Abstract: A car on tracks behind the knives of a shear machine, has a section for receiving product cuttings when the car occupies one position on the tracks, and means are provided for receiving scrap cuttings when the car is moved to another position, the car being capable of additional movement on the tracks to a position to the rear of the machine for convenient disposal of cuttings carried by it. Work support carried by the car, supports work prior to shearing and, when possessed of magnetic qualities, will magnetically grip the work and enable adjustment thereof for shearing, by movement of the car. In lieu of magnet work supports, roller supports may be provided, and such roller supports may be power driven.

Abstract: A press, comprising a frame supporting an upper and lower bed for attachment of an upper and lower bolster, the upper and lower bolster each carrying mating halves of a complementary die, and the upper bolster having a knock-out opening therethrough, a hydraulic knock-out means carried by a drive means above the upper bolster that is adjustably electro-mechanically timed to cooperate with pins internal to the upper bolster to eject any work that may have remained in the upper die upon separation of the two mating die halves.

Abstract: A back-gauging system for a shear machine that derives support from the side housings of the machine and is designed with a rotatable movement gauge stop and slideable control guides to enable the gauge stop to be moved above the work plane for shearing work pieces longer than the maximum gauge range, to eliminate excessive force being transmitted to the gauge drive when gauging or shearing and to eliminate wedging of sheared pieces between the knives and the back-gauge stop.

Abstract: A press, comprising a frame supporting an upper and lower bed for attachment of an upper and lower bolster, the upper and lower bolster each carrying mating halves of a complementary die, and the upper bolster having a knock-out opening therethrough, a hydraulic knock-out means carried by a drive means above the upper bolster that is adjustably electro-mechanically timed to cooperate with pins internal to the upper bolster to eject any work that may have remained in the upper die upon separation of the two mating die halves.

Abstract: A car on tracks behind the knives of a shear machine, has a section for receiving product cuttings when the car occupies one position on the tracks, and means are provided for receiving scrap cuttings when said car is moved to another position, the car being capable of additional movement on said tracks to a position to the rear of the machine for convenient disposal of cuttings carried by it. Work support means carried by the car, supports work prior to shearing and, when possessed of magnetic qualities, will magnetically grip the work and enable adjustment thereof for shearing, by movement of the car. In lieu of magnet work supports, roller supports may be provided, and such roller supports may be power driven.

Abstract: On a shear machine having a ram, a work table, and a hold-down means to grip work to the work table, a hydraulically sequenced circuit to inhibit the downstroke of the ram until a sufficient hold-down pressure has been achieved at the hold-down means to effectively grip the work to be operated upon, and a booster cylinder responsive to the down-stroke of the ram for maintaining the pressure at the hold-down means during the cutting stroke of the ram.

Abstract: A rake angle adjustment assembly operated from the front of a shear machine to adjust a fluid control valve which effects a rake angle adjustment; such assembly being intimate with the movable ram being adjusted in such a manner that the achieving of the correct rake angle stops the adjustment process.