Abstract: A device for paying out an elongated flexible article from a vessel is described. The device comprises a storage unit for the article, overboarding guide means for the article, article support means defining a cable path between the storage unit and the overboarding guide means, and pulling means for advancing the elongated article along the path. The article support means comprise an overboarding support element that is translatable in a first direction, and a buffering support system comprising a support element that is translatable in a second direction, whereby a translation of the support element has the effect of varying the length of the cable path. A vessel equipped with the device is also described. The device and method allow paying out an elongated flexible article from a vessel in a more efficient way.

Abstract: A method for producing a conductor segment includes: passing a copper bar in a predetermined direction of movement through a rotating first work roll and a second work roll rotating in the opposite direction to the first work roll; rotating a first backup roll in the opposite direction to the first work roll to brace the first work roll against the copper bar with an adjustable first force directed perpendicularly to the direction of movement; rotating at least one second backup roll in the opposite direction to the second work roll to brace the second work roll against the copper bar with an adjustable second force directed counter to the first force; and adjusting the first and second forces such that the work rolls give the conductor bar a thickness that varies along its length. Also described is a corresponding device and a corresponding method for producing an electric machine.

Abstract: To provide a metal wire and an electric wire of high mechanical strength and high ductibility that have sufficiently increased ductibility as well as sufficiently increased mechanical strength. A metal wire manufactured at least by being subjected to an extension in which a metal wire is extended in an axial direction, and having a hardness distribution in which hardness decreases toward a specific peripheral portion from a central portion in a cross-section orthogonal to axis, whereby a softened peripheral portion becomes to show a good malleability as well as a high resistance to cracking, so as to attain an improvement of mechanical strength and ductibility.

Abstract: A cut-to-length steel coil processing line has an un-coiling reel, a temper mill, a stretcher leveler, a shearer, and a stacking apparatus arranged to sequentially process a continuous length of sheet metal. The line may be configured such that the continuous length of the sheet metal is directed from the uncoiling reel through the temper mill to the stacking apparatus without processing through the stretcher leveler when a determined thickness of the continuous length of sheet metal is at or below a selected measurement criteria. In the alternative, the line may be configured such that the continuous length of the sheet metal is directed from the uncoiling reel through the stretcher leveler to the stacking apparatus without processing through the temper mill when the determined thickness of the continuous length of sheet metal is greater than the selected measurement criteria.

Abstract: Operating method for a reversing rolling mill having at least one reversing rolling stand (2) for rolling a rolled metal stock (5), wherein the stock (5) passes the at least one reversing rolling stand (2) in a sequence of alternating direction passes (7) and after each pass, the stock is wound up by a reversing reel (3, 4), wherein only rolling oil, without water as a carrier medium, is applied to the stock (5) by rolling-oil applicator (6), between the at least one reversing rolling stand (2) and the winding-up reel (31, 41).

Abstract: In an injector head (30) for handling tubing for insertion into and retrieval from a wellbore, a non-gripping portion of the path (22) of each chain loop (12), which is otherwise susceptible to oscillations when running in at least certain conditions, is constrained by a chain guide (44). The chain guide allows the chain to move freely as it is driven by the sprockets (16) in a loop, but dampens or prevents development of oscillations in the chain loop (12) when moving along one or more sections of its path in which it is not otherwise be pressed against tubing or constrained by sprockets or tensioners.

Abstract: A reciprocating placer system for selectively picking and placing articles includes a picking assembly that is moveable between one or more magazines in which the articles are each received and stored in a stacked configuration. The picking assembly can include a series of vacuum cups for engaging and selectively picking articles from one or more magazines and thereafter depositing the selected articles on a conveyor or within a receptacle. A drive system controls the transverse movement of the picking assembly with respect to the one or more magazines in order to control the movement of the picking assembly between the one or more magazines and for adjusting the position of the picking assembly, with a selected article engaged thereby, with respect to the conveyor or receptacle on which the article is to be deposited.

Abstract: The invention relates to the pressure treatment of metals, specifically to producing a metal strip using cold deformation. A strip is consecutively drawn with back and front tension through bending devices. Moreover, the degree of deformation of a strip is regulated in each bending device by means of changing the ratio of the speed of the strip exiting a bending device to the speed of said strip entering said device, in such a way as to avoid a break in the metal, the required number of bending devices being selected on the basis of the total stretch factor of a strip and on the maximum allowable stretch factor of same. The result is increased deformation of a strip and reduced energy consumption.

Abstract: A roller leveler for flattening a metal sheet or plate having a cut-sheet form includes leveling rolls disposed in a staggered state on upper and lower sides of a pass line and configured to sandwich and flatten the metal sheet while pressing it therethrough, a hydraulic pressing cylinder configured to press the metal sheet via the leveling rolls, a drive unit configured to rotate the leveling rolls, and a pinch roll unit disposed on one side of a leveling roll array area and including a pair of pinch rolls. The pressing cylinder presses the metal sheet via the leveling rolls with a pressing amount necessary for flattening the metal sheet, while the metal sheet is passed by a drawing force applied by the pinch rolls and a driving force applied by the drive unit.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which makes a border wire having a rectangular cross-section. The apparatus is adapted to receive a roll of wire having a circular cross-section, straighten the wire and change the cross-section of the wire to rectangular. The reconfigured wire is then accumulated, passed through another straightener, cut to size and then bent into a rectangular configuration. Opposed ends of the piece of wire having a rectangular cross-section are welded together to complete the border wire. The apparatus has an ejector which removes the completed border wire from the apparatus.

Abstract: A blanking line including an uncoiler, a first feeder, a slitter, and a shear. A coil of metal is carried by the uncoiler. The first feeder removes the material from the coil and typically includes a leveler for leveling the metal. The metal is fed from the leveler into a looping pit that is located between the leveler and slitter. The slitter feeds and slits the material a predetermined distance and is driven with servo motors. The looping pit acts as an accumulator allowing the metal to hang so the slitter can move metal intermittently into a shear while the leveler runs at a constant rate. The shear cuts the material to a predetermined length corresponding with the distance that the material is fed by the slitter. A measuring wheel may be included to measure the distance that the material is moved by the slitter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for rolling up a metallic strip (1), in particular a steel strip, to a coil (2), the strip (1) being kept under longitudinal tension between a driver (3), consisting of at least one driver top roll (4) and at least one driver bottom roll (5), and a winding pin (6). The strip (1) is rolled up on the winding pin (6) to form the coil (2). In order to prevent the undesired opening of the wound coil in a simple manner, a bending moment (MB) is initiated in the strip, said bending moment acting perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip (1) and causing a plastic deformation when a defined remaining length of the strip (1) is reached. The invention also relates to a device for rolling up a metallic strip.

Abstract: A main beam fabrication procedure and system for making main beams for warehouse framework through feeding, auto-forwarding and flattening, punching, roller shape-forming, cutting-off and finished product collection steps, in which the punching machine comprises an upper mold holder, four upper punching dies arranged in two longitudinal rows on the bottom side of the upper mold holder and adjustable to change the transverse pitch between the two longitudinal rows of upper punching dies, a bottom mold holder, and four bottom punching dies arranged in two longitudinal rows on the top side of the bottom mold holder and adjustable to change the transverse pitch between the two longitudinal rows of bottom punching dies.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for improving mechanical properties of a magnetically activatable material (14) includes at least one conveying device (1, 1a; 5, 5a; 9, 9a; 13, 13a) to convey the material (14) through a processing region. In the processing region, the material is deformed as a result of the application of a force. Since the force is contactlessly applied in the processing region by at least one magnetic field (A, B) and/or by at least one ultrasonic device (8a), a levelling process or material finishing process for metal bands and metal sheets is provided, which meets the requirements of all mutually-linked processing operations positioned upstream and downstream.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a stringer are provided. The stringer generally includes a web having a desired corrugated configuration and first and second flanges welded to opposite edges of the web. The apparatus includes a support structure, a strongback that is supported by the support structure, and a plurality of dies that are adjustable relative to the strongback. The strongback defines a corrugated contour surface corresponding to the desired corrugated configuration of the web. The dies define corresponding forming surfaces and are configured to be advanced toward the strongback to thereby form the web to the desired corrugated configuration between the contour surface of the strongback and the forming surfaces of the dies. Further, the apparatus can receive the flanges of the stringer in a predetermined configuration with the web so that the flanges can be welded to the web while the web is supported by the strongback and dies in the desired corrugated configuration.

Abstract: A stretching device has a housing; a first clamping member attached to a first portion of the housing; a second clamping member attached to a second portion of the housing; wherein the first clamping member has a movable pivot member such that an angle of contact between the first clamping member and a workpiece to be gripped remains constant regardless of the workpiece's thickness. A stretcher assembly has a first stretcher having a first housing having a first clamping member and a second clamping member opposed to each other; and a second stretcher having a second housing having a third clamping member and a fourth clamping member opposed to each other; and a workpiece support member interposed between the first stretcher and the second stretcher, wherein the first and third clamping members each includes a movable pivot joint such that an angle of contact of the first and third members with a workpiece to be gripped remains constant regardless of a thickness of the workpiece.

Abstract: A device for calibrating a multi-roll leveler for leveling a metal strip includes an assembly having two series of rolls, namely upper rolls and lower rolls which face each other so as to imbricate the rolls of one series into those of the other. The series of rolls are placed substantially parallel to each other and perpendicular to the run direction of the strip to be leveled. A rigid measurement bar of sufficient length is positioned in the leveling direction between the upper and lower rolls, extending over all the rolls, and having rigid protrusions integral with the bar reproducing, when they are placed plumb with the lower rolls, the action of the lower rolls and their mechanical properties. A thin metal plate rests on these protrusions and is fastened to one of them at around the middle of the bar and includes extensometers for measuring its elastic deformations.

Abstract: The invention concerns a rolling stand, a rolling train, and a method for rolling a stepped preprofiled metal strip. In order to guarantee that the metal strip is free of waviness in its longitudinal direction, even after individual thickness reduction of the steps, the invention proposes that the thickness reduction be carried out on a step-specific basis according to the following mathematical relationship: ?hi/hi=?hi+1/hi+1=?=constant, where ?hi represents the amount of the thickness reduction in the region of the i-th step, and hi represents the value of the resulting thickness of the metal strip 200 after rolling in the region of the i-th step.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing strip having a variable thickness in its length direction, in particular a repetitive thickness variation, using a stand of a rolling mill, wherein the strip has a thickness D1 when entering the mill stand and a thickness D2 when leaving the mill stand. The speed of the strip when leaving the mill stand is used as an input to control the speed of the rolls in the mill stand. Also disclosed is an apparatus for producing strip having a variable thickness.

Abstract: A metal strip is stretched as it is moved longitudinally generally continuously between an upstream traction-roll set and a downstream traction-roll set. The roll sets are differentially driven—with the downstream set moving at a slightly higher peripheral speed than the upstream set—so as to apply to the strip in a region between the sets a tension generally equal to a stretch limit of the strip. The strip is locally heated or cooled at an upstream location in the region between the roll sets so as to set in the strip in the region a temperature distribution that is nonhomogeneous transversely across the strip at least immediately downstream of the upstream location.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a stringer are provided. The stringer generally includes a web having a desired corrugated configuration and first and second flanges welded to opposite edges of the web. The apparatus includes a support structure, a strongback that is supported by the support structure, and a plurality of dies that are adjustable relative to the strongback. The strongback defines a corrugated contour surface corresponding to the desired corrugated configuration of the web. The dies define corresponding forming surfaces and are configured to be advanced toward the strongback to thereby form the web to the desired corrugated configuration between the contour surface of the strongback and the forming surfaces of the dies. Further, the apparatus can receive the flanges of the stringer in a predetermined configuration with the web so that the flanges can be welded to the web while the web is supported by the strongback and dies in the desired corrugated configuration.

Abstract: A metal strip rolling system (18), having a first reeling device (21) for reeling-off strip (18), a rolling stand (12) having at least two working rolls (13, 14) between which there is formed a roll gap (17) whose width is controllable, and a second reeling device (31) used for reeling-on strip (18) with a reduced strip thickness. A first strip storage assembly (23) having a plurality of rolls is positioned between the first reeling device (21) and the rolling stand (12), and a second strip storage assembly (33) having a plurality of rolls is positioned between the rolling stand (12) and the second reeling device (31). At least one of the strip storage assemblies (23, 33) is formed of a double roll assembly with strip being wrapped around two rolls (24, 25; 34, 35) in an S-like way, the rolls (24, 25; 34, 35) being arranged at different levels.

Abstract: A tension leveling system for thin metal strip has between a brake roll set and a tension roll set, additional two-roll bridles in which one or more inlet stretch leveling regions are followed by an elastic deformation region and the latter is followed by one or more stretch leveling regions. The stretch leveling regions can effect plastic deformation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for tension levelling a cold-rolled strip, whereby the strip passes through a series of break rolls and a series of traction rolls and in the course of its extension is subjected to traction between the two series of rolls. The strip is bent under traction in a series of high-traction rolls, located between the brake roll and the traction roll series, in order to increase the degree of levelling. To achieve this, the series of high-traction rolls between the brake and the traction rolls has at least two traction rolls for generating the strip traction and bending operation.

Abstract: A strip treatment line in which downstream of the processing roll stand for stainless steel strip, first and second tension rolls are provided to directly form a prestretching zone A for elastic or elastoplastic stretching of the strip following the dressing mill stand and for providing an afterstretching zone with elastoplastic or plastic stretching of the strip.

Abstract: A bending device for bending plastically deformable strip material. The reverse bending that is required for workpieces with narrow processing tolerances in particular takes place independently of the actual bending. This increases the processing precision of the workpieces and simplifies the numerical control of the device. The reverse bending unit is moveably arranged on the bending unit in the bending device.

Abstract: A method of processing sheet metal comprises the steps of: providing a tension-leveling apparatus; providing a surface conditioning apparatus; leveling a portion of the sheet metal with the tension-leveling apparatus; and conditioning a surface of the portion of the sheet metal with the surface conditioning apparatus. The tension-leveling apparatus includes a first set of bridle rollers adapted to receive sheet metal from an upstream coil. The tension-leveling apparatus also includes a second set of bridle rollers downstream of the first set of bridle rollers. The tension-leveling apparatus is adapted to engage the sheet metal in a manner to subject the portion of the sheet metal between the first and second sets of bridle rollers to a tensile force. The step of leveling the portion of the sheet metal between the first and second sets of bridle rollers includes engaging that portion with the tension-leveling apparatus in a manner to flatten the portion and reduce internal residual stresses in that portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for tension levelling a cold-rolled strip, whereby the strip passes through a series of brake rolls and a series of traction rolls and in the course of its extension is subjected to traction between the two series of rolls. The strip is bent under traction in a series of high-traction rolls, located between the brake roll and the traction roll series, in order to increase the degree of levelling. To achieve this, the series of high-traction rolls between the brake and the traction rolls has at least two traction rolls for generating the strip traction and bending operation.

Abstract: A plate width adjusting apparatus 1 for adjusting a strip 53 for a predetermined plate width, which is installed on a production line for the strip 53, is provided with bridle rolls 2 and 3. The bridle rolls 2 and 3 give tension in the transfer direction to the strip 53 being transferred on the production line to elongate the strip 53 in the transfer direction, by which the plate width of the strip 53 is adjusted.

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to reduce the amount of space and the technical effort required to feed the front end of a wire coil into a wire drawing installation. To achieve this, the arm of the device is formed from a base section and an end section, whereby the end of the base section can pivot around a first pivotal axis and is connected to the base of a rotationally mounted holder and the pivotal axis of the base section runs perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said holder. One end of the end section can pivot around a second pivotal axis and is connected to the other end of the base section. The first and second pivotal axes run parallel to each other. The free end of the end section of the arm supports a head unit that is rotationally mounted around two axes that are located in a normal position to each other. A hook-shaped gripping element and a clamping device which dresses the front end of the wire coil are arranged on said head unit.

Abstract: A rolling apparatus is disclosed which forms a thin walled portion on part of a steel strip by allowing the steel strip to intervene between a pair of upper and lower rolling rolls, in which the upper rolling roll is vertically movable. The steel strip which has been pressed between a pair of upper and lower rolling rolls is repeatedly moved on a traveling table to upstream side and downstream side alternately, thereby forming the thin walled portion having a width corresponding to the movement quantity. In forming the thin walled portion, the steel strip is grasped on both upstream side and downstream side with a plurality of clamping means and is subjected to a tension due to tension imparting means, thereby facilitating formation of the thin walled portion.

Abstract: Strip tension in metal strip subjected to a plastic deformation such as skin or dressing rolling, stretch bend leveling or stretching is adjusted by local variation of the temperature to establish a temperature profile which minimizes waviness and camber in metal strip.

Abstract: A leveling technique that produces a high degree of flatness of strips and gives strips a characteristic such that parts cut from the strips by etching do not warp. Also, a method of leveling strips including the steps of rectifying a trip by tensioning and bending the strip with a tension leveler. The load acting on the strip by the tensioning and bending being 70% or more of the yield or proof stress of the strip. The method also including rectifying the strip by tensioning the strip with a roller leveler. The tension acting on the strip by the roller leveler being 50 N/mm2 or less.

Abstract: A sheet metal processing apparatus comprises a stretcher-leveler and a surface conditioner in combination. The stretcher leveler has an input end, an output end, and a stretching mechanism between the input and output ends. The input end of the stretcher-leveler is adapted to receive at least a portion of a metal sheet to be processed. The stretching mechanism has a plurality of gripping members. The gripping members are adapted for gripping the metal sheet and stretching the portion of the metal sheet between the gripping members past its yield point to eliminate internal residual stresses therein. The stretcher-leveler is adapted to then discharge the stretched portion of the metal sheet from the output end of the stretcher-leveler. A surface conditioner is positioned adjacent the output end of the stretcher-leveler. The surface conditioner is adapted to receive the portion of the metal sheet discharged from the output end of the stretcher-leveler.

Abstract: A method and an installation for shaping metal strip in a hot strip rolling mill which includes a finishing train, a cooling line, a pinch roll unit, and a coiling unit, wherein, after emerging from a cooling line, the strip material is alternatingly conducted over and under at least two successively arranged stretcher-leveller work rolls which form a stretcher-leveller zone, and wherein the stretcher-leveller work rolls are arranged offset relative to each other in such a way that the metal strip is deflected at each stretcher-leveller work roll.

Abstract: A method of forming finished piece-parts having a slight but variably adjusted three-dimensional bow from a continuous web. The method comprises the steps of advancing the web axially of its length by bowing the web in the same direction of desired bowing in the piece-part, laterally and/or axially of the web length, operable to impart set bows in the web slightly in excess of the desired finished piece-parts bowing, passing the bowed continuous web through a conventional stamping press, clamping and substantially flattening the bowed web between flat faces of cooperating die block and stripper plate components of the stamping press and stamping the clamped web between cooperating punch and die assemblies to deform the web to the desired configurations of the finished piece-parts.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to bending a workpiece to form a desired configuration and, in particular, to a method and apparatus for forming bends "out of sequence," i.e., in a time sequence different from the spatial sequence of the bends on the workpiece. The apparatus of the present invention include a bending system for bending a workpiece and a positioning system for positioning the workpiece relative to a bending region so that bends can be formed in various locations across the bending region. By virtue of the disclosed structures, a series of bends can be formed on a workpiece at various locations within the bending region. Bends can be formed out sequence and without advancing the workpiece relative to the bending region.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for the bending of rigid workpieces, particularly tubes, such as those of use in automotive exhaust systems, heat exchangers and aircraft hydraulic systems.

Abstract: Making method of hot-rolled steel sheet comprises rough rolling a slab into a rough bar, heating the rough bar, guiding the rough bar with side guides and finish rolling the rough bar. The apparatus comprises a rough rolling mill, a heating device for heating the rough bar, side guides for guiding the rough bar and a finish rolling mill.

Abstract: Drawing assembly for bending machines used for metal shapes, in particular round pieces (11) for reinforcement purposes or metallic wire, the drawing assembly comprising at least a drawing device placed upstream of the shears (13) and the bending unit (14) and at least a straightening device placed upstream of the drawing device, the drawing device comprising at least a rotary drum having at its periphery a containing seating (19) for the round piece (11), the round piece (11) winding partly onto the rotary drum (17) and within the containing seating (19), the rotating drum (17) being at least 300 mm in diameter, the drawing device (12) comprising at least two contrasting cylinders (18) of a diameter of not more than 180 mm, placed in a position of reciprocal proximity and cooperating with the periphery of the rotary drum (17), the contrasting cylinders (18) acting against the periphery so as to define the arc of winding of the round piece (11) onto the rotary drum (17), there being immediately upstream of th

Abstract: A spring forming machine is provided with closed-loop feedback from sensors which monitor dimensions of the coils and heads of the spring being formed, servo motors which control wire feed speed, coil radius and pitch forming elements, and coiling direction. Video cameras form pictorial images of the spring being formed. The images are digitized and fed to a central computer, along with images from similar machines forming similar springs, which compares the signals, such as photometric images, from the different machines, which represent actual spring dimensions, with a single stored image relating to the desired dimensions, such as head shape, coil diameter, and the positions and angles of bends. Discrepancies are correlated with causation data, such as feed roll slippage or material hardness variations, and adjustment signals are sent to the machines. Machines producing errors are interrogated more frequently by the computer. Large errors or failures to respond to adjustments triggers an alarm.

Abstract: The stretch leveling or stretch-bend leveling of aluminum or stainless steel strip of a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm is carried out following a measurement of strip nonplanarity or strip profile by regulating the stretch in the stretch leveler or the contour of a roller thereof or both and/or by regulating the depth of penetration or degree of bending by the stretch-bend rollers. The tension in the strip just before coiling is varied in response to measurement of the thickness of the strip across the width, thereby optimizing the leveling and surface qualities of the strip.

Abstract: The stretch leveling or stretch-bend leveling of aluminum or stainless steel strip of a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm is carried out following a measurement of strip nonplanarity or strip profile by regulating the stretch in the stretch leveler or the contour of a roller thereof or both and/or by regulating the depth of penetration or degree of bending by the stretch-bend rollers. The tension in the strip just before coiling is varied in response to measurement of the thickness of the strip across the width, thereby optimizing the leveling and surface qualities of the strip.

Abstract: Bent or twisted electrolytic seed plates are caused to undergo primary straightening by a total of at least 15 vertically staggered work rolls having a diameter not exceeding 50 mm. Then, ribs are formed on the seed plates by groove-forming rolls having annular flanges along their outer periphery, and the plates are caused to undergo secondary straightening by rolls having annular grooves along their outer periphery.

Abstract: A bowing correction apparatus for a temper rolling mill corrects vertical bowing of a cold-rolled steel sheet. The bowing correction apparatus includes at least a first bowing correction auxiliary roll, first deflector roll, second deflector roll and second bowing correction auxiliary roll. These rolls are arranged in the running direction of the cold-rolled steel sheet and are alternately positioned on upper and lower sides of the cold-rolled steel sheet to correct bowing of the sheet.

Abstract: The stretch leveling or stretch-bend leveling of aluminum or stainless steel strip of a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm is carried out following a measurement of strip nonplanarity or strip profile by regulating the stretch in the stretch leveler or the contour of a roller thereof or both and/or by regulating the depth of penetration or degree of bending by the stretch-bend rollers. The tension in the strip just before coiling is varied in response to measurement of the thickness of the strip across the width, thereby optimizing the leveling and surface qualities of the strip.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus of optimizing the operating condition of a press which includes the quality of a product to be obtained by a pressing operation on a blank, wherein at least one physical value of the press operating environment (e.g., ambient temperature and humidity and atmospheric pressure) and/or the physical condition (e.g., configuration and dimensions, mechanical and chemical properties and surface condition) of the blank is detected or manually entered into a memory, and an optimum value of the press operating condition is determined on the basis of the detected or manually entered physical value or values, so that the press operating condition is adjusted to the determined optimum value, irrespective of a variation in the press operating environment and/or a variation in the physical condition of the blank.

Abstract: Downstream of an uncoiler, a stretch-bend leveler is provided in a strip line to correct curvature in the strip plane. One or more rollers of the stretch-bend leveler are swingable about a horizontal or vertical axis at the end of the roller in response to a measurement of the longitudinal edge arcs of the strip to effect correction.

Abstract: A portable device for straightening and rerounding plastic pipe with a straightening unit having three rollers, one of which is adjustable toward and away from the other two for reverse bending plastic pipe passing therebetween and with a rerounding unit having two rollers for applying sufficient pressure to the plastic pipe to remove ovalness.

Abstract: A rebar fabricating machine is provided that is capable of processing either straight rod stock material or coil stock material. The rebar fabricating machine comprises a main cabinet, a horizontal power driven straightening module mounted adjacent to the upstream end of the main cabinet, a main drive module, a vertical straightening module, an encoder roll, a shear device and a bending head all mounted on the interior of the main cabinet. The main drive module includes a plurality of upper rolls each having a hydraulic cylinder attached thereto and a plurality of lower driven rolls driven by a single drive motor. The vertical straightening module includes a plurality of adjustable upper and lower straightening rolls. The horizontal straightening module is pivotally mounted on a base so that the horizontal straightening module can be selectively removed from the path of travel of the stock material.