A method for forming a conduit with a radial flange for forming part of a beaded coupling by: positioning a conduit blank in a forming die, wherein the forming die defines a radially extending recess; inserting a forming post in the conduit blank to define an annular space therebetween; inserting a flexible material in the annular space between the post and the conduit; placing a sleeve in a bearing relationship with the flexible material; compressing the flexible material between the post and the sleeve to force the flexible material against the conduit to expand the conduit outward into engagement with the radially extending recess in the forming die to form an annular flange; and releasing compression on the flexible material.

A plant for realizing fitted hydraulic hoses includes: a cutting station provided with a cutter configured such as to cut a hydraulic hose into a plurality of portions of hose; a storage station of a plurality of hydraulic fittings, each of which is able to be fixed to an end of a portion of hose into which the hydraulic hose is cut; a crimping station provided with a crimping press configured such as to crimp a hydraulic fitting to an end of the portion of hose; and a control and command unit operatively connected to the crimping press of the crimping station, configured for determining a blocking force of the crimping press according to an indicative parameter of the type of hydraulic hose cut in the cutting station.

A crimping method including providing a coupling including a sidewall and a ribbed stem having a plurality of radial valleys, the ribbed stem defining a longitudinal axis, wherein the first sidewall extends radially to the axis, and providing a die including a stop and a channel extending through the stop, the channel having a ribbed section with a plurality of ribs. The ribbed stem is inserted through the first stop, into the first channel and into the end of a hose. With a ferrule arranged between the ribbed section and the hose and the sidewall pressed against the stop, the die is used to compress the end of the hose between the ferrule and the ribbed stem with the plurality of radial valleys radially aligned with the plurality of ribs. The couplings are selected from a medical gas medical gas outlet rough-in and a medical gas nut nipple.

A high-pressure tube compression fitting/flared fitting for use in combination with a thick-walled tube and a connection body wherein a sleeve is in engagement with a thick-walled tube. The sleeve is generally cylindrically shaped with the exterior thereof coated and then etched. The sleeve includes a first and second sharp inner circumferential biting edges which interengage and bite into and through the exterior of the end portion of the thick-walled tube and into the wall portion of the end portion of the thick-walled tube without narrowing the passageway through the thick-walled tube. The process for making the fitting includes placing an end portion of the thick-walled tube into engagement with a tube engaging surface of a tapered generally cylindrical wall of a guide rod.

An improved fastener comprising a fastener body orientated about a central axis and having a tool-engaging portion, a threaded fastening portion and a shroud-receiving portion having an inwardly facing annular groove orientated transverse to the central axis; a shroud concentrically mounted on the shroud-receiving portion to rotate relative to the fastener body under an applied external torque and having an axially-buckled radially-extending annular protrusion extending outwardly transverse to the central axis and disposed in the inwardly facing annular groove of the shroud-receiving portion of the body; the axially-buckled radially-extending annular protrusion of the shroud and the annular groove of the shroud-receiving portion of the body forming a shroud-retaining element restraining the shroud from movement in at least a first axial direction along the central axis.

A hammer for installing a gasket into a joint between two pipes, the hammer comprising two opposed substantially rectangular, non-square strike surfaces which are rotationally offset from one another by 90 degrees such that an appropriate substantially rectangular, non-square strike surface may be selected by the user and applied to a gasket by simply rotating the hammer in the user's hands without requiring the user to relocate around the gasket.

A hammer for installing a gasket into a joint between two pipes, the hammer comprising two opposed substantially rectangular, non-square strike surfaces which are rotationally offset from one another by 90 degrees such that an appropriate substantially rectangular, non-square strike surface may be selected by the user and applied to a gasket by simply rotating the hammer in the user's hands without requiring the user to relocate around the gasket.

The invention relates to a method for producing a semi-finished product of a stator (1), wherein the method comprises the following method steps: providing a laminated core (2), wherein the laminated core (2) has a plurality of receiving grooves (5) distributed in a circumferential direction; providing a plurality of conductor elements (3, 4); inserting the conductor elements (3, 4) into at least some of the receiving grooves (5), wherein the conductor elements (3, 4) are inserted into the receiving grooves (5) in such a way that conductor element overhangs (11, 12) of the conductor elements (3, 4) protrude beyond at least one of the axial end faces (7, 8) of the laminated core (2) in the axial direction; bending the conductor element overhangs (11, 12) in the radial direction (22); bending the conductor element overhangs (11, 12) of the conductor elements (3, 4) in the circumferential direction (16, 17).

The invention relates to a method for producing a semi-finished product of a stator (1), wherein the method comprises the following method steps: providing a laminated core (2), wherein the laminated core (2) has a plurality of receiving grooves (5) distributed in a circumferential direction; providing a plurality of conductor elements (3, 4); inserting the conductor elements (3, 4) into at least some of the receiving grooves (5), wherein the conductor elements (3, 4) are inserted into the receiving grooves (5) in such a way that conductor element overhangs (11, 12) of the conductor elements (3, 4) protrude beyond at least one of the axial end faces (7, 8) of the laminated core (2) in the axial direction; bending the conductor element overhangs (11, 12) in the radial direction (22); bending the conductor element overhangs (11, 12) of the conductor elements (3, 4) in the circumferential direction (16, 17).

In a stator, at least a part of a first facing surface in which at least a part of a first leg portion directs to one side in the radial direction and at least a part of a second facing surface in which at least a part of a second leg portion directs to the other side in the radial direction are joined to each other, and a first other end surface of the first leg portion is disposed so as to project toward the other side in the radial direction with respect to a second other end surface which is continuous with the second facing surface.