an isotropic texture. It also relates to a beverage can manufactured by such a process, and characterized in that its reflectance measured at 60° is higher than 73% just after the last ironing step.

Abstract: A modular rotary claw drill bit having a head is mountable at a body, the head mounting a plurality of front and gauge cutting picks. A cutting tip of each front pick is located at a different radial position at the head to optimise the flushing of cut material and to minimise pick wear during use.

Abstract: A face grooving tool body includes a blade portion having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, a first side surface and an opposite second side surface, and a front end and an opposite rear end. A longitudinal axis of the blade portion coincides with a primary cutting feed direction of the blade portion. An upper blade portion is associated with the top surface and a lower blade portion is associated with the bottom surface, the upper and lower blade portions being separated by a slit. The second side surface of the lower blade portion is curved around a second side surface axis of curvature parallel to the longitudinal axis. A key hole is formed in the blade portion. The slit includes a slit portion that has the shape of a concave function in a side view.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metallic component including the steps of providing a capsule, which defines at least a portion of the shape of the metallic component, arranging metallic material in the capsule, sealing the capsule, subjecting the capsule to Hot Isostatic Pressing for a predetermined time, at a predetermined pressure and at a predetermined temperature, and optionally, removing the capsule. The metallic material is at least one pre-manufactured coherent body, which pre-manufactured coherent body being made of metallic powder, wherein at least a portion of the metallic powder is consolidated such that the metallic powder is held together into a pre-manufactured coherent body. At least one portion of the pre-manufactured coherent body is manufactured by Additive Manufacturing by subsequently arranging superimposed layers of metallic powder.

Abstract: A grooving insert includes a front surface and an opposite rear surface, a first side surface and an opposite second side surface, and a top surface and an opposite bottom surface. The top surface includes a top front portion and a top rear portion, the top front portion having a cutting edge arranged symmetrically relative to a first plane. The bottom surface is symmetrically arranged in relation to a second plane, the first plane and the second plane forming an angle (?) of 0.5-5.0° relative to each other.

Abstract: A crusher unit includes a mainframe that supports a crusher suitable for crushing bulk material. The unit has a primary motor carried by the frame to drive a crusher via a first drive belt extending around a first drive pulley and a first flywheel mounted at the crusher. The unit further includes a secondary motor carried by the frame to provide a secondary drive to the crusher via a second drive belt extending around a first or a second flywheel mounted at the crusher and a second drive pulley.

Abstract: A crushing device includes a horizontal shaft impact crusher having an impeller rotating around a horizontal shaft and at least one curtain against which material may be crushed. The crushing device further includes a first feeding device for feeding a first type of material to be crushed to a crushing chamber of the horizontal shaft impact crusher. A second feeding device feeds a second type of material, having a smaller average particle size than the first type of material, to the crushing chamber simultaneously with the first feeding device feeding the first type of material to the crushing chamber. A mixing arrangement for at least partially mixes the first and the second types of materials with each other before bringing them into contact with the impeller.

Abstract: A gyratory crusher spider arm shield for releasable mounting to a spider arm is mounted in a position above and around the spider arm via locating feet and is maintained in the position by a fixating ring extending circumferentially around the spider arms and positioned at and above a perimeter of the spider.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coated cutting tool having a substrate and a coating, wherein the coating includes at least one layer of ?-Al2O3 with a thickness of 1-20 ?m deposited by chemical vapour deposition (CVD). A ?-scan from ?80° to 80° over the (0 0 6) reflection of the ?-Al2O3 layer shows the strongest peak centered around 0° and the full width half maximum (FWHM) of the peak is <25°.

Abstract: A rock drilling shank adaptor includes an elongate body having an internal flushing bore and an entry hole through the sidewall of the adaptor in fluid communication with the internal bore. The adaptor wall at the region of the entry hole is reinforced such that an internal diameter of the flushing bore at the reinforced region is less than an internal diameter of the bore at a position axially beyond the reinforced region.

Abstract: An actuatable boring bar is configured to place a cutting insert cartridge received onto the boring bar in a cutting position when the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the boring bar about the rotation axis reaches a centrifugal force threshold and in a non-cutting position when the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the boring bar about the rotation axis is below the centrifugal force threshold. The boring bar is further configured so that the cutting insert cartridge can be set-up onto the boring bar in the cutting position.

Abstract: A cutting tool, a turning machine including the cutting tool, and an associated method are provided. The cutting tool includes a tool bar extending along an axis, a cutting head located at the tool bar, and at least one sensor integrated with the tool bar or the cutting head. A rotational orientation of the cutting tool with respect to the axis is estimated based on output provided by the at least one sensor. In at least some embodiments, the at least one sensor includes accelerometers configured to measure acceleration in at least two directions.

Abstract: A metal cutting tool holder includes a tool holder body having a first fluid passage extending in a first direction between a first inlet and a first outlet, and a second fluid passage extending in a different second direction between a second inlet and a second outlet. The tool holder body has a cavity and the first outlet and the second inlet intersect the cavity. A member is positionable in the cavity such that a curved third fluid passage connecting the first outlet and the second inlet is formed at least partially by the member. The curved third fluid passage extends from a first end adjacent to the first outlet to a second end adjacent to the second inlet. The first direction is tangent to the curved third fluid passage at the first end, and the second direction is tangent to the curved third fluid passage at the second end.

Abstract: A slot milling disc has an outer peripheral surface provided with a number of cutting edges, an attachment arrangement allowing rotary preventing attachment of the slot milling disc to a rotatable mounting shaft and at least one flushing fluid channel having a confined cross-section and extending within the milling disc from an inlet opening located in a central part of the disc and configured to be connected to a source of flushing fluid to at least one outlet opening in the peripheral surface of the disc. The flushing fluid channel has an inner channel portion extending from the inlet opening towards the peripheral surface and ending before reaching the peripheral surface and at least one outer channel portion extending from the inner channel portion while changing direction of the flushing fluid channel and extending to the at least one outlet opening.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metallic component including the steps of providing a capsule, which defines at least a portion of the shape of the metallic component, arranging metallic material in the capsule, sealing the capsule, subjecting the capsule to Hot Isostatic Pressing for a predetermined time, at a predetermined pressure and at a predetermined temperature, and optionally, removing the capsule. The metallic material is at least one pre-manufactured coherent body, which pre-manufactured coherent body being made of metallic powder, wherein at least a portion of the metallic powder is consolidated such that the metallic powder is held together into a pre-manufactured coherent body. At least one portion of the pre-manufactured coherent body is manufactured by Additive Manufacturing by subsequently arranging superimposed layers of metallic powder.

Abstract: A process of producing a duplex stainless steel tube comprises the steps of: a) producing an ingot or a continuous casted billet of said duplex stainless steel; b) hot extruding the ingot or the billet obtained from step a) into a tube; and c) cold rolling the tube obtained from step b) to a final dimension thereof. The outer diameter D and the wall thickness t of the cold rolled tube is 50-250 mm respectively is 5-25 mm, and, for the cold rolling step, R and Q are set such that the following formula is satisfied: Rp0.2target=416.53+113.26·log Q+4.0479·R+2694.9·C %?82.750·(log Q)2?0.04279·R2?2.2601·log Q·R+16.9·Cr %+26.1·Mo %+83.6·N %+Z??(1) wherein Rp0.2target is targeted yield strength and is 800-1100 MPa and 0<Q<3.6.

Abstract: An abrasion resistant wear plate is mountable within a rotor or a vertical shaft impact crusher to protect the rotor from material fed into the rotor. The wear plate includes a main body that mounts and supports at least one abrasion resistant insert to define, in part, a contact face over which feed material is configured to flow.

Abstract: A hammer mountable at a rotor of a horizontal shaft impact crusher (HSi-crusher), the hammer including a front face, a rear face and at least one recess projecting inwardly into a main body of the hammer from the front face. The at least one recess being arranged to receive an attachment element to mount the hammer at a hammer lifting device.

Abstract: A multi-functional connector is arranged for connecting a functional drill element to a drill head, such as an extendable cylinder of a drill head. The multi-functional connector includes a first connecting element having a first receptacle, a second connecting element having a second receptacle, and a retainer element having a retainer opening. The first receptacle has at least two driving surfaces for transferring a torque in a first direction, the second receptacle has at least two driving surfaces for transferring a torque in a first direction and in a second, opposite direction, and the retainer element has at least one retaining section to prevent a movement of a second functional drill element relative to the second connecting element in a retracting position of the second functional drill element.

Abstract: A tool body and a tool for cutting machining, wherein the tool body extends in an axial direction and at least a portion of the tool body is formed with a solid outer jacket encasing a core structure. The core structure includes a three-dimensional open lattice structure attached to the outer jacket and made of a lattice structure material. The core structure further includes a filling structure of a solid phase filling material that is different from the lattice structure material, wherein the filling structure surrounds the lattice structure. The lattice structure and the outer jacket are manufactured using additive manufacturing and the filling material is added to the lattice structure in the form of a liquid or a powder, which is thereafter solidified.