A radial press comprises a housing having a lateral portion and a supporting disk on the end face. A ring-like structure extends in the housing and can be displaced along a pressing axis. Multiple pressing jaws arranged around the axis are radially movably supported on the supporting disk. The ring-like structure acts upon the jaws with control faces angled relative to the axis and are seated against counter-faces of the jaws. The angle of the control faces changes as they progress in the axial direction, such that, along the maximum path of travel of the ring-like structure, the axial movement of said structure and the radial movement of the jaws produced thereby are at different ratios. The ring-like structure has exchangeable control elements on which control faces are provided. In planes perpendicular to the pressing axis, each control face is seated on a polygon having corners arranged between adjacent jaws.

A compression molding machine including a base part; a first mold chase fixed in a position spaced apart from the base part; a second mold chase disposed between the base part and the first mold chase, the second mold chase movable along a movement axis extending perpendicularly between the base part and the first mold chase; and a compression actuation arrangement for moving the second mold chase. The compression actuation arrangement including at least two independent actuating units, each having a first inverted wedge member, a second wedge member, and a drive mechanism. An inclined surface of the first inverted wedge member and an inclined surface of the second wedge member is slidably engaged to each other to convert a motion of the second wedge member along the transmission axis to a motion of the first inverted wedge member along the actuation axis for moving the second mold chase.

A method for monitoring the position and assessing the correct position P.sub.i of a work slide (5) of a wedge drive tool (2) in a press (11), without a position sensor. The slide (5) of the wedge drive tool (2) is actuated from an end position (X.sub.E) back to the starting position (X.sub.A) of the slide (5) by a spring (10). The spring (10) is arranged in the wedge drive tool (2). The press (11) is opened from a lower press position to an upper press position while a slide bed (5B) of the wedge drive tool (2) is relieved. The position of the slide (5) is indirectly detected in that at least the restoring force of the spring (10) is detected and evaluated.

A method for monitoring the position and assessing the correct position P.sub.i of a work slide (5) of a wedge drive tool (2) in a press (11), without a position sensor. The slide (5) of the wedge drive tool (2) is actuated from an end position (X.sub.E) back to the starting position (X.sub.A) of the slide (5) by a spring (10). The spring (10) is arranged in the wedge drive tool (2). The press (11) is opened from a lower press position to an upper press position while a slide bed (5B) of the wedge drive tool (2) is relieved. The position of the slide (5) is indirectly detected in that at least the restoring force of the spring (10) is detected and evaluated.

A processing unit of a machine tool for the punching processing of workpieces, in particular metal sheets, has a punching tool carrier configured to receive a punching tool and a stripper carrier for a stripper. The punching tool carrier can be moved by a punch drive along a stroke axis by a transverse drive element being driven by a punch drive motor relative to the punching tool carrier with a transverse drive movement along a transverse movement axis which extends in the transverse direction of the stroke axis. The stripper carrier can be moved along the stroke axis by a stripper drive, and the transverse drive element of the punch drive during the transverse drive movement can be moved relative to the stripper carrier along the transverse movement axis and the punching tool carrier and the stripper carrier can be moved relative to each other along the stroke axis.

The disclosure is not limited in its execution to the previously indicated, preferred exemplary embodiments but rather a number of variants are conceivable which make use of the presented solution even in the case of basically differently designed embodiments. Therefore, the side sliding plates 10, 30 can be designed on at least three side surfaces with a coating against wear, preferably as fixed lubricant surfaces or as a sintered layer.

A stacking die comprises a stacked multiple stacking plates and a side plate(s) which fixes the multiple stacking plates in a stacked state, wherein at least one or more processing object(s) is retained in a space(s) formed between the multiple stacking plates. Further, surfaces where the stacking plates and the side plate(s) abut each other are preferably tapered so that they form tapered shapes in a direction opposite to the approach direction of the side plate(s).

A radial press comprises a housing having a lateral portion and a supporting disk on the end face. A ring-like structure extends in the housing and can be displaced along a pressing axis. Multiple pressing jaws arranged around the axis are radially movably supported on the supporting disk. The ring-like structure acts upon the jaws with control faces angled relative to the axis and are seated against counter-faces of the jaws. The angle of the control faces changes as they progress in the axial direction, such that, along the maximum path of travel of the ring-like structure, the axial movement of said structure and the radial movement of the jaws produced thereby are at different ratios. The ring-like structure has exchangeable control elements on which control faces are provided. In planes perpendicular to the pressing axis, each control face is seated on a polygon having corners arranged between adjacent jaws.

A radial press comprises a housing having a lateral portion and a supporting disk on the end face. A ring-like structure extends in the housing and can be displaced along a pressing axis. Multiple pressing jaws arranged around the axis are radially movably supported on the supporting disk. The ring-like structure acts upon the jaws with control faces angled relative to the axis and are seated against counter-faces of the jaws. The angle of the control faces changes as they progress in the axial direction, such that, along the maximum path of travel of the ring-like structure, the axial movement of said structure and the radial movement of the jaws produced thereby are at different ratios. The ring-like structure has exchangeable control elements on which control faces are provided. In planes perpendicular to the pressing axis, each control face is seated on a polygon having corners arranged between adjacent jaws.

This invention relates to a wedge drive 1 for converting a vertical press force into a horizontal linear working movement, the wedge drive 1 comprising a slider element 2, a driver element 4 and a slider element receptacle 3, wherein the slider element 2 is placed vertically between the driver element 4 and the slider element receptacle 3, wherein the slider element 2 and the slider element receptacle 3 are designed as two guiding elements 2, 3 on which a sliding plate formation 5, 6, 7 is placed, wherein the sliding plate formation is surrounded by a guiding device that is designed for the linear guiding of the slider element 2 along the slider element receptacle 3 in a sliding direction X. The guiding device comprises a central element that is provided on a first of the two guiding elements 2, 3 on its side pointing to a second of the two guiding elements 2, 3, wherein the sliding plate formation 5, 6, 7 comprises at least two side sliding plates 5, 6 that are fixed to a second of the two guiding elements 2, 3 and that are spaced from each other in a cross direction Y that is perpendicular to the sliding direction X, wherein the central element 7 is placed in the cross direction between the side sliding plates 5, 6, wherein the second guiding element 2, 3 has two steps spaced from each other in the cross direction Y, wherein each of the two side sliding plates 5, 6 closely fits to respectively one of the two steps with a form fit acting in the cross direction Y.