Abstract: A cable terminal end detection method includes a gripping step for gripping, using a hand including a first gripping section and a second gripping section disposed to be separated on an X axis and configured to open and close in a direction along a Z axis, a cable in two places separated in a longitudinal direction with the first gripping section and the second gripping section, a moving step for, in a state in which the cable is gripped by the hand, moving the cable to the first gripping section side in a direction along the X axis relatively to the hand, and a detecting step for detecting, with a tactile sensor disposed in the second gripping section to be in contact with the cable, that the cable has slipped out from the second gripping section and detecting that a terminal end of the cable is located between the first gripping section and the second gripping section.

Abstract: A method for producing a coil for electric apparatus of the present invention is the method for producing a coil for electric apparatus for cutting spirally a block-shaped workpiece formed with a cylindrical portion corresponding to the coil in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion, the spiral coil is formed by turning a cutting means while moving it relatively to the workpiece from a part corresponding to one end of the coil to a part corresponding the other end of the coil along a machining line spirally set in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion. According to the invention, since the coil is formed by cutting the continuous cutting machining plane without generating a step in design from the block-shaped workpiece formed with a cylindrical portion corresponding to the coil using a wire-tool etc., it is possible to constitute a high-quality coil.

Abstract: A cutting chain for a hand-operated implement for cutting metal and mineral materials such as a stone cutter has central connecting links which are connected to one another by lateral connecting links. The central connecting links comprise first central connecting links which each have a drive tooth. The cutting chain has two central connecting links with drive teeth shaped differently to the drive teeth on the first central connecting links; or located a different distance from the leading drive teeth; or having no drive teeth. A hand-operated implement for cutting mineral materials has a drive motor which drives the cutting chain around a guide bar by a drive sprocket. The cutting chain is guided round part of the circumference of the drive sprocket and round a nose sprocket on the guide bar. The drive sprocket or nose sprocket have different first and second areas matched to the cutting chain.

Abstract: A method for disposing of a slug produced in a hole punching operation on a hollow profile is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a hollow profile; cutting at least one predeterminable hole or slug contour path into the hollow profile by means of a cutting device; leaving a residual web of the hole or slug contour path; moving a receiving device into the hollow profile; moving a punch from a first position into a residual-web-removing second position in such a way that the slug thereby produced is received by the receiving device; and moving the receiving device out of the hollow profile.

Abstract: An attachment for a cutting tool includes a tracking guide configured to interface with an object to be cut. The tracking guide may be inserted into a groove formed by the cutting tool in an already cut portion of the object such that positioning of the tracking guide in the groove guides further progress of the cutting tool.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a receiving module, a conversion module, first and second rollers, a motor, a forcing member, an implement, and a cutting head. The receiving module receives a desired weight value to correct an imbalance of a wheel/tire assembly. The conversion module converts the desired weight value to a corresponding first amount of a wheel weight material. The first and second rollers engage first and second opposing sides of the wheel weight material. The motor drives the first roller according to the first amount. The forcing member presses the second roller in a first direction that forms an angle with an axis of the first roller. The implement selectively forms a mark on the wheel weight material. The cutting head is selectively actuated to separate the first amount from the wheel weight material.

Abstract: A method involves creating a recess in a surface of a part so the recess is adjacent a portion of the part, thereafter forming a coating on the surface of the part with a portion of the coating being disposed in the recess, and thereafter removing material of the portion of the part with a tool. According to a different aspect, an apparatus includes a recess-forming section that forms a recess in a surface of a part so the recess is adjacent a portion of the part, a coating section that forms a coating on the surface of the part with a portion of the coating disposed in the recess, and a material-removing section that subsequently removes material of the portion of the part with a tool.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bonded glass cutting method including: a first focus adjustment process of focusing laser light; a second focus adjustment process of moving the focus of the laser light toward one surface side of the bonded glass along a thickness direction of the bonded glass, after the first focus adjustment process; a detection target portion forming process of forming a detection target portion on one surface by irradiation of the laser light, after the second focus adjustment process; a third focus adjustment process of refocusing the laser light on the detection target portion; a groove forming process of forming a groove on one surface by irradiation of the laser light along the planned cutting line, after the third focus adjustment process.

Abstract: A method for cutting a ribbon of rubber-coated fabric includes dragging a free end of the ribbon past a working position of a punching device, forming a notch between two adjacent reinforcing cords of the ribbon using the punching device, moving a counter-blade of the punching device away from the working position, inserting at least one cutting blade through the notch, and performing first and second cuts of the ribbon. An associated apparatus includes a punching device and a cutting device. The punching device includes an incision tool, an abutting counter-blade, and control devices for moving the incision tool and the abutting counter-blade toward and away from the ribbon. The cutting device includes at least one cutting blade and a control device for moving the at least one cutting blade toward and away from the ribbon.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a quilted material web having a quilted patterns thereon into panels having a desired length and width with respective quilted patterns centered therein. A first detector detects a center of a quilted pattern on the quilted material web; and in response thereto, a cutting apparatus cuts the quilted material web to form edges of a panel equidistant from the quilted pattern center. The cutting apparatus includes a pair of trim blades that cut opposite side edges of the panel equidistant from the quilted pattern center and a cross cutting apparatus that cuts end edges of the panel equidistant from the quilted pattern center.

Abstract: A device such as an MEMS device is fabricated by cutting a laminate of a semiconductor substrate and a glass substrate. Grooves are formed in the glass substrate, and the semiconductor substrate and the glass substrate are laminated together such that the groove faces the semiconductor substrate. The laminated substrates are irradiated with a laser along the groove from the side of the glass substrate. In this way, the laminate is cut into elements.

Abstract: A method for cutting apart a glass substrate is provided whereby scribing of the glass substrate is possible without being affected by the presence or thickness of a deposited film formed thereon and without scratching the deposited film. To treat a glass substrate having a deposited film, such as a thin film or resin film, formed on one surface thereof, there are provided a shaving device, which is a blade that removes strip-shaped portions of the deposited film to expose strip-shaped regions on the glass substrate, and a wheel cutter that forms scribed lines along the strip-shaped regions exposed on the glass substrate. The glass substrate is cut apart along the scribed lines.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for automatically trimming a plurality of printed products in a trimming apparatus having at least one trimming station including at least one blade positioned on a moveable yoke. The plurality of printed products are supplied successively through a feeding conveyor to the trimming station. Each of the plurality of printed products is transported within the trimming station via a trimming transport device to a predetermined position for trimming. The phase position of the feeding conveyor is adjusted relative to the moveable yoke for each of the plurality of printed products according to the format width of the printed product extending in a conveying direction.

Abstract: A process for sawing a substrate strip marks corresponding to substrate areas of substrate strips which are arranged side-by-side on a plate. A saw machine is mechanically moved to the substrate areas and positioned by the alignment marks of corresponding substrate areas for cutting the substrate areas of the substrate strips in the first phase. Then the saw machine is further mechanically moved to the substrate areas again and is positioned by the alignment marks of corresponding substrate areas again for cutting the substrate areas of the substrate strips in the second phase. Therefore, an error in any of the substrate areas in the first phase and second phase will not accumulate to the subsequent substrate areas in the substrate strip.

Abstract: A concrete saw has a rotating cutting blade that rotates in a first plane to cut a groove in a concrete surface. The blade is guided along that groove by two guides. A rolling or sliding support member on opposing sides of each guide roll or side along the concrete to support the saw blade on the concrete and to position the blade relative to the concrete. The guides and rollers are advantageously on opposing sides of the blade. The guide can be a sliding member but is preferably a rolling disc sandwiched between two rolling supports. A diverter can prevent debris from the blade from getting under the movable support.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring the length of a cable for obtaining a reference measurement wherein a belt drive advances the cable through a first gripper until the cable is under separating/stripping cutters which cut the cable. The cable is advanced by a length measured by the belt drive, a leading cable-end being passed under a cable-end detector, and the cable is held tightly by the first gripper and with a linear backward movement, the cable is withdrawn until the leading cable-end leaves the cable-end detector. A correction factor is calculated by a control from the distance between the separating/stripping cutters and the cable-end detector and from the travel of the first gripper during the backward movement.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aperture web including bonding a first and second web together with the second web bonded to a lower surface of the first web and feeding the bonded web in a first direction, subjecting the first web to pillar-shaped water jets from at least one nozzle having a plurality of orifices arranged transversely to the first direction until the first web is locally torn and provided with a plurality of apertures in rows extending parallel to one another in the first direction, and then subjecting the second web to pillar-shaped water jets supplied from at least one nozzle having a plurality of orifices arranged transversely to the first direction until peripheral edges of the apertures are partially deformed upward from the lower surface of the first web.

Abstract: A wood fiber board (6) which is provided with a decorative layer (3) of paper or similar material, and where the length or width value of the decorative layer (3) deviates from its original value after it is applied to the wood fiber board (6), is cut into uniform panels using a board-dividing apparatus that compensates for these deviations. The board-dividing apparatus has a saw (1) that preferably has a plurality of saw blades (S1, S2, . . . Sn) which are adjustably spaced in parallel fashion. The board-dividing apparatus is equipped with a number of cameras and with controller which utilizes deviation measurement information to adjust the spacing of the saw blades. The wood fiber board (6) is first aligned with at least one initial camera (4a) at a point P1. Then, predetermined points (P1 and P2) in the decorative layer (3) are recorded by the first camera (4a) and a second camera (4b).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for separating products mounted on a common substrate, from each other, along (a) cutting line(s). The products each comprise one or more chips present on said substrate and connecting means connected thereto, the connecting ends remote from the chip of which are provided with solder balls bonded thereto. The products are clamped down on a supporting element by using a sub-atmospheric pressure, and the supporting element and a rotary cutting blade are moved relative to each other along the intended cutting line so as to cut through the substrate. A liquid is supplied at the location of said cutting line on either side of the substrate.

Abstract: A method for shielding and obtaining access to a component on a printed circuit board including providing a printed circuit board having a component encompassed by a shielding enclosure including a plurality of side walls and an integral top surface having a scored line which defines an interior portion, severing the scored line, removing the interior portion leaving the shielding enclosure with a remaining perimeter rim and allowing access to the component, providing a replacement cover for the shielding enclosure, and attaching the replacement cover to the shielding enclosure to replace the interior portion and to thereby encompass and shield the component. The replacement cover may be attached by soldering or by an adhesive surface of the replacement cover.

Abstract: A precut die apparatus arranged and adapted for use in a thermoform-trimming method and system to produce plastic molded articles, and to the method and system in which the apparatus is employed. The precut apparatus is positioned, in the method and system, between the form press and the trim station. The precut apparatus is arranged to precut, in a desired and selected manner, the thermoformed sheet material containing thermoformed articles therein, about the periphery of the thermoformed articles. The precut provides for a bridged and joining area of the sheet material to allow for slight movement and adjusting of the molded articles for precise alignment in the punch and die trim step of the thermoforming and trimming operation.

Abstract: A method and a device (10) for setting up a web (1) of paper having lateral dragging holes (2) in a paper processing and/or printing apparatus. The device (10) is capable of making a reference hole (3) at the midway line (4) between two successive lateral holes (2a,2b). According to the method, when the web (1) is dragged by a paper dragger (7), reference hole (3) passes under a sensor (6) which signals the passage of it to a control unit. The control unit stores such passage and starts the linear measurement of the web from that moment, by an encoder. The control unit operates a perforating apparatus (8) which makes on the web transversal perforations (9) at the chosen distance for one another. Transversal perforations 9 are made coinciding with the midway line of two successive lateral dragging holes.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing alignment marks on opposite faces of a generally flat substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. First, reference cuts are produced at the edges of the substrate at four points around the wafer. Next, the center line is determined on the first face of the substrate between two oppositely disposed reference cuts. First and second grooves are then cut in the first face of the substrate a first predetermined distance from the first center line. Third and fourth grooves are cut in the first face perpendicular to and through the first and second grooves at the first predetermined distance from the second reference cut forming crosshair alignment patterns. Next, the center line is determined on the second face of the substrate between the third and fourth reference cuts, and fifth and sixth grooves are cut in the second face of the substrate a second predetermined distance from the second center line.

Abstract: An edge trimmer system in accordance with the present invention includes a conveyor system, a cutting assembly, and a pair of starter punches. The cutting assembly includes a pair of side trimmers each with a cutting device which trims one of the elongated edges of a raw strip of steel to produce a parent steel strip and two scrap steel strips.

Abstract: In a method for the plastification of documents punched out of a sheet, with a plastic cover being fixed to a document, at least two first reference markers are made on the cover, the positions of the first reference markers being defined beforehand with respect to the punch-out line of the document. The position of the punch-out line of the unit constituted by the document and the cover being defined beforehand with respect to at least two reference markers, the unit is punched out when the first and second reference markers coincide. Application to the plastification of all printed documents.

Abstract: A web of cardstock divided by transverse score lines includes card segments having apertures oriented with respect to an optical center point of each card segment. The web is continuously fed from a supply of cardstock by engagement of a tractor feed device with tracks of holes extending along the longitudinal edges of the web. A selected one of the holes serves to locate the optical center point of each card segment as the web is fed to a film mounting station. Film negatives cut from a strip of developed film are sequentially positioned in registry with the optical centers in the apertures of the card segments as the web advances through the film mounting station. An adhesive releasably secures the negatives in overlying relation with the apertures on one side of the cards to expose through the apertures a selected composition of the negatives.

Abstract: A method of dicing a printhead wafer containing a plurality of individual print elements into discreet elements. A back side relief feature is formed on the bottom front edge of a thermal ink jet print element from a heater side during a first dicing cut, followed by a second dicing cut from a channel side of the wafer to form a front face nozzle. The back cut feature enables front face maintenance by a wiper blade or other maintenance operation, provides a pocket for excess die bonding adhesive during manufacture, and reduces front face chipping during dicing caused by the saw blade contacting the die wafer mounting media and becoming contaminated. The relief feature may be a square step feature or a beveled back cut feature and may additionally be located on a top front edge of the print element.

Abstract: A method of making a foldable dial card having openings and edges in registration using a flexographic press. The process includes the steps of feeding an elongated stiff web into the flexographic press and then printing an image on the web, which is followed by feeding the printed web between an interior cutting roller and a backing roller to cut the internal regions of the dial card in the web material. After cutting the internal regions around the interior of the dial card the dial card is then fed under an air nozzle which removes the severed interior portions of the dial card from the web. Next, the printed web with the cut internal regions is fed between a second pair of rollers, one an exterior die cutting roller and the other a back up roller with the back-up roller moving at a faster surface velocity than the surface velocity of the exterior die cutting roller. The exterior die cutting roller cuts the external regions around the dial card so that the dial card can be removed from the web.

Abstract: A web of cardstock divided by transverse score lines includes card segments having apertures oriented with respect to an optical center point of each card segment. The web is continuously fed from a supply of cardstock by engagement of a tractor feed device with tracks of holes extending along the longitudinal edges of the web. A selected one of the holes serves to locate the optical center point of each card segment as the web is fed to a film mounting station. Film negatives cut from a strip of developed film are sequentially positioned in registry with the optical centers in the apertures of the card segments as the web advances through the film mounting station. The negatives are adhesively, releasably secured in overlying relation with the apertures on one side of the cards to expose through the apertures a selected composition of the negatives.

Abstract: A process is described for producing garments or individual parts thereof from at least one top fabric, from which the cuts belonging to a garment are cut out in a cutting device and are fed to further processing, wherein, if desired, cuts of a predetermined type are provided with coated lining parts and are attached thereto, wherein during the cutting of the cuts, at least those cuts which will subsequently be provided with lining parts are provided mechanically with marks, and during the attachment of cuts to lining parts, at least one of the parts to be attached is provided with a mark immediately before, during or after the attachment. Separate marking in an operation intended especially for this purpose is thus avoided.

Abstract: A band saw having a controller responsive to sensing signals as to operating parameters of the saw to generate a material distribution profile during a first cut of a piece of bar stock is disclosed. During subsequent cuts, the controller for the band saw operates control circuits for blade cutting force, blade feed rate and blade speed to maintain a desired, usually constant, material cutting rate of the bar stock, notwithstanding changes in bar stock cross section and changes in band saw geometry during the cut. A method is disclosed in which operating parameters are sensed, a distribution profile generated, and the profile employed during subsequent cuts to control the operating parameters for optimum cutting efficiency.

Abstract: A laminate cutting apparatus includes a cutter head moved horizontally back and forth above a support member which supports a laminate, and a cutting member and piercing blade mounted on the cutter head, with the cutting member comprising a knife-shaped cutting blade or the cutting blade and a cutting blade guide. The upper surface of a cutter rest moved in synchronization with the cutter head and in the same direction is arranged flush with a supporting surface of the support member. There are provided a cutting member receiving body into which receives the cutting member, and a piercing blade receiving body which receives the piercing blade. The cutting member and the piercing blade are adapted so as to turn in the same direction and so as to be raised and lowered independently of each other. Furthermore, the cutting member receiving member is adapted so as to turn in synchronization with the cutting member and in the same direction.

Abstract: A process a plate workpiece with high precision at high speed, the plate processing machine comprises a workpiece side surface positioning device (SPD) provided with magnet rollers (MR); a workpiece trimming device (TD) provided with a tool actuating switch (SW); and a workpiece positioning device (PD) provided with an optical sensor (SE). The magnet rollers guide a workpiece forward in magnetic rotatable contact engagement with the side surface of the workpiece. The tool actuating switch is actuated before the workpiece is located at a trimming position for automatic trimming operation. The optical sensor generates a feed speed deceleration signal so that a fed workpiece will not apply shock to the stop member of the positioning device by adjusting the sensor position relative to the stop surface according to the workpiece length to be cut.

Abstract: An apparatus for punching a plurality of predetermined spaced mounting holes in a building roof panel support member includes an elongated housing having an oil sump therewithin, a hydraulic pump together with an electric motor for actuation thereof mounted on the housing, guide structure which can be opened and closed for temporarily mounting the housing upon a roof panel support member, an adjustable gauge pin mounted on the housing near one end thereof, the gauge pin being supported on a mount which is adjustable along both the length and the width of the housing, and a hydraulic punch adjustably mounted near the other end of the housing from the gauge pin for punching holes in the support member.The method of punching holes in a roof panel support member as disclosed herein is also part of this invention.

Abstract: An apparatus for punching a plurality of predetermined spaced mounting holes in a building roof panel support member includes an elongated housing having an oil sump therewithin, a hydraulic pump together with an electric motor for actuation thereof mounted on the housing, guide structure which can be opened and closed for temporarily mounting the housing upon a roof panel support member, an adjustable gauge pin mounted on the housing near one end thereof, the gauge pin being supported on a mount which is adjustable along both the length and the width of the housing, and a hydraulic punch adjustably mounted near the other end of the housing from the gauge pin for punching holes in the support member.The method of punching holes in a roof panel support member as disclosed herein is also part of this invention.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing registration holes in a sheet-like workpiece that is provided with registration marks.

Abstract: Apparatus for automatic coil feed of a sheet metal stock strip in progressive dies for punch press die operations which adjust the length of stock strip being intermittently fed to the punch press die while the press is operating. The apparatus comprises feed apparatus for feeding a predetermined length of stock strip to the punch press die which feed apparatus normally operates at a preset feed length. There is a control for maintaining the correct feed length of the stock strip being intermittently fed into the punch press die and includes a correction arrangement operable to mementarily change the preset feed length to supply a correcting length of stock strip to the punch press die. There are two longitudinal arrays of registration openings in the stock strip.

Abstract: The instant invention is particularly directed to a method and apparatus for automated handling of panels comprising a plurality of interconnected substrates in order to control and separate the circuit boards in a continuous processing line. One embodiment incorporates two shearing stations and a rotary transfer device therebetween in order to transfer a panel portion from the first station to the second station while controlling and rotating the panel for subsequent feed to the second station such that the panel portion is cut on a line of the substrate which is perpendicular to the original line of cut of the substrate. Throughout the handling of the panels and panel portions, sensing, gripping, and indexed feeding of the panels and panel portions are under the control of a programmable computer.

Abstract: A sign making machine is provided comprising a frame and a power unit attached to the frame. A hydraulic cylinder is also attached to the frame and is hydraulically connected to the power unit. This hydraulic cylinder has a piston rod extending downwardly. A platen is mounted on the bottom of said piston rod and a die is mounted beneath said platen. Sheet material is mounted on rolls and passes beneath said die on a cutting surface on the bottom portion of the frame. The sheet material passes through a track means. Indicia on the die indicate a width quotient of a symbol to be cut. A drive unit advances the sheeting material by a distance equal to the width quotient of the symbol plus the width quotient of the next symbol to be cut plus the spacing between these symbols.

Abstract: Sheets (10a,10b) of heat transfer element (12) for stacking in an element basket (50) of a rotary regenerative heat exchange are cut in such a manner that the spacing notches (24) formed in the element sheets (10a,10b) cannot nest when the element sheets are arranged in juxtaposition within an element basket (50).

Abstract: In apparatus for cutting a web of flexible material, upper and lower cutters are mounted on a swivel arm movable by a control means which determines the position of the cut. The control means includes a pneumatic cylinder and piston pivoted to a control arm linked to or integral with the swivel arm and of a much shorter effective length than the swivel arm. The cutting action is initiated by inter-engagement between the swivel arm and a stop edge of the web.

Abstract: A method of making elements with profiled cross-section from sheet metal for use in a driving belt by a rolling process, for providing a strip with a middle groove in longitudinal direction and by rolling the material continuously symmetrically with respect to that groove to two profiles punching out the elements on both sides of the middle groove, with their longitudinal direction in the direction of movement of the strip, according to lines which are located at accurately predetermined distances on both sides of the groove.

Abstract: The present invention embraces the method of, and apparatus for, producing a stream feeder for flowing streams of molten mineral material, such as glass, from which filaments are attenuated comprising positioning a workpiece such that a pin enters a first locating hole of a set of locating holes, forming a first group of orificed projections in the workpiece, subsequently positioning the workpiece such that the pin enters a second locating hole of the set and forming a second group of orificed projections in the workpiece.

Abstract: An arrangement for fabricating planar elements which may be stacked for producing predetermined surfaces and bodies. The planar elements have cross-sections corresponding to respective cross-sections of the surface to be constructed. The planar elements are formed by cutting them from plate-shaped material or sheet metal, and the cut-out elements are held to the parent sheet or plate material by tabs. The planar elements are cut successively from the sheet or plate-shaped material at spaced intervals. The cutting action is such as to leave the tabs for holding the planar elements in place. Registration holes are punched about the planar element, so that these may be readily stacked relative to each other, as required to form the surface to be constructed. Sprocket holes are also punched in the sheet material to advance the material along a processing path at which the various processing stations are located.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating paired battery plates into individual plates is disclosed. The disclosed apparatus has an improved alignment means which assures that the plates are separated about a fixed centerline. The apparatus is also suited for separating a plurality of stacked plates in a single cycle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is described for feeding grid stock through a punch and die arrangement so that the spaced apart slots are equally spaced during the progression of the grid stock. The feed mechanism for strip stock comprises reciprocating punch means, die means associated with said reciprocating punch means to cooperate to punch out a group of spaced-apart slots in said strip stock, supporting means associated with said punch and die means to support said strip stock during its advance, a pair of members slidably mounted to said supporting means to operate on adjacent groups of spaced-apart slots in said strip stock to positively feed said stock away from said punch and die means, and means timed in respect to the reciprocation of said punch and die means and operative thereby, while said die means is raised from said punch means, to impart feeding movements to said feed stock.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in producing men's shirts or blouses provided with attached collars, which have a bottom fabric layer with a joining edge and a top fabric layer. The apparatus is provided with a marking device for indicating the collars at several points before sewing on the shirts or blouses and with a cutting device for trimming the joining edge of the bottom fabric layer of a collar after indicating. The marking device is provided with means for adjusting to variable collar sizes and changing over to different collar contours and the cutting device containing means for feeding the collars during trimming and for guiding the collars along the cutting means arranged side by side on a base plate. By this it is possible to perform two working operations by only one operator.

Abstract: An adjustable die assembly is shown for forming a template having a plurality of holes each having a medial lug portion. The die assembly is mounted in a base member that has a graduated dial plate. The template is first provided with a plurality of starter holes. The die has a post surrounded by an annular recess except for a medial lug portion. The die is first set at a particular angular relationship to the dial plate. A template hole to be processed is fitted over the post. The base member includes an adjustable cross bar for alignment of the template with respect to a datum plane. A punch is then assembled on the die post and passed through the template for forming the holes with a medial lug portion in various angular positions.