Abstract: A vehicle body dent system may include a dent impactor, which may include a ram and an impactor head on one end of the ram. The ram may be adapted to accelerate the impactor head to forcefully make contact with a vehicle body element, thereby denting the vehicle body element. The impactor head may be replaceable on the ram. Different impactor heads of numerous shapes and sizes may be provided. The ram may be a pneumatic cylinder, as such the criteria of a dent may be the classification of the impactor head used, such as the diameter of the impactor head, and the air pressure provided to the cylinder which may comprise the ram. The vehicle body element may be supported by a body element support, which may include a rotating portion. The body element support may include a mounting element in the form of a body element table, or one or more standoffs, movably mounted to the body element support. The mounting element may be adapted to receive the vehicle body element and securely support the vehicle body element.

Abstract: A punching machine is provided with a tool holder for a punching tool and a die having a cutting edge which can be passed by the punching tool in a machining stroke direction and a return stroke direction. The machine includes at least one work support, supported by at least one spring element. The work support is arranged in the region of the die, and the spring force of the spring element is adjustable.

Abstract: A punching machine is provided with a tool holder for a punching tool and a die having a cutting edge which can be passed by the punching tool in a machining stroke direction and a return stroke direction. The machine includes at least one work support, supported by at least one spring element. The work support is arranged in the region of the die, and the spring force of the spring element is adjustable.

Abstract: A screwhead forming apparatus includes an operating mechanism driven to reciprocate, a male die driven by the operating mechanism to reciprocate and having a die cavity of a predetermined shape, a stationary female die, and a punch rod driven by the operating mechanism to impel the blank into the die cavity of the male die so as to forge an elongated blank. A compression spring assembly consists of a plurality of spring units which are disposed between the operating mechanism and the male die and which have different spring forces so that the spring assembly creates a successively increasing spring force to bias the male die to press against the female die after the male die is brought to contact the female die by the operating mechanism during movement of the punch rod relative to the female die. The spring units are compressed completely just before the blank is moved entirely into the die cavity of the male die so as to prevent removal of the male die from the female die.

Abstract: A machine (144) for crimping terminals onto conductors, is disclosed which automatically compensate for different conductor density and terminal sizes for maintaining a desired crimp height for each different combination of sizes. The machine (144) includes a compensating unit (146) that is interposed within the drive mechanism to automatically alter an otherwise fixed distance (162) in the drive mechanism. The compensating unit (146), when combined with the ram, includes a pair of opposed resilient beams (158, 160) that deflect when sufficient axial loading is applied to the ram during the crimping operation. This deflection results in the altering of the fixed distance (162) and, therefore, the altering of the shut height (164) of the machine (144).

Abstract: A marking tool holder (10) for a punch press, in which a plurality of marking tools (46) are mounted in an indexing carrier (38) for selective activation by the press ram (14). A non-positive connection effects driving of the preselected marking tool (46) to eliminate the need for precise adjustment of the marking tool position. In a first embodiment, a pair of very stiff springs (138) are interposed between a ram engaged plunger (124) and a striker (70), while in the second embodiment, a striker mass (158) attached to the striker (70) and carried in a body member (60) which is accelerated by the ram (14) to generate kinetic energy converted into a marking pressure when the marking tool (46) impacts the workpiece (W).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine for crimping a workpiece. The machine of the invention comprises a bed plate, a conical shaped bowl adjacent the bed plate, and a ram reciprocal substantially upward and downward along an axis toward and away from the bowl. A crimping die assembly comprising a plurality of circumferentially disposed die fingers attached to a die retaining ring is disposed adjacent to the bowl for receiving a workpiece. A driving means is provided for advancing the ram toward the die assembly, and a pusher assembly comprising a single pusher ring is provided to transmit the forces of the ram to the die assembly. The driving means has a variable length stroke, and the length of the stroke is controlled by matching a reference voltage with a comparative voltage on a balancing circuit. The diameter of the circle embraced by the die fingers is correspondingly reduced as the die fingers are advanced into the conical shaped bowl.

Abstract: Percussion apparatus having a compressed air inlet (3) and serving to impart percussive movement to a tool (10), the said tool (10) sliding inside an envelope (1) fixed to the apparatus and being terminated by a spherical portion (22), includes the improvement wherein the said tool (10) includes a hollow tube (13) with one end (21) holding a ball (22) captive, which ball is urged against the end (21) by a spring (24) lodged in the tube (13). When the ball (22) is worn, it is easily changed.

Abstract: A forming machine comprises a rotatingly drivable gripping device (1) for gripping a forming tool (2) and a material plate (3) to be formed, a movable lower slide (6), a first drive (8) for moving the lower slide, a movable upper slide (10, 35) mounted on the lower slide, a second drive (11, 34) for moving the upper slide and a holder (5) for a forming roller (4) supported on the upper slide (10, 35). A control unit (16) is provided for controlling the movement of the forming roller (4) by actuating both drives (8; 11, 34), the control unit being connected to a detector (18, 21) for determining the force exerted on the forming roller (4) and to a detector (17) for determining the position of the lower slide (6). A memory (25) is connected to the control unit for storing corresponding force/position values. The control unit (16) is adapted to control the movement of the forming roller (4 ) in dependence on the force/position values stored in the memory (25).

Abstract: In an automatic bending machine, a plurality of bending tools are arranged around a central working station. Each bending tool is fastened at a slide unit which is operated for reciprocating motion by a driving device. All driving devices are provided with a driving shaft respectively and all driving shafts are in gear engagement with a common central wheel. Each driving device comprises a sealed housing filled with oil and the driving shaft is a crankshaft co-operating with a reciprocating slide via a connecting rod. The slide consists of a pair of slide pieces connected with one another by a lost motion arrangement, the stroke of which can be adjusted from the outside of the housing. The driving device can be used in high speed machines making for example 8,000 strokes per minute and more.

Abstract: A press for producing workpieces from wire segments. The press includes a stationary matrix, a press carriage drivable back and forth, a crankshaft drive for the press carriage, a stamp leading the press carriage and drivably connected therewith, a spring effecting the leading of the stamp relative to the press carriage, and a feed or supply device for wire segments. A buffer resiliently yieldable in the pressing direction is associated with the stamp and is supported by a buffer spring on the machine frame.

Abstract: A hollow end of a needle has an end of a suture crimped therein by crimping dies. A cam drives a table downward. The table pulls a spring which in turn pulls a guide and an adjusting screw which urges a block toward the table. One end of an arm is connected to the block, another end of the arm is connected to a pivot. A link at an intermediate position on the arm is connected to drive a ram against a movable die, driving the die to crimp the needle end. The ram carries a pressure means which urges the movable die toward the fixed die when the ram is not contacting the movable die so that the needle is held between the dies with a less-than-crimping force. The cam moves the table downward to apply the holding force and then moves the table further downward to apply the crimping force. When the adjusted crimping force is met, the spring stretches and allows the block to move away from the table to prevent excessive crimping force.