Abstract: An intelligent riveting system comprising a hydraulic riveting tool (1), a riveting position identification system, a riveting displacement detection system, a riveting pressure detection system and a central processing system, wherein the central processing system acquires image information and carries out position identification, encoding and storage to form riveting position data in one-to-one correspondence, acquires real-time displacement data and riveting oil pressure data of each riveting position to form real-time data corresponding to riveting displacement values and riveting pressure values, and compares same with a standard to carry out quality determination. By means of the intelligent riveting system, a riveting position and an installation parameter are automatically identified and acquired, and the riveting quality is automatically determined; and by means of storing data during riveting and installation, the traceability of rivet installation quality can be achieved.

Abstract: A metal extrusion and nodes based structure is provided. The structure comprises one or more arc members connected by one or more node members, wherein the arc comprises (i) a wing feature which is configured to mate with one or more non-structural components, (ii) an internal passage feature which is configured to be inserted into a connecting feature of the corresponding node member, and (iii) one or more keying features formed from a mating interface with the corresponding node member.

Abstract: Equipment for cold-drawing a metal wire. The equipment comprises a sequence of a sleeve and a drawing die in the advancing wire path; the sleeve comprises a hole for inserting the wire to be drawn, and the drawing die comprises a conical hole. The equipment comprises first support means of the sleeve and second support means of the drawing die coupled with each other so as to keep the sleeve and the drawing die in place to allow the wire to advance from the sleeve to the drawing die. The first support means comprises a hole for inserting the metal wire which precedes the hole of the sleeve in the metal wire path; the hole of the first support means is coaxial with the hole of the sleeve and has a smaller diameter than the initial opening of the sleeve hole in the metal wire path.

Abstract: A process for drawing a steel wire, in which the wire has a carbon content by weight C of 0.4%?C?0.74%, includes an uninterrupted series of drawing steps. The drawing steps draw the wire from a diameter d? to a diameter d, with d? and d being expressed in mm, and with a true strain ?? of the steel wire being given by ??=2×ln(d?/d), with ??>4.

Abstract: A fine blanking device characterized by a trough structure is provided. Preferably, the fine blanking device comprises a punch, a mother die module having a first die cavity allowing the punch to enter therein, and a blank-holder module having a second die cavity allowing the punch to enter therein; wherein one or more trough structures are formed on/individually formed on the mother die module or/and the blank-holder module, wherein the trough structure is formed, surrounding the first die cavity, on the mother die module at a sheet stock contacting side thereof; or/and the trough structure is formed, surrounding the second die cavity, on the blank-holder module at a sheet stock contacting side thereof.

Abstract: A forming method includes using at least one forming tool to form a material of a workpiece and using a lubricant between the material and the at least one forming tool. The lubricant has a viscosity that is modifiable by applying or varying a field.

Abstract: A multi-tool having a plurality of tool-receipt openings adapted to receive respective tools. The multi-tool can be used on turret presses, single-station presses, other industrial presses, or other fabrication equipment.

Abstract: A tube expanding drum machine, including a support frame, at least one drum rotatably supported in said frame, rotation means of said drum about its axis, a flexible pipe-expanding shaft wound on said drum and having a first end fixed to said drum, an expanding mandrel or a shaped ogive, connected to the second end of said flexible pipe-expanding shaft, suitable for widening the diameter of a pipe by winding or unwinding said flexible pipe-expanding shaft onto or from said drum inside the pipe itself. The machine includes automatic lubrication means of the inner surface of the pipe during the pipe expansion foreseen inside said flexible shaft.

Abstract: A set of tooling for a progressive forming machine comprising die and tool units having internal complementary cavity portions for receiving a workpiece, one of said units being arranged to slide a limited distance along its axis and to be biased by a spring force towards the other unit when the units are mounted in the forming machine, the units each having an end face with a smooth surface finish adapted to press against the smooth surface finish of the end face of the other unit, the end face area of one of the units being relatively small compared to its major cross-sectional area whereby a high contact pressure between the end faces is obtained for a given spring bias force such that extrusion/cooling oil coating a workpiece received in the cavity portions is restrained from leakage from the cavity portions across said end faces during a hydrostatic trapped extrusion of the workpiece in the die and tool units whereby the die and tool units are capable of shaping the workpiece to a degree beyond limits of

Abstract: The invention provides equipment for supplying lubricant for a rolling roll of a rolling mill comprising a plurality of spray nozzles for spraying a lubricant and a gas in a particulate or atomized state to the rolling roll, a lubricant feed device for feeding the lubricant to the spray nozzles, and a gas feed device for feeding the gas to the nozzles. The amount of lubricant supplied from side spray nozzles is larger than the lubricant feed rate from the center spray nozzle, and the amount of lubricant supplied from the spray nozzles between these side spray nozzles and center spray nozzle is not more than the amount of lubricant from the side spray nozzles and not less than the lubricant from the center spray nozzle. Thus uneven wear and roughness is reduced in the axial direction of the rolling roll.

Abstract: An apparatus for roller swaging may include a support arm, a spherical roller rotatably supported in the support arm, a mount for slidably supporting the support arm, a first actuator for displacing the support arm relative to the mount, a second actuator for supporting the arm and imparting rotational movement of the mount about an axis in which the spherical roller describes a circular path, a base for supporting the second actuator for reciprocal movement parallel to the axis, and a third actuator connected to the second actuator for displacing the second actuator relative to the base. A method for roller swaging may include inserting a tube end into a ferrule, and urging a spherical roller against an inner wall of the tube with a force sufficient to swage the inner wall against the ferrule, thereby mechanically securing the ferrule to the end of the tube.

Abstract: A lubrication delivery system for a rolling facility having a plurality of roll stands. A centralized lubrication source is arranged to supply lubrication to a plurality of liners within the roll stands during a rolling campaign. The lubrication source can supply one or more lubricants via controlled conduits in fluid communication with the liners. Liners are provided with a plurality of conduits for directing pressurized lubricant from the centralized lubricant source so as to minimize lubricant loss. A plurality of different lubricants may be provided at a centralized source with a controller or other device directing a flow of pressurized lubricant to the plurality of roll stands during the campaign.

Abstract: A method for applying a lubricant while rolling metallic rolled stock, e.g., a rolled strip guided through a roll gap between two work rolls, may include the following steps: producing a mixture of lubricant and a carrier gas in an atomization device; supplying the mixture to individual spray nozzles of an arrangement of spray nozzles, in order to produce a continuous overall spray jet in the direction of the width of the rolled strip; and applying the mixture by means of the overall spray jet to the surface of at least one of the work rolls and/or to the surface of the rolled strip.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for supplying a lubricant necessary for efficiently manufacturing high-quality seamless pipes or tubes in a piercing mill, an apparatus for manufacturing seamless pipes or tubes having the supply system, and seamless pipes or tubes manufacturing method. The system for supplying a lubricant has a storage tank of the lubricant, a plumbing extending from the storage tank to a position near disk rolls, a nozzle provided at the tip of the plumbing, a device for switching flow direction provided in some midpoint of the plumbing, a plumbing extending from the device for switching flow direction to the storage tank, and a device for releasing pressure in a plumbing, provided between the switching device and the nozzle.

Abstract: In order to optimize the lubrication of a rolling rod in a process for hot-rolling metallic, elongate hollow bodies (21) by means of the rolling rod (2), which is arranged in the hollow body and to which lubricant is applied before the hot-rolling operation, the lubricant is applied to the rolling rod in solid form.

Abstract: In a drawing method of a metallic tube which includes: filling a high-pressure container with a lubricating oil, the container having a mother tube inserted thereinto; pressurizing the oil with a pressure booster; and drawing the forcedly lubricated mother tube, the oil having a kinetic viscosity of 100 to 2000 mm2/s at 40° C. and at normal pressure and a viscosity pressure coefficient of 15 to 24 GPa?1 at 40° C. is used for preventing seizing and vibrations in drawing and for suppressing the deterioration of surface roughness due to oil pits in tube. Herein, the oil preferably contains one or more of extreme-pressure (EP) additives in a total amount of 10 mass % or more, being selected from a sulfur-based additive, a chlorine-based additive, an organic calcium metallic salt, a phosphorus-based additive, an organic zinc-based additive, and an organic molybdenum-based additive, each having a prescribed amount of relevant element.

Abstract: A punch element is mounted for sliding movement in the guide sleeve or casing with the punch point at its lower end for forming or punching a workpiece. A stripper element is located at the lower end of the guide sleeve which defines the casing of the punch assembly, and the stripper element has an opening aligned with the punch point through which the punch point passes to engage the workpiece. A matrix placement chamber is provided within the casing between the punch point and the guide sleeve so as to at least partially surround the punch point and at least one flexible lubrication matrix body is contained in the matrix placement chamber inside the housing.

Abstract: Equipment for supplying lubricant for a rolling mill 20 of a rolling mill of a flat shaped metal material M comprises a plurality of spray nozzles 1a and 1b which spray a lubricant toward a rolling roll together with a gas in a particulate or atomized state, a lubricant feed device 2, 3, and 4 which feeds the spray nozzles a lubricant, and a gas feed device 5 and 6 which feeds the spray nozzles a gas. In the present invention, the amount of lubricant supplied from the side spray nozzles among the spray nozzles are made larger than the lubricant feed rate from the center spray nozzle. Further, the amount of lubricant supplied from the spray nozzles between these side spray nozzles and center spray nozzle are made not more than the amount of lubricant supplied from the side spray nozzles and not less than the lubricant feed rate from the center spray nozzle. Due to this, uneven wear and roughness is kept from occurring at the rolling roll in the axial direction of the rolling roll.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of hot-rolled steel sheet which enables uniform cooling of a rolled material and improvement of the surface properties thereof. The manufacturing apparatus comprises: a rolling stand; a supplying device capable of supplying lubricant to work rolls and/or backup rolls; an online roll grinding device; and a removing device capable of removing at least part of the lubricant before the surface of the work rolls is ground by the grinding device. The manufacturing method comprises the steps of: removing at least part of the lubricant adhered to the work rolls, or to the work rolls and backup rolls using the lubricant removing device after completing rolling of a preceding material; grinding the work rolls using the online roll grinding device after the removing step; and supplying the lubricant to the work rolls and/or backup rolls from the lubricant supplying device.

Abstract: A linear bearing plate, or liner, for use within a rolling mill stand, said liner including lubrication ports in fluid communication with a lubrication source. A centralized lubrication source can provide a predetermined lubrication to a plurality of mill stands in response to a signal, such as from a rolling facility operator. Lubrication ports provide areas of active lubrication which are surrounded by areas of passive lubrication so as to provide adequate lubrication during a rolling campaign.

Abstract: A plug includes a front edge portion having a convex curvature; a cylindrical portion having a truly or nearly cylindrical shape; a trunk portion having an outer diameter gradually increasing toward a rear edge thereof; a mandrel joint provided in a rear edge portion of the plug; a lubricant ejection hole running through the trunk portion from the mandrel joint that opens on the surface of the cylindrical portion; and a coating comprising oxides and Fe that is formed on the base metal surface of each of the front edge portion as well as the trunk portion by arc spraying using an iron wire. In this way, the plug can prevent inner surface flaws from occurring in a hollow blank that is deformed by piercing-rolling, and can extend its life without requiring a long time for making it.

Abstract: In an apparatus for drawing a metal tube in which lubrication oil is ejected from an ejecting opening formed in a hollow rod supporting a plug to apply the lubrication oil onto an inner surface of a raw tube, the lubrication oil ejection responsiveness when a discontinuous lubrication oil supply is performed is enhanced. In the drawing apparatus in which a metal raw tube (2) is processed by passing the same between a die (10) for forming an outer surface and a plug (11) for forming an inner surface, an ejecting opening (21) from which lubrication oil (L) is ejected opens into an outer peripheral surface of a hollow rod (20) supporting the plug (11). The ejecting opening (21) is provided only in a region of the rod (20) higher than the center thereof in the up-and-down direction.

Abstract: A lubrication delivery system for a rolling facility having a plurality of roll stands. A centralized lubrication source is arranged to supply lubrication to a plurality of liners within the roll stands during a rolling campaign. The lubrication source can supply one or more lubricants via controlled conduits in fluid communication with the liners. Liners are provided with a plurality of conduits for directing pressurized lubricant from the centralized lubricant source so as to minimize lubricant loss. A plurality of different lubricants may be provided at a centralized source with a controller or other device directing a flow of pressurized lubricant to the plurality of roll stands during the campaign.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying labels to products includes a label application station at which the labels are applied to a product and an application head movably mounted relative to a base for movement between a first operative loading position spaced from the label application station and a second operative application position at which the application head applies at least one label to a product positioned at the label application station. An electrically actuated solenoid is operatively connected to the application head to move the application head between the first and second operative positions.

Abstract: A method and device for lubricating tool and workpiece at cutting and forming, especially fine blanking of a workpiece with 5 mm or more thickness and with complex part geometry from a flat strip lubricates a tool and workpiece at cutting and forming, so that fine blanking of thicker parts is reproducible, with high quality. Extended the edge life of the tools is achieved by lubricating the active surfaces without the provided lubricating film breaking off. One quantity of cutting oil is accumulated in a micro-surface structure of a functional surface of shearing punch and cutting die and evenly distributed on the functional surfaces as quasi-stationary cutting oil film by cooperation of functional surfaces moving past each other when the tool is closed, and another quantity of accumulated cutting oil, via the respective effective gaps, is provided to the active surfaces of shearing punch and workpiece in the forming zone.

Abstract: A metal forming process involves applying a lubricant, formed from a vitreous enamel mixed with particles of boron nitride, to at least one surface of a sheet metal blank, and without pre-heating the sheet metal blank, placing the sheet metal blank having the lubricant applied to the surface(s) thereof into a pre-heated forming tool so that the at least one surface contacts a surface of the forming tool. The method further involves, via the pre-heated forming tool, forming the sheet metal blank into a desired part shape, and during such forming, forming a lubricant layer on the surface(s) as the lubricant is heated from the pre-heated forming tool, the lubricant layer adhering to the surface(s) of the sheet metal blank.

Abstract: This invention relates to a rolling mill apparatus and a method of shape control of a rolled strip which enables satisfactory shape control even in extremely thin rolling. A rolling mill apparatus of this invention has a rolling mill, which rolls a rolled strip P between upper and lower work rolls; a shape detecting portion, which detects the degree of flatness of the rolled strip in the width direction of rolled strip which has been rolled by the rolling mill; a spray portion, having a plurality of spray nozzles arranged along the length direction of the upper and lower work rolls, which sprays the upper and lower work rolls with coolant C; and, a shape control portion, which adjusts the spray amount and/or temperature of the coolant C sprayed from the spray portion based on detected information from the shape detecting portion, to control the shape of the rolled strip P.

Abstract: A multi-tool having a plurality of tool-receipt openings adapted to receive respective tools. The multi-tool can be used on turret presses, single-station presses, other industrial presses, or other fabrication equipment.

Abstract: For controlling the flatness of the strip during the rolling of aluminium strip or foil, the system consists of a full width bank of cryogenic roll cooling devices acting on the roll(s) and a full width bank of roll heating devices also acting the roll(s). Both or either of the cooling and heating banks are divided into individually controllable zones. A process automation system controls the action of the cooling and heating banks via feedback from a strip shape meter and/or a predictive process model, in order, by thermal growth/contraction, to create the best roll profile for rolling flat strip.

Abstract: Embodiments according to this disclosure include methods and systems for lubricating sheet metal stock by wiping a controlled amount of lubricant onto the surfaces of the sheet metal with strips of material, such as felt, saturated with the lubricant. The lubrication methods and systems disclosed herein can also provide for control of the pressure at which the lubricant is delivered, the volume of lubricant delivered, and the frequency lubricant is delivered to the felt strips. The lubricant is delivered to the felt strips at a number of locations and the felt material is configured to naturally wick the lubricant from the injection sites to the spaces between injection sites to substantially saturate the entire strip.

Abstract: In substantial volume production operations involving hot blow forming or hot stamping of aluminum alloy sheet workpieces, debris largely comprised of particles of aluminum alloy material adheres to critical forming surfaces of the heated steel tools. This debris mars forming surfaces and causes defects in aluminum alloy parts formed against them. Such aluminum-rich debris may be reactively transformed to change its adherent properties and removed from tool surfaces without removing the heated tool from production. In one embodiment, a hot sacrificial magnesium sheet may be formed on the tool(s) to alloy with aluminum debris and carry it from the forming surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of supplying lubrication oil in cold rolling for stable rolling without heat scratches or slip and achieving high productivity and improvement of the unit consumption of lubrication oil, that is, a method of supplying lubrication oil in cold rolling by supplying a predetermined kind of emulsion lubrication oil comprised of a mixture of rolling oil and water at the rolling stand inlet from nozzles, the method characterized by measuring or estimating the pressure in the lubrication nozzle pipe (lubrication nozzle pressure), controlling the lubrication nozzle pressure of the rolling stand where lubrication is susceptible to become excessive with the predetermined emulsion lubrication oil to 0.5 MPa or more, and, while doing so, supplying the lubrication oil to the roll bite inlet of the stand by direct injection.

Abstract: In a method for blowing out and/or for spraying dies (3, 5), arranged at the top and/or bottom, of forging presses, in particular drop forging presses, comprising automatic workpiece transport by means of a transport lifting beam (8) provided with gripping devices (9) and comprising a mechanical blow-out and spray device (11; 10) which is introduced into the tool space (1) of the forging press and is withdrawn again from the latter, a spray lifting beam (11) provided with spray devices (10) is moved into the tool space (1) synchronously with the lifting and removal movement of the transport lifting beam (8), but independently of the latter, while the transport lifting beam (8) lifts a workpiece (6) produced in a preceding forging operation and removes it from the tool space (1), wherein the spray devices (10) are actuated within the tool space and the forging dies (3, 5) are lubricated and/or cooled close to the contour.

Abstract: A forming method includes using at least one forming tool to form a material of a workpiece and using a lubricant between the material and the at least one forming tool. The lubricant has a viscosity that is modifiable by applying or varying a field.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for sealing the ball side of a bearing of a roller journal (2), comprising a journal bushing (3) which is drawn to the roller journal (2), said journal bushing being associated with a bearing ring (5), a bearing bushing (7) which is mounted in an insertion piece (6), also comprising radial shaft seals which are associated with the insertion piece via a holder (11) and which are provided with radial lips (13, 13) which co-operate with the bearing ring (5) and a sealing arrangement (16) which is arranged upstream from the radial shaft seals so that the roller (4) can roll. The aim of the invention is to improve said device in such a way that it can be produced and operated economically such that it consists of only a small number of parts and has an improved sealing effect.

Abstract: A roll stand for rolling metallic strips comprises at least one roll or cylinder which is respectively mounted in a mounting on rolling bearings in the region of its end journals, and at least one distributing device for distributing a lubricant-gas flow. The roll stand according to the invention makes it easily possible in an operationally reliable manner to supply a rolling bearing, provided for mounting a roll or cylinder, with a precisely determined amount of lubricant. This is achieved according to the invention in that a connecting channel for the transport of a lubricant-gas flow to or from the distributing device is molded into the roll or cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a tool for producing cylindrical workpieces having longitudinal grooves, wherein the actual rolling operation is preceded by a drawing stage integrated in the tool and wherein the forming rollers are realized with an improved mounting.

Abstract: The hot stretch forming of sheet metal alloys, such as highly deformable aluminum alloy materials, is improved by using a lubricant comprising bismuth between the forming tool and the engaged surface of the sheet metal. A precursor of bismuth, such as bismuth subsalicylate, may be dispersed in a liquid and applied to the sheet metal before the sheet is heated to its forming temperature. Other lubricants such as boron nitride may be combined with the bismuth precursor. The precursor compound is decomposed to bismuth (or bismuth and carbon in the case of bismuth subsalicylate) which lubricates contact between the surface(s) of the sheet and the forming tool during forming and removal of the formed part from the tool.

Abstract: In a method of cooling and/or lubricating of rolls and/or rolling stock according to which a cooling medium is applied to the rolls from a plurality of nozzles/nozzle rows, on one hand, and for lubrication, on the other hand, base oil is applied to the rolling stock in front of a roll gap, wherein the nozzles/nozzle rows are adjusted separately and independent from each other the cooling medium is applied to the rolls separately from the base oil, and finally, the base oil without water as a base medium is applied directly to the rolling stock over an entire width thereof in a very small amount in comparison with a conventional amount. To this end, media separating means is arranged between the nozzles/nozzle rows for applying cooling medium to the rolls and the nozzles/nozzle rows for applying base oil to the rolling stock.

Abstract: In applying a non-graphite-based lubricant composed of, by mass %, 10 to 70% of an oxide-based lamellar compound and 30 to 90% of boric acid onto a mandrel bar, the lubricant film thickness is set from a predetermined master curve for the lubricant film thickness corresponding to an amount of mica. This stably produces a seamless steel pipe of high quality, while preventing seizing marks and internal flaws.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for rolling milling material, especially for hot wide-strip rolling in a finishing train or a continuous casting and rolling plant, in which a lubricant is applied directly to the surface of the working rollers or indirectly to the surface of the support rollers, the lubricant then being transferred to the surface of the working rollers, before the milling material is fed into the roller gap of a roll stand. A highly adhesive lubricant film forms on the surface of the working roller, said lubricant film resulting in a reduction of friction in the roller gap as an intermediate layer between the roller and the milling material. According to the inventive method, the lubricant is applied along the entire length of the milling material such that the lubricating effect comes into play along the entire length of the milling material.

Abstract: A method of and a rolling mill stand for cold rolling of a metallic rolling stock (1), in particular rolling strip (1b) with nozzles for gaseous or liquid treatment media, with which the rolling stock (1) is displaced under a processing temperature through a roll gap (40) of a roll pair of upper working roll (2) and lower working roll (3) to undergo plastic deformation, and which permits in addition to a rolling stock surface improvement, the lubrication and surface protection of the rolling stock (1) and the rollers (2, 3) by a reduction in roll separating, with introduction of deep-chilled media, whereby deep chilled inert gas (41), ambient temperature inert gas (41a), lubricant emulsion (42), of admixed base oil, or oil-free, non-residue evaporating hydrocarbons are introduced against the sides (2a; 3a) of the working rollers (2, 3), and/or the rolling gap (40), and/or the rolling stock (1) in groups of jets from individual rows of nozzles (6a to 22b) for lubrication, cooling, and for inerting.

Abstract: An expandable and contractible coiler mandrel for coiling metal strip, including: a rotatably supported coiler mandrel shaft with a wedge surface on its outer circumference; cooperating segments, which have an outer circumference with a coiling surface for the strip, and which have an opposing wedge surface cooperating with the wedge surface of the mandrel shaft in their end region facing away from the coiling surface; a mechanism for shifting the segments relative to an axial direction of the mandrel shaft; and a supply system for conveying lubricant to coiler mandrel regions that require lubrication. The supply system is connected with a lubricant pump having an actuating element for pumping, such that the pump is connected with the shifting mechanism or with the mandrel shaft, and the actuating element is connected with the other of the mandrel shaft or the shifting mechanism whereby pumping occurs only when the shifting mechanism is actuated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for applying an adjustable tensile-stress distribution, in particular in the edge regions during the cold-rolling of metal strips (16), in particular metal foil, in order to reduce the risk of an excessive build-up of tension and cracks at the edges of the strip, which can lead as a negative consequence to cracks in the strip and to a reduction in production, and in order to improve the surface of the strip and its planarity, even for a relatively high strip displacement speed, and also to reduce strip trimming widths.

Abstract: In a method for blowing out and/or for spraying dies (3, 5), arranged at the top and/or bottom, of forging presses, in particular drop forging presses, comprising automatic workpiece transport by means of a transport lifting beam (8) provided with gripping devices (9) and comprising a mechanical blow-out and spray device (11; 10) which is introduced into the tool space (1) of the forging press and is withdrawn again from the latter, a spray lifting beam (11) provided with spray devices (10) is moved into the tool space (1) synchronously with the lifting and removal movement of the transport lifting beam (8), but independently of the latter, while the transport lifting beam (8) lifts a workpiece (6) produced in a preceding forging operation and removes it from the tool space (1), wherein the spray devices (10) are actuated within the tool space and the forging dies (3, 5) are lubricated and/or cooled close to the contour.

Abstract: A machine arrangement includes a plurality of machines arranged to cooperate with each other in a manner which comprises a machine line. This machine line incorporates apparatus which is associated with and/or comprises part of the machines for: at least one of moving, holding, manipulating and shaping cans as they pass from a can infeed to a can discharge of the machine line and move along a path having a predetermined configuration. This apparatus minimizes operations necessary for changing from a set up suitable for modifying a can having a first set of dimensions to a set up suitable for a can having a second set of dimensions.

Abstract: The rolling mill comprises a pair of work rolls for rolling a plate material in the thickness direction, a guide for guiding the leading end of the plate material between the work rolls, and a rolling oil supply member for supplying rolling oil between the work rolls through a rolling oil passage formed within the guide. The rolling mill further comprises a temperature adjusted oil passage formed within the guide separately from the rolling oil passage, and a temperature adjusted oil supply member for applying temperature adjusted oil having a different temperature from the rolling oil to the work rolls through the temperature adjusted oil passage so as to control the crown rate of the work rolls, improving the controllability of the crown rate of the work roll.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for fabricating articles having apertures from a flat feedstock, such as gutter covers, are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for fabricating articles having apertures from a flat feedstock includes an uncoiler for receiving and metering out a desired quantity of a flat feedstock in roll form; a feeder/straightener for receiving the feedstock from the uncoiler; a first press for receiving the feedstock from the feeder/straightener, the first press housing a tool and die that forms one or more apertures in the feedstock; a second press for receiving the feedstock from the first press, the second press housing a tool and die that cuts the feedstock into a finished length; and a roll former for receiving the feedstock from the second press, the roll former comprising a plurality of rollers that create a desired profile along the width of the feedstock.

Abstract: A device which is designed as a spray head and is intended for lubricating and cooling molds, in particular forging dies and tools in metal forming, is described, in which device the feed passages for coolant, compressed air and lubricant are accommodated in a common compact housing but are designed to run separately from one another, and in which spray nozzles are in each case assigned to these separate flow passages, these spray nozzles being specifically designed for spraying the lubricant and the coolant, respectively. By means of this measure, the spraying operation can be designed in an optimum manner and it becomes possible to keep the lubricant and coolant consumption low.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for lubricating rolls, in particular for lubricating a rolling nip in rolling stands for rolled strips. According to the invention, said lubrication takes place using an oil-in-water dispersion whilst maintaining both a predetermined blend characteristic and a volumetric flow of the dispersion. The dispersion is prepared in the form of a homogeneous blend in a mixer (1) using adjustable quantities of water and oil. The dispersion is supplied to various spray zones (Zi) for a distribution (Bi) that is variable in width. Said method for roll lubrication can be improved by the allocation of at least one row of nozzles (Di) to each spray zone (Zi), which has a corresponding spray range width (Bi), each nozzle being controlled by at least one relay valve (Si).

Abstract: A molded plastic holder for printed material includes a substantially flat support panel which is designed to be mounted to any vertical surface. Molded as part of and integrally joined to the support panel along a lower edge is a first curved clip which curves outwardly at its base so as to provide a clearance space to receive the material and then extends inwardly in order to create a pressure point which presses against any material placed in the holder in order to retain the material securely in place. Also molded as part of and integrally joined to the support panel is a second curved clip of virtually identical construction to the first curved clip. The clips each have an inherent spring tension which allows each clip to be easily pulled forward for the insertion of material into the holder and to spring back to apply the desired holding force. Snap-on legs are used when the holder is to be table-mounted.