A wire forming apparatus 1 comprises a rotary table 22 that is rotatably supported by a table body 21, a slide tool unit 100A that is attached to the rotary table 22 and supports a slide tool T1 capable of sliding toward a wire guide, and a tool slide mechanism 60 that is supported by the table body 21 and transmits a driving force for sliding the slide tool T1 to the slide tool unit 100A. The tool slide mechanism 60 has a single motive power transmission member 61 that is rotatably supported by the table body 21, and a driving force generated by a rotation of the motive power transmission member 61 is transmitted, in common, to a plurality of slide tools T1 attached to the rotary table 22.

Provided is a twisting device of a hair pin-type stator coil. The twisting device of a hair pin-type stator coil, which is to twist-form a plurality of hair pin-type stator coils inserted as a plurality of layers in a stator core, includes i) a base frame, ii) a coil fixing unit installed on the base frame through a plurality of support rods, iii) a twisting tool unit allowing a plurality of stator coils of two adjacent layers, among the plurality of layers, to be inserted thereinto, the two layers being rotated in different directions, and installed to be movable up and down in the base frame on a lower side of the coil fixing unit, iv) a tool driving unit installed on the base frame and operatively connected to the twisting tool unit.

Provided is a twisting device of a hair pin-type stator coil. The twisting device of a hair pin-type stator coil, which is to twist-form a plurality of hair pin-type stator coils inserted as a plurality of layers in a stator core, includes i) a base frame, ii) a coil fixing unit installed on the base frame through a plurality of support rods, iii) a twisting tool unit allowing a plurality of stator coils of two adjacent layers, among the plurality of layers, to be inserted thereinto, the two layers being rotated in different directions, and installed to be movable up and down in the base frame on a lower side of the coil fixing unit, iv) a tool driving unit installed on the base frame and operatively connected to the twisting tool unit.

A collision-proof spring transfer takes place in the process, which comprises a continuous transfer of coil springs from the pipeline through an exit opening of the pipeline into assigned spring receptacles, and an automatic prevention of any re-entry of coil springs that have passed through the exit opening in the direction of the spring receptacle and rebound from the region of the spring receptacle back into the pipeline.

A collision-proof spring transfer takes place in the process, which comprises a continuous transfer of coil springs from the pipeline through an exit opening of the pipeline into assigned spring receptacles, and an automatic prevention of any re-entry of coil springs that have passed through the exit opening in the direction of the spring receptacle and rebound from the region of the spring receptacle back into the pipeline.

The present invention discloses a positioning apparatus for positioning a spring product fed from a spring coiling machine. The positioning apparatus includes a first guiding panel having a first guiding surface for guiding the spring product and the first guiding surface have a length and a width; and a plurality of first mechanical holding members arranged on the first guiding surface in a direction of the length of the first guiding surface for optionally supporting and holding a first part of the spring product.

The present invention discloses a positioning apparatus for positioning a spring product fed from a spring coiling machine. The positioning apparatus includes a first guiding panel having a first guiding surface for guiding the spring product and the first guiding surface have a length and a width; and a plurality of first mechanical holding members arranged on the first guiding surface in a direction of the length of the first guiding surface for optionally supporting and holding a first part of the spring product.

A spring forming machine includes: a forming tool slide mechanism including a slider with a forming tool; a first lifting mechanism including a slider with a pitch tool; a second lifting mechanism including a slider with a cutting tool; a fixing base to which the wire feeder and the forming tool slide mechanism are attached; a lifting base to which the cored bar, the first lifting mechanism, and the second lifting mechanism are attached; a plurality of servo motors serving as drive sources; a controller controlling the servo motors; an individual drive control unit individually driving the servo motors; and an interlocking control unit that, when the servo motor of the lifting base is individually operated, interlocks the servo motors of the lifting base and the first lifting mechanism and, when the servo motor of the first lifting mechanism is individually operated, does not interlock the servo motors thereof.

A spring forming machine includes: a forming tool slide mechanism including a slider with a forming tool; a first lifting mechanism including a slider with a pitch tool; a second lifting mechanism including a slider with a cutting tool; a fixing base to which the wire feeder and the forming tool slide mechanism are attached; a lifting base to which the cored bar, the first lifting mechanism, and the second lifting mechanism are attached; a plurality of servo motors serving as drive sources; a controller controlling the servo motors; an individual drive control unit individually driving the servo motors; and an interlocking control unit that, when the servo motor of the lifting base is individually operated, interlocks the servo motors of the lifting base and the first lifting mechanism and, when the servo motor of the first lifting mechanism is individually operated, does not interlock the servo motors thereof.

Disclosed are a control method and a device for a cutter shaped by a helical spring, which comprises two cutter position controlling devices (20) connected to two spring outer diameter cutters (10) respectively and comprises a cutter lifting device (30). The two cutter position controlling devices (20) are arranged in the same mounting plane (40). The cutter position-controlling device (20) controls an amount of displacement of the stretching and retracting of the two spring outer diameter cutters (10). The amount of displacement of the spring outer diameter cutters (10) and the amount of up and down movement of the mounting plane (40) are controlled simultaneously by a motor (50). By applying the concept of relative coordinates, the requirements of control can be simplified from two two-dimensional control movements to three single-axis linear movements by using the centre (P3) of a spring coil as the origin of the coordinates for the movement of the spring outer diameter cutter. In the case that the distances of linear movement on the three axes are identical or at a fixed ratio, the advantage of reducing the number of motors is achieved.