Abstract: A catalyst container of a catalytic converter is of a double-pipe structure wherein an outer periphery of an inner pipe and an inner periphery of an outer pipe are fittingly superposed on each other. The catalyst container has a catalyst installing portion, tapered cone portions extending from the catalyst installing portion with a gradually decreasing diameter, and straight connecting portions extending from smallest-diameter regions of the cone portions to the ends to be connected with connecting pipes upstream and downstream of the catalytic converter. Holes maybe formed in the cone portions of one of the inner or outer pipes to permit fluids to be displaced from the space therebetween. Such a catalyst container has sufficient rigidity and radiated noise suppression properties and thus can be reduced in weight by being thinned.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a shaft with a larger diameter flange, particularly for a cone gear, a round stock as the workpiece being rotated about its longitudinal axis relative to at least one spinning roll and is axially compressed and the material occurring during axial upsetting is formed to the larger diameter flange under the action of the at least one spinning roll. The invention also relates to a cone gear.

Abstract: A process for preparing the end of a pipe for drawing over a drawing mandrel, including the following steps:

Abstract: A method for forming seamless tubular workpieces, such as vehicular wheel rim components. In the method, a flat circular blank having a central aperture is expanded into the interior of a hollow mandrel using a mushroom-shaped spinning roller. In this expansion operation, the blank is caused to take on a tubular shape having an exterior contour which conforms to the interior contour of the hollow mandrel.

Abstract: According to the invention, a press roller device (1) for molding a grooved structure inside a tubular workpiece (7) has several press rollers (4,5,6), said press rollers rotating around a form tool (2) and being staggered axially in relation to one another. At least two of the press rollers (4,5) are driven in opposite directions to each other. This arrangement prevents the workpiece from twisting to a large extent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for working or forming a workpiece by flow-forming, particularly for the manufacture of internal teeth on the workpiece, in which a cup-shaped preform or blank is axially fixed against a tool chuck and pressed by means of at least one rolling body onto said tool chuck and the blank is rotated relative to the rolling body, the at least one rolling body, at the start of forming, at the open end of the blank is pressed against the cylinder wall area thereof and in axial relative movement is guided in forming contact over the cylinder wall area to the base of the blank.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flowturning device (1; 101) for producing an internal geared wheel (17) with inner toothing, one set of which is slanted. The workpiece (9) is held by a retaining member (16; 116) during shaping of the first inner toothing. The workpiece (9) is held by the first toothing on the first shaping toot (2; 102) during shaping of the second inner toothing. Once the internal geared wheel (17) has been finished, the rotational coupling between both shaping tools (2, 4; 102, 104) is detached. The internal geared wheel (17) is detached from the slanted toothing(s) by means of a stripping member (18).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for working or forming a workpiece by flow-forming, particularly for the manufacture of internal teeth on the workpiece, in which a cup-shaped preform or blank is axially fixed against a tool chuck and pressed by means of at least one rolling body onto said tool chuck and the blank is rotated relative to the rolling body, the at least one rolling body, at the start of forming, at the open end of the blank is pressed against the cylinder wall area thereof and in axial relative movement is guided in forming contact over the cylinder wall area to the base of the blank.

Abstract: A flow-forming device includes a forming device having a cage in which a plurality of rolling members are rotatably arranged in ring-like manner about a rotation axis. A spinning chuck is configured to hold a blank so as to be axially displaceable relative to the forming device. A drive is provided for rotating the blank relative to said forming device. A method for flow-forming includes rotating at least one of the blank and the rolling member about a rotation axis and flow-forming the blank through contact with a plurality of rolling members which are arranged in a ring-like manner around the rotation axis and mounted in rotary manner in a cage.

Abstract: In a flow-forming method, an axially symmetrical first workpiece is fixed on a spinning mandrel, which together with the workpiece is rotated. At least one spinning roll is infed. The workpiece is formed and shaped while on an axially extending external profile of the spinning mandrel. A spacer is mounted on this spinning mandrel. A marginal area of the workpiece is shaped on an area of the spacer, the latter being plastically deformed during the shaping of the marginal area of the workpiece. Also, a flow-forming apparatus has a spinning mandrel on which a workpiece can be fixed, a drive by which the spinning mandrel and workpiece can be rotated together, and at least one spinning roll for shaping the workpiece in a forming area. The deformable spacer has an overlap area. During workpiece shaping, the overlap area at least partly overlaps with the forming area of the workpiece.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a dome from a substantially round blank having a surface area smaller than the surface area of the dome. The method includes the steps of shear forming the blank to form a deformed blank, spin stretching the deformed blank in selected areas along its circumference to form a stretched blank, inside spinning the stretched blank into a rough dome, final dome spinning the rough dome into the finished dome, and flange spinning the dome.

Abstract: A method for producing press-rolled tubes (3) with a press mandrel (1) and one or more pressure rollers (2), with the tube (3) being arranged between the press mandrel (1) and the pressure rollers (2) and being plastically deformed by means of force loading of the pressure rollers (2). To produce tubes with end wall thickenings, in a first working operation, a first press mandrel (1a) with a tailstock-end shoulder (4) is used. The pressure rollers (2) begin their transforming work at the tailstock-end shoulder (4) and work in the direction of the machine spindle. The half-finished tube (3a) is taken from the first press mandrel (1a), and, in a second working operation, the half-finished tube (3a) is clamped at the end with the wall thickening (5) which has already produced into a lathe chuck (6) (tensioning spindle or similar) mounted in the press-rolling machine, and a second press mandrel (1b), fastened on the tailstock end and having an outer diameter (d.sub.

Abstract: A flow-turning process for manufacturing internally geared parts, including a press mandrel (10) comprising a mandrel (1) on which is fitted a forming tool (2) and one or more pressure rollers (3). A workpiece (4) is held between the forming tool (2) or press mandrel (10) and press rollers (3) and undergoes plastic deformation under the force exerted by the press rollers (3). The forming tool comprises chromium- and molybdenum-containing materials and is tempered and surface-hardened, and the distance between the forming tool (2) and the mounting of the press mandrel (10) in the machine is sufficient to permit a degree of deviation (.alpha.) by the forming tool (2) relative to the machine axis (5).

Abstract: An apparatus for working a workpiece comprises a drive unit for rotating a forming tool about an axis of rotation, a forming roller for working said workpiece, means for moving the forming roller in an x-direction and a y-direction with respect to said drive means, and a control unit comprising a memory for one or more control programs. In this embodiment the axis of rotation of the drive unit coincides with the x-direction. The axis of rotation extends at least substantially in vertical direction. The drive unit and the forming tool can be moved in the x-direction by the moving means.

Abstract: A method of spin forming, comprising the steps of: providing a tool having a first plurality of forming rollers spaced at a second plurality of distances from a spin axis; spinning around the spin axis at least one member of a set comprising (i) a work piece and (ii) the tool; and engaging the tool and a first end of the work piece. The method allows increased diameter reductions of a free end of a work piece in a single forming operation without collapse of the end of the work piece.

Abstract: An internally toothed member is shown suitable for use as a clutch drum in an automatic transmission. The internally toothed member has the shape of a cup with an open end and a central axis. The cup-shaped member has first internal teeth extending in the axial direction and second internal teeth extending further toward the open end of the member than the first internal teeth. The internal teeth are each formed on an inner circumferential surface of the cup-shaped member in each of a plurality of locations spaced in the circumferential direction. Also, a groove for receiving a snap ring is formed in the second internal teeth closer to the open end than end faces of the first internal teeth facing the open end. Because the first and second internal teeth are formed projecting radially inward, they do not lower the rigidity of the internally toothed member.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a cylindrical yoke including a bottom portion to which an opening 12a is formed to journal the starter output shaft of a planetary gear-type starter incorporating a planetary gear reducer, and an inner peripheral gear portion formed to the vicinity of the bottom portion, the yoke functioning as the field magnet of a motor in the planetary gear-type starter. The yoke is formed by subjecting a metal disk 10 to cold spinning. As a result the inner peripheral gear portion of the yoke and a thin portion can be easily formed and miniaturization, reduction in weight and cost reduction are realized.

Abstract: An internal spline ring having an internal root circle diameter D1 and an internal tip diameter D2 is formed by axially press-driving an externally splined mandrel having an external tip diameter equal to the internal root circle diameter, which has a shape supplementarily mating with the internal spline ring, into a half-finished annular member having an internal diameter smaller than the internal tip diameter while pressing radially the half-finished annular member against the mandrel.

Abstract: A process for the continuous chipless separation of identical individual rings from tubular workpieces by using cutting rollers. In order to produce highly-accurate rings, preferably from antifriction bearing steel, the section of the tubular workpiece to be separated is completely encompassed by the longitudinal contour of the cutting rollers and the faces of the rings are produced plane-parallel and vertical relative to the workpiece axis. What is essential is that prior to the cutting process the tubular workpiece is heated to a temperature that substantially lowers the deformation resistances of the material used.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a rotationally symmetrical part, particularly a vehicle wheel. The starting material is constituted by a circular blank preform, which has a substantially radial base and a connecting, axial shoulder. The shoulder is firstly rolled out by spinning rollers axially on either side of the base to a first web and a second web. At least one of the two webs is spun against a spinning chuck. Subsequently the outer contour of the webs is finally shaped and calibrated in the outer regions.

Abstract: A multivariable controller for a hot rolling mill which uses rolling stand speeds to control exit strip temperature and interstand tension, wherein the controller considers the inherent multivariable nature of the tension and temperature processes relative to individual rolling stand speeds by employing a cross-correlation transfer function matrix which is decoupled by modern control methods to yield more robust, stabler and faster control loops, thereby reducing disturbances and improving product quality.

Abstract: A Steckel mill or coiler rolling mill includes at least one reversing stand and drivers and coiler furnaces arranged on the entry side and the exit side of the reversing stand, wherein the reversing stand, the drivers and the coiler furnaces are connected to one another through roller conveyors for the strip to be rolled. At least one heating unit is provided in at least one of the sections formed between the coiler furnaces and the reversing stand, wherein the heating unit covers at least a portion of the section.

Abstract: A roll forming method is used for forming an annular product with a radially outwardly extending flange portion at an end and includes steps of holding a center portion of a work for forming the annular product by a holding device, rotating the work, contacting a circumferential end portion of the rotating work with a forming roller to be pressed to form the flange portion while retaining a circumferential outer end of the work. The present invention is advantageous in that the resultant product has a good quality without deficiency, such as underfill of the material and has an improved toughness unlike a cast product, a product made by welding and the like of the same structure.

Abstract: In a flow-forming-machine having a rotatable spindle, a rotary drive for the spindle, and a pressure tool fitted to one of the spindle end faces, an axially movable counterpressure support for a workpiece is placed on the pressure tool, the counterpressure support being axially aligned with the spindle and having opposed sides. At least two rotatable pressure rollers are movably guided on a machine frame in a radial direction with respect to the spindle, while a pivot arm is provided on both the sides of the spindle and/or the counterpressure support. Each pivot arm is pivotal around an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the spindle by means of a powered drive. At least two pressure rollers are adjustably located on each pivot arm, and one of the pressure rollers is selectively positionable in an operable position and fixable at will for each pivot arm.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a grain-oriented silicon steel sheet having excellent and uniform magnetic characteristics by improving the magnetic flux density of a silicon coil cold rolled to a thin thickness without increasing a Si content. The method comprises controlling steel sheet temperature along the rolling direction of a coil immediately downstream of the outlet roll bites of one or more rolling paths to about 15.degree. C. or less, and controlling the temperature of one or more of the rolling paths between about 150.degree. C. to about 350.degree. C.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method and device for the non-cutting production of a hub (27) for a transmission component. A sheet blank (21) which is carried by a tool (3) on a main spindle (4) and rotated relative to one or more presser rollers (9, 10) is formed to produce a cylindrical prominence (7), projecting from the sheet by pressing it with a presser roller round a pin (5) mounted on the tool or a mobile stop (8) and passing through said sheet.

Abstract: An apparatus for constricting an end of a metallic tube (or worktube) to form an arcuate-walled portion that has an outer surface is provided. The apparatus comprises a means for rotating the tube on its axis, a movable means for heating an end portion of the tube, and a forming rolling means. The forming rolling means includes a forming roller adapted for applying pressure on the end portion of the tube along successive lines of contact to constrict progressively the end of the tube. The movement of the forming rolling means is orchestrated with the movement of the means of heating. In a preferred embodiment, each line of contact has a substantially straight portion.

Abstract: A process of making wheels in which a pair of rams press an initial mass of material for shaping a central disc part. A portion of the material is extruded out from between the interface of the rams. A roller unit having several rollers simultaneously forms rim parts by pressing the extruded material into desired shapes as it passes beyond the periphery of the rams.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling an upper work roll of a rolling mill stand and a strip of metal being rolled has a header to supply a coolant fluid to the work roll and a stripper with a wiper blade that contacts the surface of the work roll between the header and the strip of metal. A fluid cylinder and extension rod cooperate with the stripper to displace the wiper from contact with the upper roll surface and form a gap through which a portion of the coolant fluid flows to contact and cool the strip of metal. A microprocessor and assorted equipment are used to adjust the size of the gap and effect a desired flow of the portion of coolant fluid on to the surface of the strip of metal.

Abstract: A cap to be fitted around a neck portion of a drink bottle is produced from a cap blank by employing a spinning process. First, the cap blank is fitted around the distal end of a movable guide arranged surrounding a die shaft serving as a spinning mandrel, and thereafter, a spinning operation is performed for the cap member by two rollers adapted to successively come in contact with the cap member. One of the rollers is a rough spinning roller and the other one is a finishing roller which serves to glaze the surface of the cap member. The rollers are positioned offset from each other, not only in the axial direction, but also in the circumferential direction. While the die cap is firmly held between the die shaft and a pressing member of a pressing unit, the die shaft is rotated, causing the cap member and both the rollers to be rotated by the die shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of burnisning for the purpose of imparting surface compression stresses to metal parts. The surface state of the region of the part that is to be burnished is measured initially, and the width of the disk to be used in the burnishing is deduced therefrom. Thereafter, the disk selected in this way is installed on a tool carrier, at the end of an associated flexure bar. Once installed in this way the disk is pressed against the part to exert a predetermined force thereon as a function of the desired surface compression stresses. Finally, burnishing proper of the part is performed using the disk. The burnishing method of the invention is particularly advantageous for use with light alloy wheels, e.g. wheels made of magnesium or of aluminum alloy.

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine tool, in particular for the manufacturing, from sheet metal of mechanical parts such as pulleys, wheels and similar.It comprises a first chuckhead quill (4) rotatably mounted to a sturdy frame (1) and having coaxially and independently housed inside it a toolhead spindle (7) which can be commanded to slide in axial direction with respect to said quill (4). A second chuckhead quill (20) is exactly contra-positioned with respect to the first (4) and is rotatably mounted to a support element (18) which is slidably mobile in a direction parallel to its axis and which is slidably commanded by a powerful coaxial hydraulic jack (23). A second toolhead spindle (21) is coaxially disposed inside said second quill (20) with freedom to slide axially with respect to said quill (20).

Abstract: A roller milling tool unit is compact enough for insertion into a tool magazine of a machine tool and constructed to operate by a fluid circulating circuit of the machine tool. The unit has a tool section including a milling roller element and a fluid pressurizing section for generating the required hydraulic roller milling pressure. Both sections form a structural unit. The pressurizing section includes a pump connected to the fluid circulating circuit such as the cooling or lubricating circuit of the machine tool when the unit is in a working position on the tool carrier of the machine tool. The pump may be driven either by a hydraulic motor forming part of the tool unit or by a drive available in the machine tool. The hydraulic motor may be driven by the cooling or lubricating circulating circuit of the machine tool.

Abstract: A heating container manufacturing apparatus includes a pair of horizontal guide beds disposed on the top of a body and supporting an air cylinder and piston, a movable member connected to the air cylinder and the air piston, a movable plate fabricated and positioned at the bottom of the air piston, guide rods mounted on a moving plate and inserted into guide holes, and a roller connected to the movable plate and having a plurality of teeth for manufacturing a plurality of helical concave members on the outside of the bottom plate of the heating container.

Abstract: At least the collecting groove surface of a chiplessly formed, open-end spinning rotor is not contacted with shaping tools as the groove is formed. Such collecting groove may have a surface including a number of smooth, uniformly distributed islets formed thereon during initial production of an intermediate product pot. To produce the rotor, a pot is first made by stretching and stamping flat material. The pot is then subjected to plastic deformation, such as roll pressing, to affect a peripheral wall of the pot to form the collecting groove between such peripheral wall and a bottom of the pot. Such plastic deformation may further optionally be accomplished without interior support of the walls thus formed, with the result that such undistributed slip walls also have smooth, uniformly distributed islets thereon.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a rapidly solidified microcrystalline metallic tape. The method provides for molten metal to be continuously poured through a nozzle onto surfaces of cooling members to form a rapidly solidified metallic tape and then coiling the tape on a reel. According to this method, the metallic tape is secondarily cooled and rolled before the coiling. The apparatus includes a device for cutting out a non-steadly portion of the metallic tape, a device for measuring tape thickness, a secondary cooling member, and a device for controlling the tension of the metallic tape.

Abstract: A forming wheel carriage for a CNC controlled metal spinning machine having a forming wheel post arranged to be movable relative to a second slide, and a process for operation of the metal spinning machine. During operation the forming wheel post is attached relative to the second slide by means of a ball flexibly mounted on the second slide engaged into a recess of the forming wheel post. The ball deflects backwards during overload, and the forming wheel with the forming wheel post can deflect immediately relative to the second slide. The forming wheel post deflects within a horizontal plane in accordance with a pre-selected force independent of the direction of the overload force. The force can be changed during an overload at a relief valve by means of a control unit by way of a control line. This manner of attachment of the forming wheel post allows for an automatic registering of the spindle tool contour. The contour is recorded point by point.

Abstract: An improved multiple roller spinning machine for spinning vehicle one-piece wheels is disclosed in which the roller holder is capable of sliding in a direction parallel with the axis of spinning and has a hydraulic cylinder which moves through its axially movable piston rod the holder horizontally thereby bringing the multiple rollers sequentially in to an operating position just above the wheel material clamped between the dies of the driving and driven spindles. Each of the multiple rollers is coupled to a control hydraulic cylinder which drives through its piston the respective roller vertically between a retracted position and a drawing position where the roller is pressed against the periphery of the wheel material.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a tube having enlarged ends and made of material which can be strengthened by cold working comprises fabricating a pre-form having the overall configuration of the tube but with increased outside diameters and a decreased length. The pre-formed tube is cold forged or cold rolled over its entire length to reduce its outside diameter while maintaining its inside diameter substantially fixed. This elongates the tube and reduces its cross-sectional area. Cold working is continued until the final desired dimensions for the tube are reached. This produces a strengthening effect by cold working over the entire length of the tube.

Abstract: A heat treatable aluminum base alloy is cast in a permanent mold to form an annular preform having an annular disc portion projecting inwardly from first and second annular wing portions extending axially in opposite directions from the disc portion. The preform is mounted on rotatable mandrels having peripheral surfaces spaced inwardly from the corresponding wing portions, and a forming roller presses each wing portion inwardly against the corresponding mandrel surface while the mandrels and preform are rotating to shear-form each wing portion into a substantially thinner and wider rim portion conforming to the contour of the corresponding mandrel surface. In one embodiment, the disc portion of the preform is engaged by a forming roller and a pressure roller both of which move radially inwardly while the disc portion and adjacent mandrel are rotating to shear-form the disc portion inwardly into a thinner and radially wider disc portion.

Abstract: The machine according to the invention is used for shaping bodies of rotation--preferably tank bottoms--fixed with radius, by metal spinning between two rollers without the need of costly metal spinning mushroom.The tank bottom is shaped from sheet metal disc between the inner shaped and driven roller forming the arc corresponding to the curvature to be shaped, as well as the opposite free-running roller producing the necessary compressive force. The inner and outer rollers are arranged on a closed frame construction provided with two shanks on which the center of tilting is arranged as to correspond to the required arc. The large radius is formed by the simultaneous tilting of the inner and outer rollers. The flanging is carried out by rolling over the inner shaped roller in such a way that the tilting bridge is fixed and the outer roller moves on in radial direction with the aid of a sledge.

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 this spinning lathe, the force exerted by a wheel on the workpiece is constantly supervised by one or more force sensors which furnish an instantaneous force signal to a servo-loop which controls the movement of the wheel in a direction transverse to the axis of rotation of the lathe. The set signal of the servo-loop is generated by a generator which may be actuated manually or operate automatically in accordance with a program. The servo-loop controls the force to be exerted by the wheel by means of a cylinder device supplied with fluid through a controlled valve.

Abstract: A tubular blank is held in a bed, heated on one end, which is then rolled into a semisphere with an integral nipple; an adjacent portion of the blank is subsequently heated and stretch-formed by rolling to obtain a spherical continuation of the semisphere, being continued in a cylindrical portion, preferably with a stepped-down section. The remainder of the blank is then cut off.

Abstract: A machine for forming rotationally symmetrical workpieces includes a base on which is mounted a roller head carrier for a roller head, particularly a multi-roller head having for example three shaping rollers which are arranged at an angular spacing of 120.degree.. The base further supports a headstock which carries the tool for the workpiece to be shaped and a pressing tail spindle for a counterholder which is associated with the workpiece for pressing same against the tool. The roller head carrier and the headstock interconnect through a feed drive for driving the shaping rollers along the workpiece by relative movement of the roller head carrier and head stock. One of the roller head carrier and head stock is connected to the base and the other one is movably guided on the base. The roller head carrier projects on the side of the roller head facing the headstock and has a recess which extends longitudinally of the machine.

Abstract: A method of producing metal tubing, particularly thin-wall, large diameter metal tubing, by clamping one end of a tubular metal blank to a mandrel, rotating the mandrel and blank, and subjecting the blank to both axially and radial deforming pressures through a series of circumferentially spaced rollers to cause the metal of the blank to flow axially ahead of the rollers to reduce the wall thickness of the blank. To achieve the desired thin wall construction without rippling of the internal diameter, the ratio of linear feed of the tubular blank to rotational speed of the blank per inch of tube diameter is maintained in the range of 0.006 to 0.012.

Abstract: Upon roll-forming an end plate of hemispherical and other cup-like or dish-like configurations, a raw material disc is placed between outer die means consisting of a top outer forming die that can be vertically moved by a drive source and can be freely rotated and at least a pair of left and right outer forming rolls adapted to move along predetermined moving paths and inner die means consisting of a top inner forming die held at a predetermined position that can be driven in rotation by a drive source, and a middle inner forming roll a bottom inner roll both of which are freely rotatable, the outer die means is depressed against the inner die means, and said pair of outer forming rolls are moved along said moving paths so as to press said raw material disc against the middle inner forming roll and the bottom inner forming roll, respectively, one of said outer forming rolls being moved within an effective forming range of the middle inner forming roll, while the other being moved within an effective forming r

Abstract: A method of making a dynamically balanced cup-shaped blank for use in the production of a V-grooved pulley from a flat sheet metal disc by flow forming the metal with an improved metal spinning roller construction. The disc is mounted on rotating die means between headstock and tailstock die forming assemblies of a spinning machine. A first spinning roller pressure shear forms and thins an intermediate annular portion of the disc along a conical surface of the headstock die to form a conical wall of the cup-shaped blank, with an unworked outer annular portion of the disc extending outwardly of the conical wall. A plurality of the improved rollers are moved axially along and parallel with the headstock die means in a single pass. Outer curved front end surfaces of the rollers lay the outer unworked annular portion of the disc along a cylindrical surface of the headstock die form without materially reducing the metal thickness to rough form a cylindrical wall of the cup-shaped blank.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing monobloc wheels for vehicles from a roughly sed article having the shape of a cylindrical disc. A sequence of die stamping and rotary extrusion operations is carried out on the disc to arrive at the definitive shape, which does not require more than a few finishing operations by mechanical machining. These wheels which may in particular be made of light, aluminum-based alloys, are especially suitable for large tanker vehicles equipped with tubeless tires.

Abstract: An automatic metal-spinning machine utilizing a plurality of work spindles, which rotate on their own axes, adjacent respective parallel spinning-tool operating shafts rotatable with variable pressure to apply tools against workpieces on the spindles while all simultaneously and continuously rotate around a central column so that a plurality of metal blanks are progressively formed and several parts are completed as the spindles and tool operating shafts make one revolution around the central column.