公开(公告)号：US20190168477A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US15832182

申请日：2017-12-05

申请人： Ford Motor Company

发明人： Gordon Cleere ,  George Stanczuk ,  Franklin J. Bishop

IPC分类号： B30B15/02 ,  B21D37/14 ,  B66C1/24

摘要： An apparatus for removing and replacing a die in a press with an overhead crane movable in a first direction. A hoist assembly is mounted on the crane to be movable perpendicular to the first direction. A drum is rotated about an axis of rotation parallel to the first direction. A press includes a die that is movable into and out of the press reciprocally and perpendicular to the first direction. A method for setting a die in a press includes the steps of positioning an overhead crane to be centered relative to a front opening in a press. Pulling the die with a sling attached to a wire rope wound on the drum. The wire rope pulls the die in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the drum.