A radial press has a plurality of press bodies arranged around a press axis which can be moved radially in relation to the press axis, and a drive unit for shifting the press bodies in the direction of or away from the press axis. The press bodies each have a main jaw and a pressing jaw, which is fixed interchangeably on the main jaw. The main jaws each comprise a radially inwardly arranged pressing-jaw-supporting surface and, adjacent to the latter in the circumferential direction, two side surfaces. The pressing jaws butt against the pressing-jaw-supporting surface of the associated main jaw and have a fixing protrusion, which projects from the abutment surface, enters into a mount provided on the main jaw and interacts with a locking device. Each main jaw has a recess on its supporting surface which extends from the mount and opens out on one of the side surfaces.

An assembly for securing a component of a damper assembly includes a press movable along an axis from a retracted position to an extended position. The assembly includes a plurality of rollers rotatably supported at an end of the press. The rollers have an outer circumferential surface that includes a middle portion extending, in cross-section, transversely to the axis and linearly between an entry portion and a top portion of the outer circumferential surface.

A method for assembling a damper with a device includes inserting a floating piston into a cartridge, filling a region of the cartridge with oil, inserting a piston-rod assembly into the cartridge, inserting a rod guide into the cartridge, coupling a damper tube to the cartridge, supplying a gas into the damper tube via a first end of the damper tube, transferring the floating piston, the piston-rod assembly, the rod guide, and the oil from the cartridge to the damper tube through the first end of the damper tube, and securing the rod guide to the damper tube.

An apparatus for forming and sealing a duct member for use in an air handling system. At least one work station accommodates a work piece, which is generally a cylindrical tube.

A press device comprising a press ring for pressing together tubular workpieces in between, and at least a first and a second pivotable jaw is described. The first jaw comprises a first engagement section and the second jaw comprises a second engagement section. The press ring comprises a first and a second receiving section for receiving the first and the second engagement section of the press jaws, respectively. A first and a second surface of the first and the second receiving section, respectively, contact the first and the second engagement section, respectively. Each comprise a planar surface. The first and the second contact surface oppose each other for applying a press force F. The first contact surface and the second contact surface each comprise at least one convex surface.

A method of transmitting torque through a flexible coupling includes driving a first rotatable member with a second rotatable member, applying an axial force component to the a flexible coupling connecting the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member by changing an axial offset between the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member interconnected by the flexible coupling, reducing one or more of the axial force component and cyclic equivalent stress born by a flexible diaphragm body of the flexible coupling by axially shifting the first end of the flexible diaphragm body relative to one of the interconnected rotatable members, and affixing a splined member to a second end of the flexible coupling, wherein the flexible diaphragm body has an inner diameter that is greater than an inner diameter of the splined member.

A method of transmitting torque through a flexible coupling includes driving a first rotatable member with a second rotatable member, applying an axial force component to the a flexible coupling connecting the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member by changing an axial offset between the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member interconnected by the flexible coupling, reducing one or more of the axial force component and cyclic equivalent stress born by a flexible diaphragm body of the flexible coupling by axially shifting the first end of the flexible diaphragm body relative to one of the interconnected rotatable members, and affixing a splined member to a second end of the flexible coupling, wherein the flexible diaphragm body has an inner diameter that is greater than an inner diameter of the splined member.

A method includes: an inner pipe insertion step of inserting an inner pipe to between a cored bar and a metal movable claw; a designated section corrugated portion formation step of forming a corrugated portion in a first designated section by pressing the first designated section of the inner pipe radially inward by the metal movable claw and plastically deforming the first designated section; a movable claw moving step of moving the metal movable claw outward in the radial direction of the inner pipe; and an inner pipe moving step of moving a second designated section that is the next designated section to between the cored bar and the metal movable claw.

A structure includes: a first member made of metal having a tubular shape, and having a through-insertion hole; a second member made of resin and joined to the first member; and a third member made of metal having a tubular shape, and inserted through inside the first member. The third member is tube-expanded toward the first member and joined to the first member by press-fitting.

A structure includes: a first member made of metal having a tubular shape, and having a through-insertion hole; a second member made of resin and joined to the first member; and a third member made of metal having a tubular shape, and inserted through inside the first member. The third member is tube-expanded toward the first member and joined to the first member by press-fitting.