A workpiece conveying device capable of correctly positioning and conveying a workpiece that has a burr having an indefinite shape by means of a robot. A robot hand has first and second claws configured to move toward and away from each other. The first claw has a first contacting portion configured to come into contact with a lower surface of the burr, and a first clamping portion arranged at a front end of the first contacting portion and configured to come into contact with a main body of the workpiece. The second claw has a second contacting portion configured to come into contact with the lower surface of the burr, and a second clamping portion arranged at a front end of the second contacting portion and configured to come into contact with the main body. The first and second clamping portions cooperatively position and clamp the main body.

An apparatus for forging a hollow body from a pre-perforated hollow block includes forging tools that can be driven radially in relation to a forging axis, a clamping head which is displaceable on a guide bed in the direction of the forging axis and includes collet chucks for the hollow block, and a mandrel carriage which is arranged on the side of the clamping head facing away from forging tools, which is displaceable independently of the clamping head along the guide bed, and whose mandrel bar provided with the forging mandrel penetrates the clamping head coaxially to the forging axis. In order to provide advantageous constructional conditions the mandrel carriage includes an axial actuating drive for the mandrel bar and can be coupled in a tension-proof manner to the clamping head.

A support assembly includes a pallet table having an upper surface. A plurality of support members are configured to pass through a pallet positioned on the upper surface of the pallet table. Each support member includes a receiving surface that defines a portion of a channel extending across the support members.

[Object] To provide a bar material transfer method of, even in the case where an entire length of a bar material serving as a workpiece is short, accurately inserting the bar material from one end thereof into a predetermined positioning hole.

[Solving Means] At the time of receiving a primary formed workpiece W1 from electrode chucks 22, a chuck device 64A (64B) in a robot hand 62c is used, and after receiving the primary formed workpiece W1, and before inserting the primary formed workpiece W1 from a stem part W11 thereof into an insertion hole 12 in a forging press main body 10, a holding portion W11a held by the electrode chucks 22 of the primary formed workpiece W1 is gripped by a chuck device 65A (65B) different from the chuck device 64A (64B), to release the gripping of the primary formed workpiece W1 by the chuck device 64A (64B). In accordance with this, it is possible to insert the holding portion W11a held by the electrode chucks 22 on the side of the stem part W11 of the primary formed workpiece W1 into the insertion hole 12.

[Object] To provide a bar material transfer method of, even in the case where an entire length of a bar material serving as a workpiece is short, accurately inserting the bar material from one end thereof into a predetermined positioning hole.

[Solving Means] At the time of receiving a primary formed workpiece W1 from electrode chucks 22, a chuck device 64A (64B) in a robot hand 62c is used, and after receiving the primary formed workpiece W1, and before inserting the primary formed workpiece W1 from a stem part W11 thereof into an insertion hole 12 in a forging press main body 10, a holding portion W11a held by the electrode chucks 22 of the primary formed workpiece W1 is gripped by a chuck device 65A (65B) different from the chuck device 64A (64B), to release the gripping of the primary formed workpiece W1 by the chuck device 64A (64B). In accordance with this, it is possible to insert the holding portion W11a held by the electrode chucks 22 on the side of the stem part W11 of the primary formed workpiece W1 into the insertion hole 12.

The billet rolling mill comprises two rolls for shaping a blank, each shaping roll being provided with at least one rolling tool and being rotated about an axis of rotation by a drive motor, and a manipulator subassembly for moving the blank with respect to the shaping rolls. The manipulator subassembly comprises a clamp gripping the blank and a carriage moving the clamp at least along a direction of rolling of the blank. The manipulator subassembly comprises a linear motor moving the carriage along the direction of rolling. The direction of rolling is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rolling tool. The linear motor is configured for accelerating the blank and selectively exerting on the blank, either a tensile force, to extract the blank from a gap defined between the rolling tools, or a braking force, to limit a speed of ejection of the blank.

A forging and pressing production systems enables at least one material to be formed by hot melt and forging and pressing by itself without human operation, thereby completing the mass production of the material. Operating factors such as the pressure, temperature and mold required for formation are taken into account, and the identification requirements for the material are reduced, thereby realizing large-scale production.

A forging and pressing production systems enables at least one material to be formed by hot melt and forging and pressing by itself without human operation, thereby completing the mass production of the material. Operating factors such as the pressure, temperature and mold required for formation are taken into account, and the identification requirements for the material are reduced, thereby realizing large-scale production.