A die compatibility adaptor including a housing and a die cable extending outward from the housing and terminating at a die cable end engageable with a manufacturing die that includes a first proximity sensor configured to output a first proximity signal and a second proximity sensor configured to output a second proximity signal. The die compatibility adaptor further includes a direct cable receptacle communicatively coupled to the die cable, a duplicate cable receptacle, and one or more isolation relays positioned between and communicatively coupled to the duplicate cable receptacle and the die cable, the one or more isolation relays having a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the duplicate cable receptacle is communicatively coupled to the die cable.

A tool slide, having at least one slide bed and one slide body. The slide body is axially movable in a restricted guiding fashion on the slide bed. A groove is provided in the slide body or in the slide bed and as a corresponding means, a guide body of the slide body or slide bed is supported in an axially movable, guiding fashion in the groove. The guide body is embodied as rail-like or slat-like and is positioned with part of its width inserted in a secured fashion into a groove in the slide body or slide bed.

The invention relates to a precision blanking press comprising a top, a base and tie rods and columns that connect the top and the base non-positively.

The object of the invention is to provide a precision blanking press characterized by a press frame with a high stiffness, low mass and simple design, the press allowing the transfer of higher cutting forces during fine blanking while safely eliminating the axial play between the adjustment elements and at the same time improving the operational safety.

This object is achieved by providing that the knife-edged ring cylinder (32) is designed as a one-piece core member (16), a separate stripping/pushing cylinder (31) with stripping/pushing piston (35) in line with the stroke axis (HU) being disposed on the core member, and that an ejector piston (76) is associated with the counterstay piston (75) in the main piston (2), wherein the stripping/pushing piston (35) and the ejector piston (76) each have associated working chambers (36a, 36b; 79) that are independent of one another and are mutually connected hydraulically, and at least two diametrically opposite pre-loading pistons (59) and piston rods (60) disposed at the top (4) are associated with the stripping/pushing cylinder/core member (31/16), each of said pre-loading pistons being guided in a pre-loading cylinder chamber (58a, 58b) in the top (4) perpendicular to, and in line with, an adjusting nut (25), the cylinder being pressurized with fluid from the hydraulic system (39), wherein the piston rods (60) are connected together by way of an adjusting cross member (62) such that an adjustment motion of the pre-loading piston and the piston rods (59, 60) applies an external vertical adjusting force (F) to the stripping/pushing cylinder/core member (31/16), locking or releasing the internal threading (24) of the adjusting nut (25) at the external threading (23) of the core member (16) axially, and the main piston (2) comprises protruding discus-shaped working surfaces (68a, 68b) that subdivide working chambers (69a, 69b) disposed one atop the other vertically with minimal travel (H) in the cylinder chamber (65) of the base (5).

A bailing apparatus may include a multi-component bolster assemblies that may ease installation and removal, reduce wear and tear and maintenance, and/or improve baling efficiency by reducing material waste, imperfections, and/or contamination. The bolster assemblies may include a plurality of coupling portions that engage a hydraulic rod and may enable the bolster assembly to self-center within a press chamber during normal baling operations. The bolster assemblies also may include an island portion that may be attached to the coupling portions and to a bolster cap, and the latter may be attached using retainer bolts having substantially planar heads that may define lips that run about frustums. The bolts may substantially planar head may reduce irregularities in the bale and the lips may prevent material seepage into the bolster assemblies.

A rotary tablet press comprises a press housing having bottom and top ends. A compression assembly in the press housing includes pressure roll assemblies. A drive housing extends outwardly from the top end of the press housing. A motor drive assembly is in the drive housing and comprises a turret motor rotationally driving a drive shaft extending downward from the turret motor, the drive shaft being mounted for axial movement along a vertical axis in the turret motor. A drive shaft control is operable to controllably raise and lower the drive shaft. A turret assembly is mounted to the press housing below the drive housing and about the vertical axis so that the pressure roll assemblies engage the turret assembly, the drive shaft engaging the turret assembly to rotate the turret assembly responsive to the drive shaft control lowering the drive shaft.

The invention relates to a pressing tool and a method for pressing a single- or multi-layer product in a web-processing operation by means of a pressing tool (1) comprising a frame (3), an upper tool module (4) with an upper pressing plate (40) and a lower tool module (5) with a lower pressing plate (50), the upper tool module (4) and the lower tool module (5) each being adjustably mounted on the frame in the transport direction (I) of the web-processing operation, wherein, after the pressing tool (1) has been closed, the upper tool module (4) and the lower tool module (5) are driven separately relative to the frame (3) in a synchronous manner in the transport direction (I) during an operating period.

A radial press is provided including a base, a hollow ring die mounted on the base rotatably relative to a press axis with an inner contour tapering in the direction of the axis and rotationally symmetrical, and a rolling element unit rotatable relative to the axis and having a pressure ring, which surrounds the axis, and a plurality of rolling elements arranged around the axis which are rotationally symmetrical. The rolling elements are supported on the pressure ring at a variable distance from the axis and can roll on the inner contour of the ring die. A rotary drive acts on the ring die or the rolling element unit and effects rotation about the axis. A feed drive also acts on the rolling element unit or the ring die and effects axial displacement of the rolling element unit and the ring die relative to each other.

A system for loading and unloading top and bottom tools in a press machine comprises a cart, an upper platen, first and second upper platen loading arms, a lower platen, and first and second lower platen loading arms. The cart supports the top and bottom tools and includes a latch to couple to the press machine and a conveyor mechanism to move the tools. The upper platen, positioned in the press machine, retains the top tool and includes top tool clamps to clamp the top tool. The first and second upper platen loading arms include rollers to fit into roller slots of the top tool. The lower platen, positioned in the press machine beneath the upper platen, retains the bottom tool and includes bottom tool clamps to clamp the bottom tool. The first and second lower platen loading arms include tracks to fit into T-slots of the bottom tool.

A calibrated combination of parts are produced according to a method. The combination of parts includes at least one first part with a first contact surface and a second part with a second contact surface. The parts contact each other via the contact surfaces in the combination of parts. The parts are designed to be free of an undercut at least with respect to an axial direction and can be moved relative to each other along the axial direction and thereby along the contact surfaces in the calibrated combination of parts. The method has at least the following steps: a) providing the parts in the form of green bodies, b) sintering the parts and at least forming bonded connections between the parts; c) arranging the combination of parts in a calibrating tool; d) moving the parts relative to each other; e) arranging the parts in order to form the combination of parts; and f) calibrating the combination of parts.

A press apparatus 1 includes: a first die part 2 having a first working surface 2a; a second die part 3 having a second working surface 3a; a first support member 4 that supports the first die part 2; and a second support member 5 that supports the second die part 3. At least one of the first and second die parts 2 and 3 provides a clearance S1, S2 present in at least a portion of an overlap region R1, the overlap region being overlapped by the first and second working surfaces 2a and 3a as viewed in the press direction, the dimension of the clearance in the press direction in a no-load condition being non-uniform along two orthogonal directions as viewed in the press direction. The minimum dimension of the clearance Si within an inner region R1u in the no-load condition is smaller than the minimum dimension of the clearance S1 within an outer region R1s in the no-load condition, the inner region defined by, and located inward of, the middle line between the centroid G and edge of the overlap region R1.