Abstract: Aluminum or aluminum alloy scraps or wastes are broken into chips and extruded under a high temperature to produce extruded structural profiles. The method is characterized by the fact that the interior of the extruder is evacuated prior to or simultaneously with the extrusion step so as to exhaust air entrapped in the body of the chips. There is also disclosed apparatus suitable for performing the method.

Abstract: A wound core is formed by forming a core element having slots for inserting a wire and teeth with equal spaces on one side of a band steel sheet; and winding the core element by engaging pins and applying local stress at the part of the slots to the opposite side to deform the core element to sequentially bend it in a multi-angle structure and to wind it helically.

Abstract: Apparatus for winding a linear, elongated object into a coil including a bending roller assembly for bending the linear, elongated object into loops of the coil, and a leveling device for bringing the curvature of the coil to a predetermined level. The leveling device includes a base movable toward and away from the bending roller assembly so as to adjust the spacing between the bending roller assembly and the base, a plurality of sliders supported by the base and located circumferentially of the coil in spaced relation to one another for movement in sliding motion toward and away from the center of curvature of the coil, a plurality of leveling roller assemblies each supported by one of the sliders for imparting a bending moment to the coil to correct the curvature thereof to a desired value, and an actuator for radially positioning the sliders in accordance with the spacing between the bending roller assembly and the base.

Abstract: A method of forming flat four-sided fastener parts from an elongated strip of sheet material by causing the material to progressively pass through a work station where a series of longitudinally spaced openings are formed in the material, and thereafter the material is periodically severed along an irregular line extending from one side to the other of the sheet material for the purpose of separating individual fastener parts from the material.

Abstract: Apparatus for making flanges for large diameter pipe from bar stock of the type having a generally rectangular cross-section includes a substantially flat work surface for supporting the bar stock, a rotatable die position adjacent to the work surface and a drive shaft coupled to a motor for rotation of the die. A bonnet surrounds the die for applying pressure against the bar stock in directions toward the work surface, the bonnet being rotatable with the die and the drive shaft. One end of the bar stock is pinned to the peripheral edge of the bonnet such that the bar stock is bent about one short side thereof and wrapped around the die. The wrapped bar stock, in the form of a helical coil, is severed along a line substantially normal to the long sides thereof to form a plurality of C-shaped members, and the ends of the C-shaped members are joined into an endless loop so as to form the desired flange.

Abstract: The NC coil spring manufacturing apparatus of this invention is an apparatus for manufacturing a variety of coil springs according to predetermined programs controlled by instruction signals transmitted from a microcomputer, comprising a pitch feed mechanism for enabling a pitch tool to start and stop quickly for and at an end turn processing position, a diameter tool feed mechanism for enabling a coiling point to shift quickly against the thrust by an element wire, a means for digitally measuring the dimensions of a wound coil spring, and a means for selecting the coil spring according to the result of such measurement, and employing a pulse motor for driving feed rollers for element wire, controlled by the computer and requiring only a simple control circuit; thus manufacturing precise and uniform coil springs efficiently.

Abstract: The device bends pipes into a serpentine pipe bank having right-hand and left-hand bends, with the pipe being held, during the bending operation, in a bending rail and the pipe end to be bent being clamped in a bending form. The bending rail and the bending form are mounted in a cylindrical frame which is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the pipe to be bent. After each formation of two 90.degree. bends, or one 180.degree. bend, the frame is rotated through 180.degree. with the pipe remaining stationary and with the bending rail and bending form completely disengaged from the pipe. The bending rail is adjustable in the frame to fixed positions in accordance with the diameter of the pipe to be bent, and the bending form, together with clamping jaws associated therewith, is pivotally mounted in the frame for swinging about an axis perpendicular to the axis of the pipe.

Abstract: A method of hot-stretching a cable and an apparatus for practicing the same in which first, second and third capstans of different diameters, having a common rotating shaft, and having grooves on the circumferential surfaces thereof for winding the cable a plurality of turns are provided in parallel between a stranding machine and a winding machine but on the side of the stranding machine. First and second guide pulleys are provided in parallel on the side of the winding machine, and the cable is wound around said winding machine through the first capstan, the first guide pulley, the second capstan, the second guide pulley and the third capstan. A front heat treatment equipment for heating the cable is provided between the first and second capstans, and a rear heat treatment equipment for heating the cable is provided between the second and third capstans.

Abstract: A heavy duty press mechanism, whose ram is driven by means of an eccentric crank and pitman, carries a head with four aligned indention punches for distorting thread pitch simultaneously on four axially aligned hex nuts. A feed track system feeds a row of axially aligned hex nuts under the punch head. A reciprocating ejector-stop, synchronized with the punch ram, simultaneously ejects a group of four indented nuts and defines a stop for the following group of nuts at the indention station. A feed system includes an axial feed track for feeding nuts to the indention station, a lateral feed track, and a transfer speed coupler coupling these tracks. A vibrating hopper feeds laterally aligned nuts into the lateral feed track, where a single row of side-by-side nuts is fed by gravity to the speed coupler. The speed coupler effects a transfer from lateral feed to axial feed into the axial feed track.

Abstract: A tool for wrapping wire on a terminal post which includes a rod-like member having an axial end face with a terminal pin receiving bore therein. A configuration on the axial end face is provided to cause wire to wrap around the terminal when the rod is rotated. A slot open to the periphery of the rod is provided communicating with the axial end face, the slot lying on an angle to the axis. The slot extends partway through the rod forming a periphery which is axially spaced from the end face and which is axially arcuate on a radius having a center point at or spaced outward from the axial end face. The slot is adapted to receive the wire. The rod is axially movable with respect to a cut-off formed as an axial open end of a tubular member receiving the rod.

Abstract: An improved press cushion includes a piston which is disposed within a cylinder chamber. The head end of the cylinder chamber is arranged for communication with a compressed fluid, such as nitrogen gas. The rod end of the cylinder chamber is arranged for communication with a source of air which is free of contaminants found in the immediate environment of the cylinder assembly. Although clean air could be obtained from the atmosphere at a location spaced from the press, the rod end of the cylinder is advantageously connected to a low pressure supply of clean air.

Abstract: Rivet has a high strength body and a metallurgically bonded cladding that provides corrosion resistance. Clad wire is fed to rivet header which is dimensioned so that, when heading die strikes, hydro-dynamic flow of the cladding correctly distributes the cladding.

Abstract: A hot strip coiling mandrel has a mechanism for engaging a plurality of equally circumferentially divided drum segments about a core shaft and for moving the core shaft or the drum segments relatively axially to thereby radially expand and collapse the drum defined by the segments. Top marks caused at the leading coil end of a hot strip by the use of such a mandrel are prevented by the provision of a buffer between the core shaft and each of the drum segments.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a printed circuit board is disclosed. The method comprises forming a metal substrate having a through-hole pattern. The metal substrate is coated with a dielectric powder having a suitable flow length value to form a dielectric coat on the substrate having a sufficient through-hole edge coverage. The dielectric coated substrate is then treated with a second powder to form a satisfactory topcoat thereon. Electrical circuitry is then formed on the topcoat in conjunction with the through hole pattern.

Abstract: The invention provides an improved method and apparatus for pipe bending. In the method a leading portion of a length of pipe is heated and bent around a mandrel into a pipe bend, whereafter it is hot calibrated or sized to finished dimensions and at the same time cut off and trimmed to size at both ends. In a machine for carrying out the method, there are a heating chamber and an interchangeable bending mandrel. At the end of the bending mandrel there is a horizontally functioning calibrating or sizing device. A severing device is both in front of and behind the calibrating device for cutting off and trimming the pipe bend, and the pipe bend is movable both longitudinally and/or transversely in the horizontal plane.

Abstract: A method for winding a spiral coil involving the steps of winding a metal band on a mandrel in advance of the mandrel continuously forming a succession of regularly-spaced deformations in the band edges which protrude alternately from the opposite band surfaces to space the coil turns. During the winding, and for each successive turn, the sequence of deformations is shifted along the band, in one direction or the opposite, by a predetermined dimension such that oppositely-protruding deformation on adjacent turns come into tangential locking engagement with each other at the start of every succeeding turn and all projections on each turn come into such locking engagement. Apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A machine for forging the leading end of a metal screw blank comprising two pairs of complementary dies, one die of each pair of which is stationary and the other movable to and from the stationary die. The stationary dies are supported on opposite sides of a stationary die support and the movable dies on discrete movable die supports at opposite sides of the stationary die support. The movable die supports are connected to form a movable die assembly, are supported by linear ball bearings on cylindrical ways and are reciprocated as a unit by a pitman connected to a crankshaft by roller bearings, thus providing for the production of a forged blank upon each 180.degree. rotation of the crankshaft. The movable die supports are adjustable relative to the stationary die support and the roller bearings have preload adjustments that make it possible to maintain a precise clearance between the respective dies of each pair in their closed position within one hundred twenty seven thousandths of a millimeter (0.

Abstract: A method of threading short spool pieces prepared from lined pipe and a novel device for maintaining the short spool centered in a conventional pipe threading machine is disclosed. The device enables a person skilled in the craft to cut and thread short pieces of lined pipe without injuring or destroying the pipe lining.

Abstract: A spirally wound element comprising opposite polarity plates and interleaved separator is described, for use in electrochemical cylindrically configured cells. The cell pack has a uniform predetermined cross section irrespective of variation in component thicknesses as long as such thicknesses are within specified tolerances. A dual head, belt-driven winder and method are also described for producing the spiral cell pack.

Abstract: Hot-formed rod is prepared in a rolling mill by removing oxide from the surface of a nascent cast bar while the bar is in a non-oxidizing environment. Oxide is removed from the surface of the bar by means such as wire brushing, for example, with the oxide removing means and the nascent bar being enclosed in a non-oxidizing or reducing environment to improve the removal of existing oxide and to inhibit formation of new oxide on the bar while the bar travels from the oxide-removing means to the rolling mill to be hot-formed. Removal of oxide while the bar is in a non-oxidizing environment enhances the removal of oxide and lessens the unwanted removal of metal underlying the surface oxide.