Abstract:
An apparatus and method are provided for angularly extruding a workpiece through a die to form blanks and articles having refined grain structure. The die is also used to form the workpiece to a desired shape, such as a cylinder. The angular extrusion method can be used in place of some heat treatments, thereby lowering the cost and time for manufacturing articles. The method is compatible with materials with high strength-to-weight ratios such as aluminum, titanium, and alloys thereof. The blanks can be used to form articles having favorable mechanical properties such as strength, toughness, formability, and resistance to fatigue, corrosion, and thermal stresses.
Abstract:
A nut forming apparatus in which a pair of identical die assemblies are housed in a pair of diametrically opposed boxes in a rotary block and rearward movement of the die assembly relative to the rotary block at a first die station is precluded but rearward movement of that die assembly is allowed as it is moved to a second die station by rotary movement of the rotary block. A fixed back pierce pin, associated with each die assembly, is thus inoperative in response to a front forming blow struck by a punch positioned at the first die station but operates to back pierce the nut blank upon rearward movement of the die assembly in response to a front forming blow struck by a punch positioned at the second die station. A pair of cammingly interfaced cylindrical members associated with each die undergo relative rotation as the die assembly is moved by rotation of the rotary block between the first and second die stations to respectively preclude and allow rearward movement at that die assembly.
Abstract:
A method for the preparation of hexagonal nuts by cold forming wherein a blank is shaped and formed to a hexagonal configuration wherein the distances across the flats of the hexagon are greater than in the finished nut, and thereafter the rough nut is forced into a shaping die and over a punch concentric therewith, whereby the punch forms the central opening in the nut and the shaping die reduces the distances across the flats of the hexagon to that of the final nut size.
Abstract:
Cold extrusion procedures for obtaining metal elements such as for example bushings, nuts or other elements with dead or through holes, screws, standard and special shape extruded or pressed products, etc. on a machining center comprising a series of hydraulic presses connected to each other with an automatic movement system. The final drilling or shearing of the elements is advantageously carried out by a dedicated drilling or shearing unit, working at high speed, which can consist of a vertical mechanical press. The use of the plant comprising several hydraulic presses together with the rapid drilling or shearing unit makes it possible to achieve a high level of productivity.
Abstract:
The method includes a step of compressing a portion of a cylindrical stock into a third section of a cavity of a die. The cavity of the die includes a first section having a polygonal internal surface, a second section being narrower than the first section and having a first circle in cross section with a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the stock which is fed in the second section and a third section between the first and second section. The third section has a second circle in cross section with a diameter gradually decreasing from the first section towards the second section.