Abstract: A machine for manufacturing a closure that has: a workspace for receiving a blank, a rim punch arranged to engage a blank received within the workspace, a center punch arranged radially inside the rim punch, the center punch arranged to engage the blank received within the workspace to form a closure, and an ejection pin arranged to cause the center punch to move such that the closure disengages from the rim punch.

Abstract: A stamping press for stamping a round blank. A ram movable in a stroke direction and in an opposite return stroke direction carries a first stamping tool. A second stamping tool and a stamping ring are supported on a press framework. The stamping tools and a stamping opening formed by the stamping ring are aligned along a working axis. An ejector device serves to eject a stamped round blank from the ring opening. It comprises an ejector pin supported on an actuating device that is movably coupled with the ram. During a return stroke of the ram the ejector pin can apply a force on the second stamping tool in order to press the round blank out of the stamping ring. In a ram movement in the stroke direction the actuating device departs from the second stamping tool and no ejector pin force is applied on the second stamping tool.

Abstract: A can bodymaker includes a mounting assembly and a forming system. The forming system includes a plurality of forming assemblies, each forming assembly coupled to the mounting assembly, each forming assembly including a ram assembly with an elongated ram body, and a ram drive assembly operatively coupled to each forming assembly. The ram drive assembly is a direct ram drive assembly.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a forward and backward extrusion composite forming method using a mould having an open inner cavity, including the following steps: (1) the structural design and assembly of the forward and backward extrusion composite mould having the open inner cavity; (2) the preparation of the initial billet; and (3) forward and backward extrusion composite forming. The present invention can greatly improve the length-diameter ratio of the blind hole and is widely used in alloy steel, aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, copper alloy and other components.

Abstract: A ram assembly includes an elongated ram body and a punch mounting assembly. The ram body has a reduced length. The punch mounting assembly includes an elongated body having a complementary length. The punch mounting assembly is coupled to the ram body. The assembled punch mounting assembly and ram body have an operational length.

Abstract: A precision high cyclic rate metal forming toolpack is disclosed for ironing processes used to produce can or other bodies and preforms of ultra-high precision. An example of the toolpack provides improved centering, dampening and force attenuation response. In an example, the toolpack may be implemented with integrated feedback communication and sensoring. An example of the toolpack also provides unified coolant distribution, including enhanced locational intelligence of infinitely variable tooling positions. An example of the toolpack also provides improved axial and longitudinal articulation for improved tool tracking and floatation. The toolpack may enable improved product quality, throughput, manufacturing efficiency, reduced costs, and reduced labor.

Abstract: A retractable stock guide has a stationary guide rail on which a retractable guide cap is operably supported. The guide rail and cap have two through holes at opposite ends through which two mounting studs extend to attach the stock guide to an associated die member. The holes in the guide cap are ovate, and the heads of the mounting studs are tapered, whereby tightening of the mounting stud shifts the guide cap relative to the guide rail from an aligned, retracted load/unload condition, to an inwardly protruding, extended run condition, wherein the stock strip is slidingly captured between two like stock guides and the mounting surface of the die. Two ball bearing guides can be substituted for the stationary guide rail.

Abstract: A tool for a progressive forming machine comprising an assembly having a workpiece shaping cavity symmetrical about an axis and including an end wall transverse to the axis, a conical bore open to the end wall and centered on the axis, the sides of the conical bore being described by a relatively small angle relative to the axis, and an ejector pin for forcing workpieces form the cavity, the ejector pin having an end face and a conical body portion rearward of the end face, the conical body portion having an external surface matching a surface of the conical bore.

Abstract: A shear punching die assembly having first and second die units in which a material is punched to form a work while the material is clamped between the first and second die units is taught that preferably include a main punch contained in the first die unit and having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to a shape of the work, an ejector contained in the second die unit and positioned axially opposite to the main punch, an ejector biasing member normally biasing the ejector toward the main punch, an ejector retaining device that is capable of acting on the ejector when the first and second die units are in a closed condition, thereby retaining the ejector in a predetermined position, and an ejector releasing device that is capable of acting on the ejector retaining device when the first and second die units are opened over a desired distance, thereby releasing the ejector.

Abstract: A bodymaker ram attachment has a screwed locator (60), which is fastened to a slide block (70) of the bodymaker and can be aligned to the machine. A new ram with an internal thread and location diameter is screwed onto the locator. A clamp ring (65) tightens a locking element (80) so as to fix the ram (50) to the locator (60) when screws (68), which fasten the clamp ring to the locator, are tightened. The advantage of this new attachment is that the ram can be removed quickly by loosening the clamp ring and locking element then unscrewing the ram from the locator. The ram can then be removed and replaced by sliding through the front of the machine without the need for further disassembly.

Abstract: A press assembly including a die assembly having a trim die defining an annular cavity wherein the trim die is fixed to the press assembly, a punch assembly including a trim punch having an annular boss that is correspondingly shaped to the annular cavity, wherein the trim punch is movable relative to the die assembly, and an ejector assembly including an ejector arm, wherein the ejector arm is mounted to the punch assembly. The object is pressed into the annular cavity of the trim die by the annular boss of the trim punch when the annular boss is slidably received in the annular cavity, and the ejector arm pushes the object upwardly within the annular cavity of the trim die when the annular boss of the trim punch is removed from the annular cavity.

Abstract: In a press working apparatus, while a servo motor is acting, an upper die is made to come close to a lower die and press working of the first time is conducted on a steel plate. A slider is raised to a movable punch preparation position. A movable punch is protruded from a die face of the upper die by width and locked by a mechanical lock. The upper die is made to come close to the lower die again and the steel plate is pushed with the upper die and at the same time an additional worked portion is pushed and deformed with the movable punch so as to conduct press working of the second time. After the movable punch has been retracted, the slider is raised.

Abstract: In a press working apparatus, while a servo motor is acting, an upper die is made to come close to a lower die and press working of the first time is conducted on a steel plate. A slider is raised to a movable punch preparation position. A movable punch is protruded from a die face of the upper die by width and locked by a mechanical lock. The upper die is made to come close to the lower die again and the steel plate is pushed with the upper die and at the same time an additional worked portion is pushed and deformed with the movable punch so as to conduct press working of the second time. After the movable punch has been retracted, the slider is raised.

Abstract: A press assembly including a die assembly having a trim die defining an annular cavity wherein the trim die is fixed to the press assembly, a punch assembly including a trim punch having an annular boss that is correspondingly shaped to the annular cavity, wherein the trim punch is movable relative to the die assembly, and an ejector assembly including an ejector arm, wherein the ejector arm is mounted to the punch assembly. The object is pressed into the annular cavity of the trim die by the annular boss of the trim punch when the annular boss is slidably received in the annular cavity, and the ejector arm pushes the object upwardly within the annular cavity of the trim die when the annular boss of the trim punch is removed from the annular cavity.

Abstract: A die assembly is provided, which is structured to be affixed to a shell press. The die assembly includes at least one die shoe having first and second opposing ends, and a number of divisions between the first end and the second end. The divisions are structured to divide the at least one die shoe into a plurality of pieces to accommodate thermal expansion. Each of the divisions between the pieces of the at least one die shoe has a profile. Preferably, the profile is not straight. Each of the divisions of the at least one die shoe form a gap between the pieces of the die shoe, thereby spacing the pieces apart from one another. The pieces are independently coupled to a corresponding mounting surface of the shell press. A shell press and a method for employing the die assembly in a shell press are also disclosed.

Abstract: A stripping assembly for removal of a can body from a punch in a can bodymaker in which an actuator lifts stripper fingers clear of the can carried on the punch in the forward stroke to avoid damage to the can or can coating. On the return stroke, the actuator piston is disabled so that the fingers close around the punch for stripping the can from the punch.

Abstract: A forging press in which adjustment of the tool positions relative to each other can be quickly and easily carried out, in spite of involving a low level of structural complication and expenditure, in particular by virtue of good accessibility, and especially with a low degree of susceptibility to trouble, with a support side which is stationary in the shaping procedure and which includes a die, an impact side which includes a carriage with a punch, the carriage being movable in the longitudinal direction in the shaping procedure, and a first setting device for setting the closing height spacing, wherein the first setting device is arranged on the support side of the forging press.

Abstract: A forging machine includes a machine bed, a driving unit driven by a driving source to activate a feeding unit, a sliding seat unit, and a forging unit. The machine bed includes left and right sidewalls. The driving unit is disposed at an inner side of the left sidewall. The sliding seat unit is disposed at an outer side of the right sidewalls, and includes a sliding plate unit that can reciprocate forwardly and rearwardly to activate a cutting unit and a holding unit. The sliding plate unit is guided by a guiding roller mechanism such that the sliding plate unit moves smoothly.

Abstract: A ram-side ejector device for shaping presses comprising a press carriage, which is movable between a pressing position extended relative to a stationary press die and an end position at a distance therefrom and comprises a press ram cooperating with the stationary press die, said presses further comprising an ejector pin carried on the press carriage the pressing direction and penetrating the press ram, said ejector pin being movable between a retracted end position, in which it is supported, by its end remote from the die, on a stop formed on the press carriage, and an extended position protruding from the press ram, wherein the end of said pin remote from the die is distanced from the stop, said pin being provided with a resetting means which acts counter to the direction in which said pin is extended and which may be releasably blocked, when the press carriage returns from its pressing position, by a blocking means fixed to the press frame counter to the return movement of the press carriage, the activati

Abstract: A device for the extraction of forged details (1) comprising a base (2) coupled with a forging head (3) supporting an extraction bar (4) of the forged details (11), a driving device (5), a command device (6) and an adjusting device of the extraction length (7) wherein said adjusting device (7) connects the extraction length with the length of the product to be extracted.

Abstract: A press system having a frame, a slide, a first die element on the slide, and a knockout assembly. The slide is movable guidingly relative to the frame in a predetermined path between a first position and a second position. The first die element has a forming surface against which a workpiece can be borne to conform the workpiece to the forming surface as the slide is moved from the first position towards the second position. The knockout assembly has an ejecting element that is movable selectively relative to the first die element between extended and retracted positions. The ejecting element causes a workpiece conformed to the forming surface to be separated from the forming surface as an incident of the ejecting element moving from its retracted position into its extended position. The knockout assembly further includes a knockout bar and at least a first knockout pin.

Abstract: A press system having a frame, a slide, a first die element on the slide, and a knockout assembly. The slide is movable guidingly relative to the frame in a predetermined path between a first position and a second position. The first die element has a forming surface against which a workpiece can be borne to conform the workpiece to the forming surface as the slide is moved from the first position towards the second position. The knockout assembly has an ejecting element that is movable selectively relative to the first die element between extended and retracted positions. The ejecting element causes a workpiece conformed to the forming surface to be separated from the forming surface as an incident of the ejecting element moving from its retracted position into its extended position. The knockout assembly further includes a knockout bar and at least a first knockout pin.

Abstract: A forging press in which adjustment of the tool positions relative to each other can be quickly and easily carried out, in spite of involving a low level of structural complication and expenditure, in particular by virtue of good accessibility, and especially with a low degree of susceptibility to trouble, with a support side which is stationary in the shaping procedure and which includes a die, an impact side which includes a carriage with a punch, the carriage being movable in the longitudinal direction in the shaping procedure, and a first setting device for setting the closing height spacing, wherein the first setting device is arranged on the support side of the forging press.

Abstract: A press for transforming work pieces including a drive apparatus for driving at least one press tappet and at least one tappet element. The drive apparatus is connected with at least one extractor element through a lever linkage. A tool with a tool lower element and a tool upper element which is mounted on the press tappet. At least one extractor element is provided to extract the work piece following the transformation process. A coupling which connects the drive apparatus with at least one extractor element or disengages it therefrom. At least one measuring sensor which is part of a triggering apparatus arranged inside the lever linkage and which is in a position to measure the force acting on the extractor element continuously.

Abstract: In a die-side ejector device for presses, a stationary press die cooperates with a press ram on a press frame in order to shape a blank introduced into a bore of the press die. An ejector pin is displaceably provided in a bore in the press frame, said ejector pin being biased against an ejector lever which is pivotable by an actuator lever between a starting position and a final ejection position and which is supported, on its side facing away from the ejector pin in its starting position, on a pressure piece on the press frame.

Abstract: A ram-side ejector device for shaping presses comprising a press carriage, which is movable between a pressing position extended relative to a stationary press die and an end position at a distance therefrom and comprises a press ram cooperating with the stationary press die, said presses further comprising an ejector pin carried on the press carriage the pressing direction and penetrating the press ram, said ejector pin being movable between a retracted end position, in which it is supported, by its end remote from the die, on a stop formed on the press carriage, and an extended position protruding from the press ram, wherein the end of said pin remote from the die is distanced from the stop, said pin being provided with a resetting means which acts counter to the direction in which said pin is extended and which may be releasably blocked, when the press carriage returns from its pressing position, by a blocking means fixed to the press frame counter to the return movement of the press carriage, the activati

Abstract: A section of heat treated solid steel rod receives a phosphate solution treatment and is inserted into a blind cavity of a first die member within a cold forging press. A punch is forced axially into the rod section in successive steps to cold-forge a first bore and a tubular first end portion of a coupler body. A second end portion of the coupler body is also cold-forged in successive steps after treatments and is either reduced in diameter to receive external threads or is formed with a second bore. Each of the first and second bores receives an end portion of a concrete reinforcing bar after which the tubular end portion of body is compressed or swaged inwardly to secure the body to the reinforcing bar. The second bore may also be machined with internal threads for receiving the external threads on another coupler.

Abstract: A press for transforming work pieces including a drive apparatus for driving at least one press tappet and at least one tappet element. The drive apparatus is connected with at least one extractor element through a lever linkage. A tool with a tool lower element and a tool upper element which is mounted on the press tappet. At least one extractor element is provided to extract the work piece following the transformation process. A coupling which connects the drive apparatus with at least one extractor element or disengages it therefrom. At least one measuring sensor which is part of a triggering apparatus arranged inside the lever linkage and which is in a position to measure the force acting on the extractor element continuously.

Abstract: A device for the extraction of forged details (1) comprising a base (2) coupled with a forging head (3) supporting an extraction bar (4) of the forged details (11), a driving device (5), a command device (6) and an adjusting device of the extraction length (7) wherein said adjusting device (7) connects the extraction length with the length of the product to be extracted.

Abstract: A workpiece blanking apparatus has a die, a pad for holding a plate of metal on the die, a blanking punch for depressing the plate on the die downwardly of the die to blank a workpiece out of the plate, and a counterpunch vertically movably disposed in the die in confronting relationship to the blanking punch and movable downwardly with the workpiece blanked by the blanking punch. A counterpunch urging device normally urges the counterpunch upwardly, and a holding mechanism holds the counterpunch in a lowered position after the workpiece is blanked by the blanking punch until the blanking punch is spaced from the workpiece, the pad is spaced from the plate, and the blanking punch and the pad are lifted to a predetermined position. The holding mechanism releases the counterpunch in the lowered position and allows the counterpunch to displace the workpiece out of the die when the blanking punch and the pad are lifted to the predetermined position.

Abstract: A device for the extraction of small metal items, especially applicable to automatic forging machines for the production of screws, rivets and the like, provided with one or more forming punches (1), comprises means (25), (27), (28), (29), (30), (10) articulated with one another and/or the casing of the forging machine, activated by a drive shaft of the same through one or more cams (20), (33) or the like, and co-operating with the back end of one or more pegs (11), (2) coaxial with respect to the forged item placed in sad punch(es).

Abstract: Apparatus for use in forming can bodies comprises a punch including a hollow punch sleeve with a supply of compressed air connected to the interior thereof. A concave dome void recess in the nose of the punch is adapted to receive a correspondingly shaped doming tool for forming a domed base profile in the can body and an air passage provides fluid communication between the interior of the punch sleeve and the concave recess. A valve located in the air passage is biased into the open position by a spring but is normally held closed by the pressure of air in the interior of the sleeve. Entry of the doming tool into the dome void recess when the valve is closed causes a substantial rise in pressure in the air passage which enables the valve to open and deliver compressed air to the interior of the can body to assist in stripping it from the punch.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing a disc product having a plane carng a relief and helical ridges on the outer peripheral side. The inventive production method and the apparatus therefor have enabled a continuous processing of a material mass to forge into, produce and push out a disc product while retaining the quality of the relief plane, and thereby facilitating production of the disc product by die forging.

Abstract: A method for ejecting sheet metal parts from a press, the press comprising a stationary core die portion and a movable punching die portion driven during a working stroke towards and during a return stroke away from the core die portion by driving means, a drawing member encircling the movable punching die portion, a circular or annular portion of said movable punching die portion being biased by spring means, ejection means associated with the press between the dead center of the strokes, the ejection being adapted to move a part laterally out of the travel path of the movable punching die portion by a laterally directed force. The method comprises the steps of punching and molding the parts by the cooperation of the movable punching die portion and the core die portion during a working stroke. A part is taken along with the movable punching die portion during the return stroke by a vacuum between the punching die portion and the part.

Abstract: In a press comprising at least one die (3), a hollow punch (1) and ram (2) assembly movable through the die, and a bottom forming tool (13) having a convex surface portion (14) axially aligned with the punch, said punch and ram assembly having a valve seat (24) in the ram hollow and a valve member (21) which has a valve body engageable with the valve seat and a stem extending through the valve seat towards the free end of the punch so that as the punch approaches the convex surface portion of the bottom forming took, the valve member is lifted off the valve seat to permit compressed air to pass from the punch hollow, the valve stem is supported in a bearing between the valve seat and the extremity of the punch, and said valve stem and interior surface of the punch define a cavity of prechosen volume between the valve seat (24) and extremity of the punch (1) so that as the punch approaches the bottom forming tool (5) cooperation of the convex surface portion (14) of the bottom forming tool and valve stem (20)

Abstract: In a can body maker apparatus including ram means for the forming of a can body mounted for reciprocal motion within a can body maker frame, an improved pressurized air delivery system is incorporated into the ram system to accomplish the air strip of the formed can body.

Abstract: A press for forming the relatively long cylindrical body of a so-called two piece beverage can utilizes a horizontally reciprocating ram to drive a relatively short cup through a circular die pack. Compressed air applied through a rotary valve is utilized to strip the bodies from the ram. Such valve includes a continuously rotating rotor that is mechanically connected to the drive for the ram such that for each rotor revolution the ram moves through a complete cycle consisting of a forward working stroke followed by a rearward return stroke. The rotor is constructed of two disks that abut face to face. A rotor drive shaft extends through the center of the rotor and the angular position of the disks relative to each other is adjustable to adjust the portion of each rotor revolution during which compressed air is applied for stripping. Each disk is provided with an arcuate aperture and the extent to which these apertures overlap determines how long compressed air is applied for stripping.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for separating a mandrel having a tapered end portion from an article formed thereon comprising: (a) providing the mandrel having an opening in the tapered end portion; (b) plugging at least a substantial portion of the opening with a member which presents a deposition surface for the formation of the article; (c) forming the article having a tapered end portion on the mandrel, including on the deposition surface of the member; and (d) pushing the member against the inside surface of the tapered end portion of the article to move the article away from the mandrel, thereby forming a gap between the article and the mandrel.

Abstract: A drawing apparatus pressure pins acting upon the metal sheet holder in the bottom part of the tool are selected, has additional pressure cylinders fastened in the pressure cheek between the actual drawing apparatus acting upon a pressure cheek and the pressure pins. These additional pressure cylinders are individually controllable via valves from a pressure pipe. As a result, a precise influence is made on the drawing conditions of various sheet metal parts and their ejector movement from the bottom part of the tool.

Abstract: Apparatus for stripping a cylindrical workpiece, such as a can body, from a cylindrical supporting device, such as a punch of a can body making machine, using a plurality of pivotally mounted fingers which are mounted between a non-stripping location so that the cylindrical workpiece and the cylindrical supporting device may pass through the stripping fingers without contacting the stripping fingers and a stripping location whereat the stripping fingers will contact the leading edge of the cylindrical workpiece to disengage it from the punch and wherein the stripping fingers are formed from a magnetically conductive material and are moved into the stripping location by electromagnetic apparatus.

Abstract: In the proposed forming press, a reversal device (17 to 20) is provided on a retention pin (1) inside the male die part (4) of the press, which reversal device retains the retention pin in its two end positions (X.sub.1, X.sub.2) until said retention pin is moved by a transmission member (10) on the male die part side or by the pressed article (2) inserted in the die (3).

Abstract: In the case of a drive for a male-die-side ejector slidably disposed in a slide of a mechanical metal-forming press having an angle lever which is pivotably disposed at the slide, one leg of the lever acting upon the end of the ejector facing way from the male die and the other leg thereof being acted upon by a control cam which is driven in a timed manner and being held in contact with this control cam, a free adjustability of the moving characteristics of the ejector is achieved in that the control cam is provided at a control carriage which is slidable in a guide fixed at the frame in parallel to the moving direction of the slide, and at which a control connecting rod is applied in a bearing, this control connecting rod, at one end, being disposed eccentrically on a shaft serving also as the drive of the slide.

Abstract: A driving apparatus includes a driving shaft journalled in a nut former, a hollow cylinder having an axially extending bore formed eccentrically therethrough and sleeved rigidly on the driving shaft in such a manner that the driving shaft extends through the bore of the cylinder, a link sleeved removably and rotatably on the cylinder at an end thereof, and a crank having a first crank arm connected pivotally to the other end of the link and a second crank arm connected to a workpiece impelling mechanism. When the driving shaft rotates, the driving apparatus activates the workpiece impelling mechanism.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for stripping a can body having an open end and a closed end from the punch on a reciprocating ram of a can body making apparatus wherein a cavity exists between the closed end and the punch and wherein the ram has a forward stroke and a return stroke by moving the closed end into contact with doming apparatus during the forward stroke to move a valve from a closed to an opened position to feed air under pressure into the cavity to hold the closed end against the doming apparatus during the return stroke until the can body is separated from the punch and ejecting the stripped can body from the doming apparatus.

Abstract: A drive for a male-mold-site ejector slidably disposed in a slide of a mechanical metal-forming press has an angle lever pivoted in the slide. One leg of the angle lever act upon the end of the ejector facing away from the male mold and the other leg of the angle lever is in driving connection with a guide rod which is linked to a driving connecting rod for the slide. In a timed manner, the guide rod transmits driving movements to the angle lever. The driving connection is constructed as a link chain, in which the guide rod linked to the driving connecting rod is disposed approximately at a right angle to the moving direction of the slide and the arm of a two-armed lever linked to it extends approximately in parallel to the moving direction of the slide.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a product such as a constant velocity joint having a recess whose opening has a lesser diameter than its interior, by ironing a workpiece supplied to working parts of punches which workpiece is pre-formed into a hollow structure whose opening has an excess of metal required to be ironed. A group of punches are mounted in a loop around a punch guide for relative axial movement. The group of punches includes a set of first punches and a set of second punches, disposed alternately. Each punch has a working part at an upper end thereof and the working parts are closely assembled in a closed loop at the time of the forming process. Each punch is formed with a groove in a side which is slidable along the punch guide. The grooves in the first punches are different in length from those in the second punches.

Abstract: A follow-on tool to equip a stamping press for making deep-drawn products. A metal strip is associated with elastic support devices. A rigid intermediate plate, vertically mobile between two stops, carries centering and extraction tubes.

Abstract: A drawing apparatus in a press for holding the sheet metal part during the drawing and for the ejection thereof. Additionally, blocking devices are provided which prevent the ejection of the sheet metal draw part at the same time with the upward movement of the press ram. Each blocking device is thereby to be rendered selectively operable or inoperable. A continuous flow of the hydraulic liquid is to be precluded during the inoperative condition of the blocking device. The blocking device consists of a pressure cylinder, of a pressure piston which is displaceably movable on the piston rod displaceable by the draw cushion, and of a compression spring for the displacement of the pressure piston in the ejection direction. The pressure space formed above the pressure piston is selectively pressureless for the inoperative condition, respectively, adapted to be acted upon with controlled pressure for the operative condition of the blocking device.

Abstract: A drawing installation for a press which must produce the holding force during the drawing operation. The drawing ram displaces the sheet metal part and the sheet metal holder against the holding force and additionally must overcome at the beginning of the sheet metal deformation the inertia forces of the accelerated parts of the drawing installation. In order to avoid the forces which occur thereby in an impact-like manner, the piston rods transmitting the holding force and the ejector piston rods are pre-accelerated prior to the drawing ram. The piston rods each include an operating surface adapted to be acted upon in the drawing direction. The pressure spaces coordinated thereto are connected with a pressure quantity space each of a pre-acceleration cylinder and by way of a refill control with a pressure source. The control of the pre-acceleration cylinder and of the refill from the pressure source takes place in dependence on the movement of the drawing ram.

Abstract: A forming machine comprises an eccentric drive mechanism for executing a stroke movement of a displaceable ram mounted for movement on a machine frame. A ram-side ejector mechanism is fixed on the ram for expelling workpieces from a tool secured to the ram. The ram-side ejector mechanism includes a longitudinally displaceable ejector pin, a two-armed lever member pivotally supported by the ram and cam disks mounted on a rotatable cam shaft. The cam disks are effective to pivotally displace the lever member for causing the longitudinal displacement of the ejector pin member. The rotatable shaft carries the cam disk mounted on the displaceable ram with the lever member. A gear linkage mechanism includes a rotational transfer shaft mounted to the machine frame for driving the cam shaft in response to operation of the eccentric drive assembly.