A modular tooling die for an axle housing includes a plurality of separable and coaxially aligned die sets. Each die set may include a cam driver that is engageable with first and second cam slide assemblies. The cam slide assemblies move toward one another along an axis that extends perpendicularly to an axis along which the cam driver translates. Multiple die sets are provided for possible use in a single press depending on the particular axle housing geometry to be manufactured. A wide variety of different geometrical configurations may be formed by simply replacing one or more die sets and inserting a differently sized or shaped blank within the press. A method of manufacturing various axle housings and the associated modular tooling is described.

A modular tooling die for an axle housing includes a plurality of separable and coaxially aligned die sets. Each die set may include a cam driver that is engageable with first and second cam slide assemblies. The cam slide assemblies move toward one another along an axis that extends perpendicularly to an axis along which the cam driver translates. Multiple die sets are provided for possible use in a single press depending on the particular axle housing geometry to be manufactured. A wide variety of different geometrical configurations may be formed by simply replacing one or more die sets and inserting a differently sized or shaped blank within the press. A method of manufacturing various axle housings and the associated modular tooling is described.

A sheet processing apparatus includes: a punching unit configured to punch a sheet conveyed; a movement unit configured to cause the punching unit to move in a direction intersecting with a conveyance direction of the sheet; a detection unit configured to detect a first conveyance position which is a position in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the sheet; and a control unit configured to obtain size information of the sheet, determine, based on the size information, a second conveyance position in the width direction when the sheet is conveyed, and by comparing the first conveyance position and the second conveyance position, control whether or not to execute an avoidance process that causes the punching unit to move away from the sheet.

A cutting machine includes a cutting support for material to be cut, a vertically movable blade bar which bears a blade for cutting the cut material located thereon, a cutting drive for vertically moving the blade bar, a vertically movable clamping bar for pushing down the material to be cut and a pressing drive for vertically moving the clamping bar. The cutting drive and the pressing drive are formed by a single drive which rotates a cam disc to and fro, wherein the blade bar is motion-coupled to the cam disc via a first coupling mechanism which acts on the cam disc eccentrically to the axis of rotation thereof. The clamping bar is motion-coupled to the cam disc via a second coupling mechanism, the one end thereof acting on the outer contour of the cam disc.

In a cutting apparatus a rotating carousel conveys caps made of synthetic plastic material to a fixed blade having the shape of a circumferential arc. The caps are rotated about themselves by spindles. The blade cuts an annular weakening line to form the tamperproof ring of the cap. The carousel has an emitter and a laser receiver that cooperate to detect the presence or absence of the cutting edge of the fixed blade. The apparatus ensures good cutting quality.

In a cutting apparatus a rotating carousel conveys caps made of synthetic plastic material to a fixed blade having the shape of a circumferential arc. The caps are rotated about themselves by spindles. The blade cuts an annular weakening line to form the tamperproof ring of the cap. The carousel has an emitter and a laser receiver that cooperate to detect the presence or absence of the cutting edge of the fixed blade. The apparatus ensures good cutting quality.

A cutting device for cutting an optical fiber running in a first direction includes a supporting piece having a free end and a fixed end and having resilience, a cutting blade supported by the supporting piece that comes into contact with the optical fiber to make a right angle with the optical fiber at a point of the contact, and a driving device. The driving device is configured to press the supporting piece in a second direction in a plane perpendicular to the first direction, with the second direction not intersecting with the first direction.

A cutting device for cutting an optical fiber running in a first direction includes a supporting piece having a free end and a fixed end and having resilience, a cutting blade supported by the supporting piece that comes into contact with the optical fiber to make a right angle with the optical fiber at a point of the contact, and a driving device. The driving device is configured to press the supporting piece in a second direction in a plane perpendicular to the first direction, with the second direction not intersecting with the first direction.

Within tyre manufacturing, a reinforcing structure of the tyre, such as the zero-degree layer of the belt structure, is made by an apparatus having devices for guiding a continuous elongated element towards a forming drum, devices for applying the elongated element against a laying surface of the drum, and a cutting unit to cut off the continuous elongated element when application has been completed. Once the cutting operation has been carried out, the free end of the continuous elongated element is set to a grip position downstream of the cutting unit, through a reciprocating slider and a threading element blocking the continuous elongated element with respect to the slider when the latter moves towards the forming drum.

Within tyre manufacturing, a reinforcing structure of the tyre, such as the zero-degree layer of the belt structure, is made by an apparatus having devices for guiding a continuous elongated element towards a forming drum, devices for applying the elongated element against a laying surface of the drum, and a cutting unit to cut off the continuous elongated element when application has been completed. Once the cutting operation has been carried out, the free end of the continuous elongated element is set to a grip position downstream of the cutting unit, through a reciprocating slider and a threading element blocking the continuous elongated element with respect to the slider when the latter moves towards the forming drum.