Abstract: A method of forming a closure member may include: providing a support member with an outer support surface; providing a member including a first member made of electrically conductive material, wherein the first member includes a first tubular sleeve extending along a longitudinal direction between a first top end and a first bottom end; positioning the member on the support member; applying a magnetic field on the member to deform at least a portion of the first tubular sleeve around the support member to form the closure member; and/or removing the formed closure member from the support member for subsequently fitting the formed closure member on a neck of a container or a closure body.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for a hat-shaped cross-section component includes a die having first molding surfaces, a pad having a second molding surface, a punch having a third molding surface, a holder having fourth molding surfaces, and a first restraint portion. An upright wall is molded between a top and each of flanges by moving the pad and the punch relative to the die and the holder, or moving the die and the holder relative to the pad and the punch. The first restraint portion is configured to, during a period from when a top forming part is sandwiched by the second molding surface and the third molding surface to when the upright walls are molded, suppress displacement of the top forming part in a longitudinal direction of the top forming part relative to the second molding surface and the third molding surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to food preparation appliance with a rotatable tool for chopping and/or mixing a food in a food preparation container, the tool being detachably connected to a shaft, which extends from outside the food preparation container through a passage toward the tool inside the food preparation container in order to be able to drive the tool to rotate. A locking mechanism is provided for producing a locked connection of the tool to the shaft and is equipped so that a releasing and/or a locking of the connection of the tool from/to the shaft can be performed from outside the food preparation container. The present disclosure also relates to an anchoring assembly for the food preparation appliance. It is thus possible to ensure a simple and convenient removal of a prepared food from the food preparation container.

Abstract: This torsion beam manufacturing method is for manufacturing a torsion beam including a central portion of which a cross-section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction is a closed cross-section having a substantial V-shape or a substantial U-shape at any position in the longitudinal direction, and a shape changing portion which has a connection region leading to the central portion and including a closed cross-section having a shape different from the shape of the closed cross-section of the central portion. This torsion beam manufacturing method has a compression step of thickening at least the connection region through application of a compression force in the longitudinal direction to at least the connection region of a torsion beam material to obtain the torsion beam, the torsion beam material being formed with the central portion and the shape changing portion.

Abstract: A fine blanking device and method for forming a friction plate with friction material layers. The fine blanking device includes an upper die, a lower die, a guide mechanism, a punch and a counter punch. Upper and lower blank holders are respectively provided at outer circumferences of the punch and the counter punch. The upper and lower blank holders are respectively provided with a buffer mechanism. Friction material powders are sintered on both sides of the base sheet. The friction material layers are trimmed and planished by hot pressing. The base sheet with the friction material layers is fixed by the upper blank holder and the lower blank holder. A tooth profile with an absolute shear fractural surface is formed. The fixing indentation of the V-shaped structure of the friction material layers is cut off for obtaining a finished friction plate product with the friction material layers.

Abstract: A template holding jig for holding a template for use with a router for routing a workpiece is provided. The holding jig may also be part of a workpiece joining jig that includes a plurality of templates. The template holding jig includes a template support, a workpiece support and a template guide. The template support defines a template support plane. The workpiece support defines a workpiece support plane extending perpendicular to the template support plane. The template guide defines at least one abutment preventing motion of a template located on the template support parallel to a first axis being parallel to the workpiece support plane and parallel to the template support plane. The at least one abutment permits motion of the template parallel to a second axis being orthogonal to the workpiece support plane and perpendicular to the first axis and parallel to the template support plane.

Abstract: A roll stand with at least one working roll for rolling strip material and with a hydraulic arrangement for controlling a roll gap of the roll stand, comprises at least one hydraulic adjustment unit for adjusting the roll gap, the hydraulic adjustment unit comprising a cylinder and an adjusting piston dividing the cylinder into a first chamber and a second chamber; a first double-acting valve arrangement and a second double-acting valve arrangement which are each connected to the first chamber and the second chamber for variable control of the adjusting unit, wherein the second double-acting valve arrangement is connected in parallel with the first valve arrangement and has a larger nominal volume flow than the latter; and wherein the adjusting unit can be pressurized with an working pressure of more than 200 bar.

Abstract: A hydraulically operated rotary pipe bending machine has a box (1) from which superiorly protrude a die shaft (2) that is rigidly connected to a die and integral with a die gear (29) being driven by an actuator (30) through a hydraulic circuit and being stopped by a limit switch device (8), and a counter-die unit (3) driven by a handwheel (4) in order to place an elongated piece to be bent against said die. The actuator (30) has a single-acting cylinder, having a piston (31) holding a rack rod (30a) engaging said die gear (29), the piston (31) being opposed in its travel by a return spring (33). The limit switch device (8) has an angularly graduated disc (10) mounted, manually adjustable, on the die shaft (2) and provided with a cam (16) designed to control said limit switch (17) of the hydraulic circuit.

Abstract: A manual automatic device configured for fitting cable ties around a bundle of cables or the like. The device includes a control interface allowing the user of the device to choose an operating mode that tightens but does not cut the cable tie and in which the electric motor which drives the cable tie in tension is controlled in reverse rotation to eject the cable tie before cutting. A method for controlling the device is also presented herein.

Abstract: A shredder includes a shredder box having first and second opposite end walls, and first and second opposite side walls that extend between the first and second end walls. The shredder further includes a shredder rotor positioned within an interior of the shredder box, an access door that is pivotally moveable, and a control system for monitoring various parameters to operate the shredder. A side access region is defined between the first and second end walls when the access door is in the open position. The side access region provides access to the shredder rotor and includes an open region defined between the first and second end walls at the second side of the shredder. The open region has an open top which is free of obstructions extending between the first and second end walls.

Abstract: A method for peening an obstructed region of a metal assembly that is obstructed by an obstructing part of the metal assembly is provided. The method includes determining an optimal peening path for treating the obstructed region irrespective of the obstructing part; identifying a portion of the obstructing part within the optimal peening path; determining a section of the portion of the obstructing part that is removable without affecting a mechanical integrity and functionality of the obstructing part; removing, by machining, the section so as to create additional space along the optimal peening path; and peening the obstructed region, a path of the peening at least partially crossing through the additional space. A method for peening a nuclear reactor pressure vessel is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for cutting a material, comprising: a frame body installed on a conveying path of a material; a cutting means, mounted on the frame body, for cutting an end portion of the material being conveyed; a laser preheating means for preheating the material by irradiating a laser beam onto the material before being conveyed to the cutting means; and a blocking and reflection means for blocking the laser beams reflected to the cutting means and re-reflecting the laser beam to the material.

Abstract: A manufacturing device manufactures a component having a hat-shaped section as a pad and a punch sandwiching a center portion of a metal plate, and a die and a holder sandwiching both side portions of the metal plate are moved relative to each other in the upper-lower direction. The manufacturing device includes the die, the pad provided inside an opening of the die so that the pad is able to move relative to the die, the punch arranged to face the pad in the upper-lower direction, the holder arranged around the punch so as to face the die in the upper-lower direction and be able to move downwardly, and a locking block provided on the holder. The locking block is moved from a non-facing position to a facing position and inserted between the pad and the holder after mold closing and before mold opening.

Abstract: A roll mounting system is provided that includes a roll assembly coupled to one or more rolls. The roll assembly is configured to position the one or more rolls using a tapered assembly for mounting or dismounting of the one or more rolls. Also, the roll mounting system includes a torque assembly coupled to the roll assembly. The torque assembly is configured to provide torque to the roll assembly for mounting or dismounting of the one more rolls.

Abstract: A crossbow correction device 16 for correcting crossbow of a steel strip S by a magnetic force during conveyance includes a plurality of electromagnets 57a to 57d, 67a to 67d arranged in a strip width direction of the steel strip S and facing each other so as to sandwich the steel strip S in a strip thickness direction, a moving mechanism 51 to 54, 61 to 64 capable of moving the electromagnets 57a to 57d, 67a to 67d relative to the steel strip S, and a controller 17 configured to operate the moving mechanism 51 to 54, 61 to 64, based on a current value flowing through the electromagnets 57a to 57d, 67a to 67d.

Abstract: A planar workpiece machining device has an upper tool and a lower tool that are movable toward each other in a reciprocation direction and in the opposite direction to machine a workpiece arranged therebetween. The upper tool has a clamping shaft, an upper main body, and a tool body arranged opposite the clamping shaft on the main body and having an upper bending edge. The lower tool has a lower main body, on which a counter tool body having a lower bending edge and a counter holder are provided. The lower bending edge is oriented facing the counter holder. The upper bending edge is stationary to the upper main body, and the lower bending edge is stationary to the lower main body. The upper bending edge is associated with an undercut on the tool body and the lower bending edge is associated with an undercut on the counter tool body.

Abstract: Tube bending systems configured to bend a tube. The tube bending systems include a tube bending device and a lubrication system. The tube bending device includes a bending device frame and a bending die assembly. The tube bending device is configured to bend the tube. The bending die assembly is mounted to the bending device frame and includes a bending die against which the tube is selectively bent. The lubrication system is configured to selectively direct a lubrication fluid to the tube proximate the bending die assembly.

Abstract: A tool includes an upper tool having a clamping shaft and an upper main body that lie on a common positioning axis, a processing tool opposite the clamping shaft that has at least one processing edge that extends at least partially along a holding-down surface of the main upper body, a lower tool having a lower main body with a rest surface for the workpiece and a lower positioning axis oriented perpendicular to the rest surface, a counter tool body on the lower main body, the counter tool body having a counter roller with at least one counter edge opposite the at least one processing edge of the processing tool, and a processing device adjacent to the at least one counter edge that has at least one curved counter surface oriented in the longitudinal direction of the processing edge of the processing tool.

Abstract: Electromagnetic manufacturing method and forming device of mesoscale plate are provided. The manufacturing method includes: oppositely and parallelly disposing a first workpiece to be formed on top of a mold, side-press restraining two ends of the first workpiece, and disposing a deceleration block on two sides of the mold; controlling the first workpiece to tend toward the mold and to be deformed under the drive of uniform electromagnetic force; and colliding a middle area of the first workpiece firstly with the mold under the drive of uniform electromagnetic force, and driving the speed of the middle area of the first workpiece to decelerate to zero. When an area close to the two ends collides with the deceleration block and until the speed of all areas of first workpiece decelerates to zero, forming is completed. Shaping is tending further toward the mold through electromagnetic force until completely fitted to the mold.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a bending die that has a simple configuration and is capable of bending a rod-shaped body in a three-dimensional XYZ direction quickly and reliably, the bending die comprising a pair of forming dies clamped in a Z direction, wherein the forming dies have, respectively, rod-shaped body-forming recess portions, and rod-shaped body guide portions for guiding a rod-shaped body to the rod-shaped body-forming recess portions, the rod-shaped body-forming recess portions are each formed into a shape with a semicircular cross section that defines, between the forming dies when clamping the forming dies, a long, cylindrical cavity for forming the rod-shaped body bent in a three-dimensional XYZ direction, and the rod-shaped body guide portions are each formed into a V-shape that spreads outward from both sides of each of the rod-shaped body-forming recess portions having a semicircular cross section.