Abstract:
A forging press includes a forging chamber into which a forging cylinder can be pressed. The forging cylinder is integral with a main piston arranged in a working cylinder to which pressure fluid can be supplied. The forging piston is slidable within an annular member which is fixed in an axially slidable sleeve, and which can be moved by pressure fluid supplied to either end thereof. Within the main piston is a pressure-equalizing chamber, into which fits a stationary back-pressure piston. Passages are provided connecting the pressure equalizing chamber with the forging chamber. The cross-section of the back-pressure piston is less than that of the forging piston. In the bottom part of the forging chamber there is arranged a groove which connects with a discharge passage. When pressure fluid is applied to the sleeve, it moves downwardly and the annular member engages the bottom of the forging chamber and closes the outlet groove so as to prevent the escape of fluid therefrom. Pressure in the main cylinder then pushes down the forging piston. As the cross-section area of the back-pressure piston is smaller than that of the forging piston, the increase in volume of the pressure-equalizing chamber will not be as great as the decrease in volume of the forging chamber. This in turn leads to an increase in pressure in both chambers. The relation between the cross-section areas of the back-pressure piston and the forging piston is chosen so that a suitable pressure increase is obtained in the chambers.
Abstract:
A body to be compressed is inserted within a flexible container containing a compression medium compatible with the body and the container is then placed within an outer compression chamber containing another compression medium compatible with the container and chamber.