A metal plate shearing apparatus, a control method thereof, and a metal plate shearing method are disclosed. The metal plate shearing apparatus includes a lower pad, an upper pad installed on the lower pad to ascend and descend and configured to press and fix an upper surface of a metal plate of a cut target placed on the lower pad, a shear blade installed adjacent to one side surface of the upper pad to ascend and descend and configured to shear a cutting line of the metal plate by descending, and a heating device configured to locally heat the cutting line of the metal plate.

The invention relates to a cutting tool with a holder, a cutting insert and a screw, wherein the holder has at least one seat with a base, a first side wall and a second side wall, wherein in a plane parallel to the base the first side wall extends in a first direction and the second side wall includes an acute angle (C) with the first side wall, wherein the base has a threaded hole for receiving the screw, wherein the cutting insert has a cut-out for the screw, wherein the cutting insert has a base contact surface, a first positioning surface and a second positioning surface, and wherein in a locked position the base contact surface, the first positioning surface and the second positioning surface of the cutting insert contact the base, the first side wall and the second side wall of the at least one seat, respectively, wherein the second side wall is offset from the threaded hole in the first direction towards a front end of the seat, and in that a screw head of the screw and the cut-out of the cutting insert are provided with complementary conical surfaces, such that when tightening the screw the cutting insert is forced with the first positioning surface and the second positioning surface against the first side wall and the second side wall, respectively.

Automated systems and processes for manufacturing post-tension tendons are provided. In one embodiment the system may comprise a conveyor configured to introduce a pre-determined length of a tendon into a tub; a cutter configured to cut the tendon when it meets the pre-determined length; and (c) a control unit configured for a user to input the pre-determined length and a pre-determined bundle diameter. The control until is typically operably connected to the cutter and to the tub. Advantageously, the tub is configured to coil the tendon to form a tendon bundle and tie the tendon bundle in the predefined bundle diameter. A movable seater station may be employed to fasten an anchor to one end of the strand and said seater station may be configured to move among two or more tubs. A manipulator may be employed to move and hang coiled tendons.

Systems and methods for downsizing tires are disclosed. An automated downsizing apparatus comprises a cradle, mandrel table, cutting apparatus, and a control unit. A tire mounted on the cradle may be received by the movable and rotatable mandrel table, and positioned for engagement with the cutting apparatus. A user may customize a cutting configuration to be executed by the control unit. The control unit positions the mandrel table and cutting apparatus to remove portions from the tire, according to the cutting configuration. During operation, one or more system parameters may be monitored to determine compliance with the selected configuration, and the automated execution may be manually overridden.

Systems and methods for downsizing tires, and an automated downsizing apparatus utilize a cradle, mandrel table, cutting apparatus, and a control unit. In various embodiments, a tire mounted on the cradle may be received by the movable and rotatable mandrel table, and positioned for engagement with the cutting apparatus. Users may customize one or more cutting configurations to be executed by the control unit. The control unit positions the mandrel table and cutting apparatus to remove portions from the tire, according to the cutting configurations. During tire downsizing operations, one or more system parameters may be monitored to determine compliance with the selected configuration, and the automated execution may be manually overridden.

A blade clearance adjustment mechanism for a scroll shear tool is configured to adjust a horizontal blade clearance between a fixed blade and a moving blade. The blade clearance adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment bushing supported within a bushing pathway. The adjustment bushing supports a reciprocatory spindle, and a relative position of the adjustment bushing within the bushing pathway affects a relative position of the moving blade with respect to the fixed blade. The blade clearance adjustment mechanism further includes an adjustment member coupled to the adjustment bushing. The adjustment member is configured to change the relative position of the adjustment bushing between a first position associated with a first blade clearance and a second position associated with a second blade clearance.

A system for setting a specific value of a variable operating parameter of a machine usable with a plurality of different tools each requiring a different specific value of the operating parameter. The system may include a tag associated with a specific tool and containing stored data of a predetermined desired value of an operating parameter of the machine for the specific tool, a reader of the tool stored data of the desired value and a controller of the machine which uses at least some of the stored data to set the predetermined desired value of the variable operating parameter of the machine for its use of the specific tool or of a variable operating parameter of another machine which is dependent on the specific value of at least some of the stored data of the tag of the specific tool used in the machine. The machine may be one of a battery grid casting machine, a battery grid pasting machine, a battery paste making machine, a battery paste drying oven, a battery grid or plate cutting or trimming machine, a battery plate stacking machine, a robotic palletizing machine, or the like.

Method for cutting soft metals, comprising the use of a cutting tool capable of being set in motion by ultrasonic vibration. The method is employed for cutting components used in the manufacture of an electrochemical storage device, for example, a lithium battery. These components include the anodes, the cathodes, the solid electrolytes, the current collectors and the separators. The method is also employed in a system for manufacturing and/or characterizing an electrochemical storage device.

A metal plate shearing apparatus, a control method thereof, and a metal plate shearing method are disclosed. The metal plate shearing apparatus includes a lower pad, an upper pad installed on the lower pad to ascend and descend and configured to press and fix an upper surface of a metal plate of a cut target placed on the lower pad, a shear blade installed adjacent to one side surface of the upper pad to ascend and descend and configured to shear a cutting line of the metal plate by descending, and a heating device configured to locally heat the cutting line of the metal plate.

A working head for a hydrodynamic cutting tool includes a working head, an electro-hydraulic pump adapted to increase the pressure of a hydraulic liquid, and a pressure tube connected between the pump and the working head to communicate the pressure of the hydraulic liquid from the pump to the working head. The working head may be removably connectable to the pressure tube and includes two jaws movable, in response to the increase of the hydraulic liquid pressure, between an open position and a closed position to perform the cutting. A cutting detector may be used to detect the completion of the cutting. A cutting confirmation transmitter may be connected to the cutting detector and configured for a wireless transmission of a cutting completion confirmation signal to a cutting confirmation receiver of the cutting tool.