Abstract: Conventional apparatus for pressing retaining rings into a track assembly do not properly line up with the retaining ring when the press is under the high pressure required. The subject apparatus overcomes this problem by providing a self-aligning anvil for driving a tool. The anvil has an adapter for mounting it to the press and an anvil member with a work surface for engaging the tool. The adapter engages the anvil member along a semi-spherical mating surface having a radius extending from the intersection of the centerline of the anvil and a plane extending through a tool land of the tool where it engages the workpiece. The anvil member is attached to the adapter by a pin attached to the anvil member which extends across the semi-spherical mating surface into a resilient member mounted in the adapter at its center.

Abstract: A two-spindle machine tool having a fixed first headstock with a main spindle extending in a direction Z and with a chuck, and two tool heads with turrets further has a movable second headstock with a main spindle extending in the direction Z and with a chuck, the second headstock and the two tool heads being supported on respective slide mechanisms which enable them to move in the direction Z and also in a direction X perpendicular thereto relative to the first headstock, and which are so positioned as to enable the two headstocks and two tool heads to function in respective operational regions enabling machining tools held by the turrets to perform various modes of machining including independent but simultaneous machining of respective workpieces held in the two chucks and simultaneous or successive machining of a single workpiece held by either of the chucks.

Abstract: A tool for setting blind rivet nuts has a housing having a head defining a head axis, a pulling rod extending along and rotatable about the head axis, projecting axially forwardly from the head, and threadable into a blind rivet nut, and a hydropneumatic actuator including a rear air chamber and a source of air under pressure for axially displacing the rod along the axis between an extended position projecting axially relatively far from the head and a withdrawn position axially therebehind. A pneumatic motor connected to the pulling rod for rotating same in one sense to screw it into a rivet nut and for rotating the rod in the opposite sense direction to screw it out of the nut.

Abstract: A tool, used for forming a groove in a valve seat, having a tool main body which has a hardness greater than that of the valve seat, and an end portion with a circumferential surface which has a shape corresponding to the valve seat and is brought into linear or surface contact with the valve seat in an annular shape, and a wire which has a hardness greater than that of the valve seat and which is clamped between a circumferential edge of the valve seat and the end portion of the tool main body so as to cross the circumferential edge of the valve seat, wherein the tool main body is pressed until the circumferential surface of the end portion of the tool main body is brought into linear or surface contact with the valve seat in an annular shape and the movement of the tool main body is stopped, thereby forming an impression of the wire on the valve seat.

Abstract: A method for controlling the shape of a cold-rolled material which is capable of switching the roll coolant from a hot coolant to a cold coolant without changing the cooling capacity. The cold coolant is switched to a hot coolant as soon as the supply of hot coolant reaches a maximum flow rate and the flow rate of the cold coolant is controlled to be a value which gives a cooling capacity equivalent to that of the work roll by the hot coolant.

Abstract: A cross slide contour forming box tool which can be applied to automatic screw machines for contour forming desired contours on the outside of a workpiece. The contour forming tool is positioned to a transverse slide perpendicular to the drive axis. The transverse slide is driven by a pin and cam groove in the face of a cam so that the contour forming tool is positioned in accordance with the shape of the cam groove. The workpiece is rotated relative to the contour forming tool and the desired contour is formed on the surface of the workpiece.

Abstract: Metal working cutting tool with a cutting insert which can be inserted in a recess of a tool shaft and fastened therein by means of a clamping jaw, whereby the cutting insert has the approximate shape of a prism with two diagonal opposite cutting edges and along one of the two lengthwise edges are adjacent cutting faces, which form an acute angle with the respective opposite principal cutting pressure and support surface, so that the angle opens towards the pressure-feed and support surface, whereby in the area of the joint lengthwise edge of the cutting face, there is incorporated in the cutting insert a continuous longitudinal groove of which one of the side walls serves as a support area for the relief-cut pressure-feed and support surface of the recess of the tool shaft, and whereas the respective other side wall forms the support surface for a recessed clamping jaw which is located in a diagonal groove of the tool shaft.

Abstract: A metal working press having a base, a die set located over the base, and coaxial primary and secondary rams movable towards and away from the base to drive the die set through a working stroke and return it to an open condition. The die set includes upper and lower die assemblies and the upper die assembly is connected to the primary ram in such a manner as to prevent axial separation but permit lateral movement of the die set relative to the ram whereby the die set can be moved into and out of the press. The upper die assembly includes two die members which are relatively movable in the axial direction of the ram and the extent of that relative movement is preset by a lost motion mechanism existing in the connection between the primary ram and the upper die assembly and also by engagement between opposed surfaces of the two rams.

Abstract: A coil spring assembling machine with a row of clamp fittings for clamping coil springs in a row, and first sets of upper and lower coil drive planetary rollers at the infeed end of the row of clamps for infeeding upper and lower helical coils to connect the row of coil springs, at least one of the upper and lower clamps being replaced by a novel combination coil spring clamp and helical coil feeding unit with coil drive planetary rollers within the clamp jaws, for feeding the helical coils, the clamping jaws and feed rollers being simultaneously separable to allow release of the wire coils with release of the springs; a set of clinching units on the rear end of the row of clamps and a set of cutting and clinching units at the infeed end of the row of clamps, these units each having a rotational spindle with laterally offset, axially extending finger projections and an abutment surface for cooperatively clinching the ends of the helical wires, and the cutting and clinching units also having fixed cutoff blade

Abstract: A closed die forging apparatus has a fixed bottom die, and a top die at the bottom end of a piston rod depending from a top die carrier rigidly mounted to the underside of a ram. The top die carrier has defined therein a hollow in which a piston is received for up and down motion relative to the top die carrier, with the piston having the piston rod extending downwardly therefrom. A fluid chamber over the piston communicates with a parallel connection of low pressure and high pressure accumulator systems for successively storing the energy of the fluid in the fluid chamber which is pressurized as the ram decends further after moving the top die into contact with the bottom die. The apparatus may further comprise at least one side punch which is forced into and out of the die cavity by an actuating lever acted upon by another fluid cushioned piston built into the top die carrier.

Abstract: In rolling metal foils, such as aluminum foils, especially very thin foils in the range down to 10 .mu.m, an improved uniformity of the foil thickness over the width of the foil sheet and, simultaneously, greater rolling speeds of the foil sheet are obtained by operating the rolling apparatus at a working point of the rolling force/material-working or line force/deformation characteristic curve which lies below the saturation region in which, while the material-working or deformation is nearly independent of the rolling or line force, the rolling or pulling speed is determined by other parameters and can not be varied. The thickness variations occurring under this selection of the working point and due to variations in the rolling or line force over the width of the rolls are compensated by regulating the rolling or line force such that the thickness reduction is constant over the width of the sheet or has a desired profile of variation.

Abstract: A combination manual and automatic tracer lathe for cutting a work piece as disclosed. A cutting means for the work piece is movable longitudinally along the work piece and laterally movable into and out of engagement with the work piece while following a pattern. The pattern can be computer generated or mechanically generated with a pattern model. With either model, the cutting means is moved back and forth longitudinally along the work piece as successfully deeper or new cuts are made in the work piece according to the model.

Abstract: An apparatus for planing opposite sides of a workpiece has a housing having a lower part and an upper part flanking a passage through which the workpiece to be planed is passed horizontally in a travel direction. Respective upper and lower planing drums rotatable on the respective housing parts above and below the passage about respective upper and lower axes extend transverse to the direction and define on rotation respective upper and lower cutting orbits centered on the respective axes. The lower drum is upstream of the upper drum relative to the workpiece travel direction. A stationary workpiece support table between the drums has an upper surface level and tangent with the lower orbit. Thus the underside of a workpiece passed in the direction over the lower drum is planed and slides downstream of the lower drum on the table surface.

Abstract: A gear or rack-shaped tool for precision machining of tooth flanks of gears is provided with a coating of a hard material like diamond or cubic bornitride (CBN). In order to be able to apply this coating without any problems, the tool includes two connected halves. Each half includes a base member with teeth which project axially beyond one side of the base member every second tooth being removed. The projecting teeth of each half project into the gaps created by the teeth removed from the other half.

Abstract: A control for a folding flap of a folding cylinder in a folding machine of a rotary printing machine wherein a counterflap is adjustable with respect to a folding blade to a thickness of paper being processed, the folding flap being controlled by a closed cam, includes a roller lever formed of a first part mounted on a journal of the folding flap, and a second part bearing a cam roller, the first and second parts being adjustable with respect to one another for changing the angular position of the folding flap so as to vary a spacing between the folding flap and the folding blade.

Abstract: Apparatus for supplying and transferring electronic components includes a plurality of pallets each for receiving and holding one electronic component. An endless conveying mechanism conveys the pallets in an intermittent fashion in a substantially horizontal plane. A supply unit mechanism selectively supplies electronic components to the pallets.

Abstract: In the manufacture of a package used to hold liquids, wherein the package has a perforated or punched-out rip-out opening or a point at which a drinking straw can be inserted, wherein a cardboard web is coated on one or both sides, printed and processed into packages, the improvement which comprises advancing the web past a station prior to coating, and at such station punching or perforating the web at predetermined intervals at predetermined points while simultaneously applying to or impressing into the web register marks, whereby such register marks serve to ensure proper location of the subsequently applied print relative to the punched or perforated points. This differs from prior processes in that it involves perforating the cardboard web prior to both coating and printing, and thus is a simpler process resulting in a superior product.

Abstract: A hot wire has one end mounted on a pivotally supported arm which is biased to keep the wire straight and taut. The end of the wire is bent to an L-shape and is rigidly attached to the arm. Between the bend and the point of attachment, the wire is formed with a flexible portion which expands and contracts to compensate for pivotal movement of the support arm.

Abstract: In the manufacture of paper containers, a paper jacket is wound upon a first support mandrel. The wound jacket is transferred to a second support mandrel by a transfer device. A positioning device in the form of a circular ring is situated in front of the second support mandrel. The jacket is pushed through the ring en route to the second mandrel and thus becomes aligned with said second mandrel while simultaneously being shaped in accordance with the circular cross-section of the ring to conform to the circular cross-section of the second mandrel.

Abstract: Apparatus for straightening and severing coiled wire or rod stock has several sets of guides each of which receives stock from a different reel and each of which can be moved into and from register with rollers serving to advance the selected stock into one of several straightening devices. A synchronizing unit ensures that the placing of a selected straightening device into a portion of the path along which the stock advances toward and into the range of a severing device downstream of the straightening station invariably entails a movement of the corresponding set of guides into a preceding portion of such path. Each source can contain stock having a different diameter and the severing device moves with the advancing stock in the course of each severing operation.