Abstract: An engine cover in an industrial lift truck forming a sound barrier between the engine and operator's station to reduce engine-related noise reaching the operator's station to acceptable levels particularly where the operator's station and engine cover are enclosed by a cab. The engine cover is provided with a double rigid wall construction comprised of an outer shell and an inner liner complementary in configuration to the shell and nested within it. The shell and liner components are mutually supported and spaced a predetermined distance by continuous support means generally along their peripheries and are free of mutual support in their central areas.

Abstract: A machine and method for shaping a workpiece into a cylindrical tube includes a mandrel, a forming roll, a guide roll, and a continuous forming belt extending partially around the mandrel and partially around the forming roll and guide roll. The workpiece is inserted between the belt and the mandrel at an entry opening. An actuator device causes the mandrel to simultaneously tighten the belt and squeeze the workpiece between the mandrel and the forming roll during the forming operation.