Abstract: Provided is a cam type press capable of controlling deformation of a flange of a panel in the course of processing the flange, thus reducing deformation such as a crease, or the like, of the flange. The cam type press includes a padding cam installed to be movable in a slope direction. A slider is installed to be movable toward the padding cam, with a process gap into which a portion of a panel is inserted to form a flange between one side of the padding cam and one side of the slider. An adjustment block adjusts the process gap provided between the other side of the padding cam and the other side of the slider.

Abstract: A press apparatus includes a lower die cam base slidably disposed inside of a lower die, and having a lower die pad connected to a upper portion of the lower die cam base; an upper die pad mounted under an upper die through a cushion spring at a position corresponding to the lower die pad; and an upper die cam slide having a cam slide surface formed at a lower portion, a cam surface formed at an upper portion, and a cam steel mounted to the upper die cam slide.

Abstract: A method for bending a workpiece includes positioning a first bending surface adjacent to the workpiece; positioning a second bending surface adjacent to the workpiece; and moving the first bending surface and the second bending surface linearly toward the workpiece while the second bending surface rotates with respect to the first bending surface such that the first bending surface bends a first portion of the workpiece, the second bending bends a second portion of the workpiece, and the first portion of the workpiece, and the second portion of the workpiece are disposed on a first side of a bend line formed on the workpiece by the first bending surface and the second bending surface.

Abstract: A corner cam assembly for use with a forming die and including a generally cylindrical inner cam component, an outer cam component, a base, and a retainer unit. Contoured contact surfaces on the inner and outer cam components enable the components to slide past one another during transitions between retracted and extended positions. Some features of the corner cam assembly include helical contact surfaces, guide features that control movement of the cam components, removable work steels, standardized cam components, and being able to form negative and other tight angles, multiple corners and edges, to name but a few.

Abstract: A press working die assembly includes a pad secured to an upper die holder so as to be movable upward and downward, a machining slide cam slidable laterally along a cam surface and having a bending edge at one end thereof, a rotatable rotary cam having a bending portion for forming a negative angle portion of a workpiece, and a reciprocating driving apparatus configured to rotate the rotary cam to a workpiece machining position. The reciprocating driving apparatus includes a slide block having a cam surface for rotating the rotary cam in a predetermined direction on an front end side and a rotation impelling surface configured to rotate the rotary cam back to its original position, and a restoring action block configured to come into abutment with the rotation impelling surface of the slide block when the slide block retracts to restore the rotary cam to its original position.

Abstract: The invention relates to an upper part V-belt drive (1) with a tool fastening device (10, 200, 300, 400) having at least one lateral surface (19), which can be provided with a tool, and the V-belt drive (1) has a slider element (2, 420) and a driver element (3, 430). According to the invention, the tool fastening device (10, 200, 300, 400) is fastened in a manner that enables it to be removed downward with regard to the upper part V-belt drive (1) when in the working position thereof. In a tool fastening device (10, 200, 300, 400) for a V-belt drive (1) with a slider element (2, 420) and with a driver element (3, 430), the tool fastening device (10, 200, 300, 400) comprises at least one lateral surface (19), which can be provided with a tool, and the tool fastening device (10, 200, 300, 400) has at least one connecting device (11, 14, 22, 213, 214, 215, 219, 313, 314, 316, 317, 318, 319, 408, 409, 410, 411, 414) for positively and or non-positively connecting with the slider and driver element.

Abstract: A bending die having a first bending surface and a second bending surface that is rotatable with respect to the first bending surface. The second bending surface rotates with respect to the first bending surface during a bending operation. The first bending surface is engagable with a workpiece during the bending operation to bend a first portion of the workpiece. The second bending surface is engagable with the workpiece during the bending operation to bend a second portion of the workpiece. The first portion of the workpiece and the second portion of the workpiece are disposed on a first side of a bend line formed by the bending operation.

Abstract: In order to provide a cam slider shock absorbing member for a cam device which realizes a sufficient stroke, easy replacement, a compact profile, and an easy-to-machine property without necessity of adhesive agent, the shock absorbing member includes a mounting portion having an external dimension at least larger than an internal dimension of a mounting hole on the side of a lower end thereof and a deflecting portion having a predetermined distance for a deflecting margin with respect to an inner wall surface of the mounting hole on the upper side of the mounting portion, and an upper end of the deflecting portion projects upward from an opening end of the mounting hole and being formed to have a height which secures a length corresponding to the stroke to be compressed.

Abstract: A corner cam assembly for use with a forming die and including a generally cylindrical inner cam component, an outer cam component, a base, and a retainer unit. Contoured contact surfaces on the inner and outer cam components enable the components to slide past one another during transitions between retracted and extended positions. Some features of the corner cam assembly include helical contact surfaces, guide features that control movement of the cam components, removable work steels, standardized cam components, and being able to form negative and other tight angles, multiple corners and edges, to name but a few.

Abstract: A corner cam assembly for use with a forming die and including a generally cylindrical inner cam component, an outer cam component, a base, and a retainer unit. Contoured contact surfaces on the inner and outer cam components enable the components to slide past one another during transitions between retracted and extended positions. Some features of the corner cam assembly include helical contact surfaces, guide features that control movement of the cam components, removable work steels, standardized cam components, and being able to form negative and other tight angles, multiple corners and edges, to name but a few.

Abstract: A lower platen of the hemming apparatus is provided with a hem punch capable of being pressed against an inner periphery bent portion of a workpiece having a frame and a cam follower. The cam follower is disposed on the lower platen to come outside the frame of the workpiece. The cam follower and the hem punch are connected through a connecting member. An upper platen of the hemming apparatus is provided with a driver cam engageable against the cam follower. The driver cam moves the cam follower, whereby the hem punch is pressed against the inner periphery bent portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a press die set for forming a flange that bends an edge of a part, such as a door panel and a hood panel, at a right angle in a press-forming direction and bends an edge adjacent to the edge at a negative angle, and a flange forming method. The press die set for forming a flange according to the present invention can accomplish the flange formation described above in one step, has a simple structure, and is easy to maintain.

Abstract: A slide driver assembly for use in a multi-station or a single-station progressive tooling die includes die sections that are operative to move between an open position and a closed position to perform a first operation on a work piece located between the die sections. A slide driver performs a second operation, such as a trimming operation, on the work piece as the die sections move between the open position and the closed position.

Abstract: To enable formation at a negative angle with deep bending and forming a high-quality panel, a negative-angle press-working die includes an elevatable pad fixed to an upper die, a slide cam supported to be slidable laterally on the upper die or a lower die and having a bending blade, a rotary cam rotatable about a rotational center having a bending part which forms a negative-angle portion on a workpiece and a cam surface abutting on the slide cam, an elevatable slide body disposed under the pad so as to be rotatable together with the rotary cam and having a hold part provided at an upper portion on a bending part side of the rotary cam and constituting a part of a male die for workpiece forming, a drive unit that rotates the rotary cam to a workpiece working position, and a slide drive unit that slides the slide body in an up and down direction.

Abstract: A hemming apparatus (1) includes a holder unit (2), a lower die (3) on which the holder unit (2) is installed, and an upper die (4) which is installed on the lower die (3) vertically movably. The holder unit (2) includes a base (5) secured to the lower die (3) by means of bolts or the like; a working tool holder (7) which is rotatably supported on the base (5) so that a hemming punch (6) can be disposed at a nonworking position and a working position; and a resilient means (8) for resiliently urging the working tool holder (7) so as to dispose the hemming punch (6) at the nonworking position.

Abstract: A bending die includes an upper die base fixing a punch, a lower die base, a stripping block, a bending block and a gasket assembly. The stripping block is on the lower die base and under the punch and can elastically move relative to the lower die base. The bending block includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall, wherein the first sidewall is contiguous with the stripping block and the second sidewall is connected to the lower die base via screws. The gasket assembly between the second sidewall and the lower die base provides adjustment of clearance of the bending die.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a crimp die holder. The crimp die holder includes a main body portion, a pin, and a spring. The main body portion includes a first recess, a second recess, and an opening. The first recess extends from a first side of the main body portion to a middle section of the main body portion. The second recess extends from a second side of the main body portion to the middle section. The opening extends from a third side of the main body portion and through a section of the second recess. The pin is disposed within the opening. The pin includes a first portion along a length of the pin. The first portion of the pin is configured to engage with a portion of a crimp die at the section of the second recess. The spring is between the main body portion and the pin.

Abstract: A lower platen of the hemming apparatus is provided with a hem punch capable of being pressed against an inner periphery bent portion of a workpiece having a frame and a cam follower. The cam follower is disposed on the lower platen to come outside the frame of the workpiece. The cam follower and the hem punch are connected through a connecting member. An upper platen of the hemming apparatus is provided with a driver cam engageable against the cam follower. The driver cam moves the cam follower, whereby the hem punch is pressed against the inner periphery bent portion.

Abstract: A filler cam assembly for use with a forming die generally including a center cam component, end cam components and a base assembly and being designed to transition between unloading and forming positions. The various cam components preferably have axial ends with helical surfaces such that rotation of one of the cam components causes a corresponding axial movement of an adjacent cam component. Some features of the filler cam assembly include removable work steels, standardized cam components, drive and lock out mechanisms, and being able to form negative angles, multiple corners and edges, and an entire formable periphery of a metal work piece in a single forming operation, to name but a few.

Abstract: Operations for uniting together a fixed support base 4 for fixedly supporting a workpiece W and a support die and for composing and decomposing a negative-angle press-forming die to take out a product processed by a negative-angle press-forming process are provided by an L-shaped die and a rotational support mechanism 21, serving as a pivot on which the L-shaped die is turned, inclined at an inclination determined according to the height range of a curved surface to be formed.

Abstract: A bending tool (12) for bending workpieces, especially plate and sheet metal blanks includes at least one bending element (23) positioned on one side of a workpiece as well as a retainer device with clamping elements (14, 42) on opposite sides of the workpiece. For bending the workpiece, the retainer is moved, together with the workpiece clamped on it, relative to a bending element (23). In the process, the retainer device with the workpiece and the bending element (23) move relative to each other in a bending stroke which contains a component in the bending-stroke direction as well as a component in the transverse direction of the bending stroke. The direction of the bending stroke is controlled by at least one control element associated with the bending element (23) as well as at least one guide element associated with the equal-sided clamping element (42).

Abstract: A hemming die tool assembly for use with an anvil supporting a workpiece to be hemmed. A mounting plate is pivotally secured about an axis relative to the anvil while a vertical slide is slidably attached to the mounting plate along a first direction. An elongated channel is attached to the vertical slide so that the axis of the channel is transverse to the first direction. A hemming tool is secured to the vertical slide while a rocker arm is pivotally secured at one end to the mounting plate about the pivotal axis of the mounting plate while a second end of the rocker arm is longitudinally slidably mounted in the channel. A first cam assembly pivots the mounting plate between a retracted position, in which the hemming tool is positioned away from the workpiece, and an extended position in which the hemming tool overlies the workpiece.

Abstract: A press mounted cam has a slide guided on an adapter by structural features including as one or more T blocks fixed to the slide and received in a respective channel formed in the adapter. In an aerial cam embodiment, a vertical clearance space is provided between the T block and adapter channel such that positive driving engagement between cam surfaces on the slide and the adapter is momentarily delayed after the initial engagement of the slide and driver surfaces to let the momentum of the slide be absorbed prior to the beginning of positive driving by the press motion, reducing shock and noise. The slide is laterally located with respect to the driver by an upwardly projecting locator-guide key on the driver received in a central channel in the slide. A positive return is provided by engagement of a driver key having T features received in a T-shaped slide channel and captured therein when the slide is driven laterally.

Abstract: A tool mounting and method for adjustably mounting a tool holder on a cam slide of a press mounted cam also including an adapter body and driver. The tool mounting includes a tooling plate adjustably secured to the cam slide by a series of dowel pins closely fit in dowel pin openings in the cam slide and loosely fit in dowel pin holes in the tooling plate to allow vertical and horizontal adjustment. A channel extends to each oversized dowel pin opening to enable injection of a setting material to lock the tooling plate in its adjusted position after being aligned with a die opening using a pilot installed in a tool holder mounted on one side of the tooling plate. An alignment plate is installed over the other side to cover the channel to each oversized dowel pin hole and allow removal and replacement of the tooling plate without disturbing the adjusted position on the tooling plates.

Abstract: A press mounted cam has an adapter, slide and a driver with range of sizes and working angles provided at low cost by driver and/or adapter constructions having base plates and a series of side by side upright plates of a number corresponding to a given length with an angled top corresponding to a given working angle.

Abstract: To facilitate aligning and setting of a punch in a die of a press machine, a module cam assembly comprises a cam unit and an L-shaped module base. The cam unit comprises a cam driver, a cam slider equipped with a positive return to be driven by the cam driver, and a cam base holding the cam slider. The cam slider has a punch retainer on its vertical side. The L-shaped module base bears the cam unit, and is adapted to be fastened to the lower die holder. The L-shaped module base has a button die on its vertical leg in confronting relation with the punch retainer of the cam slider. This arrangement facilitates the centering and fastening of any tool to the press machine.

Abstract: A roller cam mechanism and driver assembly which features a positive retraction cam elements comprised of auxiliary rollers and side plate slots which cooperate upon failure of a retraction spring compressed by advance of a tooling slide to cause positive retraction of a tooling slide.

Abstract: Narrow aerial and die-mount cams, each having a cam adapter, a driver and a slide sandwiched between the cam adapter and driver. The narrow aerial cam slide has an elongate primary portion that has a T-shaped cross-section and has a primary bearing surface, and the cam adapter has a rectangular recess. An elongate keeper plate having a longitudinal slot is secured to each side of the cam adapter adjacent the rectangular recess to slidably retain the primary portion of the slide within the longitudinal slots and the rectangular recess. The primary bearing surface and a pair of intermediate bearing surfaces formed in the slide below the primary portion slidably support the keeper plates and thus the cam adapter. The driver slidably supports the slide. The narrow die-mount cam is basically an inverted version of the aerial cam.

Abstract: A roller cam with pairs of sliding surfaces and wear plates located in an upper plane and with pairs of laterally slanted sliding surfaces and pairs of laterally slanted guiding wear plates located in a lower plane. The guiding wear plates are longitudinally contained between end plates to avoid using screws, which might loosen under stress, to secure the wear plates. Adjusting setscrews are used to laterally adjust the guiding wear plates, and positive return members are used to provide a tool retracting force in addition to that provided by a retracting spring.

Abstract: A mechanism for hemming the beltline of a vehicle door panel is combined with a mechanism for hemming the outside perimeter of the door panel, and the two mechanisms are driven by a common drive. The beltline hemming steel acts on the beltline hem before the outside perimeter hemming steel acts on the outside perimeter hem, and lost motion in the actuation of the beltline hemming steel allows the beltline hemming steel to complete the beltline hem before the outside perimeter hem is completed. The lost motion mechanism provides reduced interaction or sensitivity between the steels, and the delay in the completion of the outside perimeter hem allows the entire hemming apparatus to be more easily tuned during set-up. The lost motion allows the entire mechanism to be less sensitive to variations in workpiece thickness.

Abstract: A cam-type press system is provided which includes a cam base slidably mounted on a lower die and securing a material panel with a formation pad: cam base steel is mounted on the cam base corresponding to a height of the formation cam. The cam base steel is performs a formation process on the material panel together with a formation cam. A cam slider is mounted on the cam base through a linkage assembly such that the cam slider and the cam base are able to slide. The cam slider is linked with the operation of an operational driver. First and second return assemblies are mounted respectively within the cam base and the cam slider and contacting the lower die. The first and second return assemblies exert a biasing force to return the cam base and the cam slider, respectively, to an initial position when displaced from the initial position.

Abstract: A pressing apparatus provides an urging force for a slide cam to press only when necessary, and elsewhere this pressing-force is maintained as small as possible. Abnormal wear and seizure of the slide cam, slide cam base and the sliding portion of the driven cam are prevented. The pressing apparatus can also provide a larger retracting force for the slide cam near a lower dead center of a pressing stroke. The present apparatus includes a slide cam slidably provided in a guidepost attached to the slide cam base and guided by the slide cam base, a pressing member held by the slide cam, a retracting-spring between the slide cam base and the slide cam for urging the slide cam, and a driven cam for contacting and driving the slide cam. A pressing-spring for urging the slide cam only near a lower dead center of a pressing stroke is provided between the slide cam base and the slide cam and/or between the slide cam and the driven cam.

Abstract: A pressing apparatus provides an urging force for the slide cam to press only when necessary, and elsewhere this pressing-urge is held as small as possible, whereby abnormal wear and seizure of the slide cam, slide cam base and the sliding portion of the driven cam are prevented. The pressing apparatus can also provides a large retracting force for the slide cam near a lower dead center of a pressing stroke.

Abstract: A hemming apparatus is disclosed including a hemming die for placing and supporting a work, a hemming punch including previous bending portion and bending portion each placed adjacent to said heming die and carrying out bending of said work, a slide cam for fixing and supporting said hemming punch and including a cam follower, a moving mechanism for applying a resilient force to said slide cam in one direction and moving said slide cam to a prescribed distance, a cushion holder for placing and fixing said slide cam and said moving mechanism, and a movable supporting mechanism for supporting said cushion holder which can vertically move to a prescribed distance. The upper mold includes a presser for pressing and fixing the work on said hemming die, driver cam for pushing said cam follower of said slide cam; and a liner for pushing said hemming punch.

Abstract: A press-forming die set including a first die and a second die which are linearly movable in a press-forming direction for mutual engagement to form a negative-angle portion on a workpiece placed on the second die, the press-forming die further including a rotary cam having a first negative-angle forming portion, and a forming cam having a second negative-angle forming portion. The first negative-angle forming portion is disposed such that the rotary cam is rotatable about an axis of rotation inclined with respect to a bottom surface of the workpiece. The rotary cam is engageable with the second die and is rotated about the axis of rotation in one of opposite directions when the first and second dies are moved toward each other, and is rotated in the other direction when the first and second dies are moved away from each other.

Abstract: To fasten a reinforcement frame in an opening in a vehicle roof member, the roof member is supported on a flanging bed and moved in succession against flanging edges of a plurality of flanging jaws. To insert the jaws into the roof opening, the jaws can be displaced in a plurality of moves of individual jaws parallel to the plane of the opening in which jaws are withdrawn from straight portions of the margin of the opening to permit corner jaws to be withdrawn from comer portions of the opening.

Abstract: A negative angular forming die having a lower die for supporting a workpiece. An upper die is lowered with respect to the lower die to abut against the workpiece for forming the workpiece. A columnar body is rotatably mounted on the lower die, and a groove is formed in the columnar body in the axial direction of the lower die. A slide cam is supported on the upper die and is opposed to the columnar body. An automatic returning tool is provided on the lower die for rotating and retracting the columnar body to a position at which the workpiece can be taken out from the lower die after the forming process is completed. The workpiece is placed on the supporting portion of the lower die with the columnar body being turned, and the slide cam is slid to form the workpiece by an entering forming portion of the columnar body. The columnar body is turned and retracted by the automatic returning tool after forming so that the formed workpiece can be taken out from the lower die.

Abstract: A forming press for L-shaped and T-shaped workpieces includes first and second press members relatively movable toward and away from each other along a first direction, a first forming die carried by the first press member for engaging and deforming the workpiece to a desired shape when the press members are moved toward each other with the workpiece held therebetween, and a clamping assembly mounted on the second press member for clamping the leg of the workpiece to stabilize the workpiece during shaping thereof. The clamping assembly comprises at least one cam member fixed with respect to the second press member. The cam member defines a pair of spaced-apart cam surfaces oppositely inclined so as to form a channel that widens in the first direction toward the first press member. The clamping assembly further includes a pair of clamping members disposed within the channel so as to be movable along the first direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved cam slider in a cam unit to be fixed to a stationary metal mold tool and a movable metal mold tool for machining a pressed product. The cam slider is equipped with a resilient member to allow the cam slider to return to its original position subsequent to the cam action and a counter member to the resilient member.

Abstract: This invention is comprised of a lower die having a groove-like cavity formed at its upper surface; a rotary die supported in the cavity of the lower die at both ends thereof by a shaft and rotatably stored in it; an upper die arranged above the rotary die; and a driving device for rotating said rotary die in a downward direction after the upper die is opened and for retracting it. The cavity is formed with some protrusion steps at its inner circumferential surface for use in supporting the rotary die when pressed. The rotary die is formed with a forming part for gathering and bending a metallic plate at its upper surface to be extended in a longitudinal direction of the rotary die. The gathering and bending blade to be fitted to the forming part of the rotary die is formed at the upper die.

Abstract: A die assembly for draw stamping sheet metal in a press. The die assembly has an upper die structure and a lower die structure, each constructed and arranged to me mounted on a press for reciprocal movement therebetween. The upper die structure and the lower die structure have complementary stamping surfaces for stamping sheet metal to a desired configuration. A clamping assembly and a stretching assembly grip the sheet metal along opposite sides of the complementary stamping surfaces and drivingly move apart in response to movement of the upper and lower die structures toward one another, thus pre-stretching the sheet metal as the upper and lower die structure are closed to stamp the sheet metal to a desired configuration.

Abstract: A bending machine for closing channels which simultaneously bends both side walls of a "U" shaped metal channel, comprising: a support frame; a lower male member slide mounted on the support frame, having a normally closed two-halves male member, each half having a notch in lateral wall thereof, and is associated with driving means for opening the halves of the male member when receiving a channel and for releasing the channel once its side walls thereof have been bent inside each notch, allowing to remove it therefrom; and two lateral bending inserts each slide mounted on the support frame, and associated with driving means, for bending both side walls of the channel into the notches. If desired an upper member, mounted on lowering and lifting means, is provided, having a blank holder to retain a channel on the lower male member when it is closed and/or a die member for simultaneously bend a plate forming a channel, and then close both side walls thereof forming a closed channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improvement in a cam assembly for use in a pressing machine having a lower cam to be fixed to the base of the pressing machine, a spring-biased sliding cam whose front surface is allotted to fix a machining tool and a cam holder to be fixed to the upper frame of the pressing machine. The sliding cam is operatively combined with the lower cam to slide on the inclined surface of the lower cam synchronously with the rising and descending of the upper frame of the pressing machine, whereas the cam holder and the sliding cam is so combined as to leave a predetermined space defined therebetween, thereby permitting the sliding cam to be slidably held in the cam holder. The cam assembly further has a spacer to be inserted in the predetermined space and detachable fastening means to fix the sliding cam to the cam holder as if the slider were like with the upper frame of the pressing machine staying at its lower dead end.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for forming an outwardly extending tubular portion in a side wall of a workpiece, such as a rocker arm. The method includes the following steps: (1) positioning the workpiece in a punch press having a central shaft with a movable punch mounted in an aperture formed in the central shaft for lateral sliding movement with respect to the shaft; (b) extending the central shaft into the interior cavity of the workpiece; and (c) actuating lateral sliding movement of the movable punch against the side wall of the workpiece to cold form the outwardly extending tubular portion in the side wall.

Abstract: Aerial and die mounted cams are provided with dual opposed wearplates on bearing surfaces.

Abstract: A cam (1) for a press die comprises: a movable cam slide (3) having a cam slide (3) which has a cam surface (2) and is movable in an X-direction; a cam driver (4) for moving the cam slide (3) in the X-direction by abutting against the cam surface (2) of the cam slide (3); and a returning spring (5) for returning the cam slide (3) to its original position. The returning spring (5) is disposed in a bottomed hole (11) formed in the cam slide (3) and whose one end (41) abuts against a main body (12) of the cam slide (3) in the bottomed hole (11), a holder (43) holds the coil spring (42). The holder (43) is provided with a rod (45) which is slidably passed through a through hole (44) and extends through the bottomed hole (11) in such a manner as to be surrounded by the coil spring (42); and a spring seat (48) which is provided in threaded engagement with one end portion (47) of the rod (45) at a bottomed-hole (11) side so as to receive another end (46) of the coil spring (42).

Abstract: A hemming machine adapted to externally and internally hem a sheet metal fabrication comprising an anvil which itself is apertured so as to register with an aperture in the metal fabrication which is to be internally hemmed, wherein additional hemming apparatus is provided mounted at the upper end of a drive, and support means is located below and protruding up through the opening in the anvil so as to protrude the opening in the fabrication, further comprising a hemming tool displaceable vertically and horizontally having a chamfered lower leading edge, a slidable block carrying the tool at one end, drive means for positioning the slide vertically, and further drive means for positioning the block within the slide for positioning the tool horizontally, a second anvil resiliently displaceable and engaging the underside of the tool or normally raise the latter relative to its lowermost position, and wherein the upper surface of the block is adapted to withstand an impact force and transmit same to the tool to

Abstract: A press is described for prehemming and final hemming the internal periphery of an aperture in sheet material received on an anvil (10) on which the sheet material (12) is held down so that the upturned edge (14) of the aperture which is to be hemmed is substantially in alignment with the edge of the opening in the anvil (10). A composite hemming tool (40, 42) is provided adapted to perform prehemming and final hemming and carried b a tool carrier (36, 38). Drive means (24, 26) protrudes up from the press through the opening in the anvil so that a lower inclined leading edge (44, 46) of the tool substantially registers with the upturned edge (14) to be hemmed. The drive means operates so as to force the tool first of all towards the edge so as to bend the upturned edge over until it is bent through substantially 90 degrees from its upstanding position and thereafter to move in a generally downward direction so as to compress the downturned ege. A method of hemming is also described based on this machine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a clinching press comprising a press tool (52) and a prebending unit (1) to produce a reciprocating movement in a tool holder (14) of a prebending tool (12), said tool holder being articulated to a foundation (2). The prebending unit (1) has a pressure rod (50) coupled to the press tool (52) and a knee-joint mechanism (28, 30), joined, on the one hand, to a pivot point (36) on the tool holder (14) and, on the other hand, to a fixed pivot point (34) on the foundation (2). The pressure roller (46) is freely rotatably mounted at the connecting point (32) of the links (28, 30). The knee-joint mechanism (28, 30) has a gas pressure spring (38, 42) for returning the mechanism to the starting position shown.

Abstract: A dwell cam driver for advancing a horizontal slide into engagement with a workpiece to be formed in a stamping press. The driver has a pivoted anvil and the slide also has a pivoted anvil. When the driver moves downwardly, cam faces on the anvils interengage. The anvils slide relative to one another and pivot from an inclined position to advance the slide, and finally to a vertical dwell position to retain the slide in the advanced position.