A rivet structure includes a female rivet plate and a male rivet plate. The female rivet plate defines an elongated countersunk hole. A size of the countersunk hole increases from a first side of the female rivet plate to a second side of the female rivet plate. The male rivet plate includes a rivet including a shaft portion and two head portions. The shaft portion extends from the male rivet plate. The two head portions are respectively arranged on opposite sides of the shaft portion on a side of the shaft portion facing away from the male rivet plate. The two head portions extend through the countersunk hole from the first side of the female rivet plate to the second side of the female rivet plate. The two head portions are configured to be stamped by a stamping member to fill in the countersunk hole.

Presented are metalworking systems for forming metallic workpieces, methods for making/operating such metalworking systems, and battery module cell tabs bent by a multistage cluster-and-bend press. A metalworking system includes a grouping tool and a contouring tool that both align adjacent a workpiece support structure, such as a base plate of a battery module housing buttressing a stack of battery pouch cells. The grouping tool, which may include a first reciprocating plunger or plunger head, presses together a stack of metallic workpieces to thereby form a workpiece set having a first bend profile and a first length. The contouring tool, which may include a second reciprocating plunger or a pair of plunger fingers mounted on the plunger head, is attached to the grouping tool and bends the workpiece set to a second bend profile, distinct from the first bend profile, and a second set length, shorter than the first set length.

Combined sheets and a method of producing combined sheets. A combined sheet includes a main sheet including a first main indentation feature providing a first overhang over a first portion of the main sheet and a second main indentation feature providing a second overhang over a second portion of the main sheet. The combined sheet also includes a foundation sheet abutting the main sheet. The foundation sheet includes a first foundation indentation feature crimped to the first main indentation feature and a second foundation indentation feature crimped to the second main indentation feature. The first overhang and the second overhang provides overhangs in different directions to prohibit separation of the foundation sheet from the main sheet. The method of producing the combined sheet includes co-locating the main sheet to abut the foundation sheet and pressing one or more indentation punches for forming indentation features providing overhangs in different directions.

The present invention relates to a forging method and a forging apparatus, capable of: reducing the amount of tray plates used during the forging of materials by reducing the width from front to back of the tray plates by fixing only the rear of the materials to the tray plates for fixing the materials; and minimizing the amount of materials used, by compression-molding products by fixing, to the tray plates, the materials having a minimum size necessary for the fmal products, the present invention comprising: a press having upper and lower molds; a tray plate supply means for supplying, to the top rear of the lower mold, tray plates to be vertically movable from one side to the other side by a pitch and to be spaced from the upside of the lower mold; a punching unit provided at one side of the upper and lower molds so as to continuously punch material fixing hole parts in the tray plates; a material plate supply means provided at the front of the other side of the punching unit so as to supply material plates by a pitch to under the material fixing hole parts of the tray plates and, at the same time, form penetrating protrusion parts, which penetrate into the material fixing hole parts, on the rear top of the material plate in each pitch, which is moved by a pitch; a cutting and compressive fixing unit provided on the upper and lower molds at the other side of the punching unit so as to cut the material plates, which are inserted into the material fixing hole parts of the tray plates, by a pitch and, at the same time, allow the penetrating protrusion parts formed at the rear of the cut materials to penetrate into the material fixing hole parts, thereby compressively fixing same; and a compression molding unit provided on the upper and lower molds at the other side of the cutting and compressive fixing unit so as to compression-mold the materials being transferred.

Disclosed are a support unit and a floor plate. The support unit includes a first plate and a second plate which are spaced apart from each other, one end of the first plate is provided with a plurality of first ring walls at intervals, one end of second plate facing the first plate is provided with a plurality of second ring walls at intervals, the plurality of second ring walls are arranged corresponding to the plurality of first ring walls, each of the second ring walls is sleeved outside and matched with a respective one of the first ring walls to form a support structure that supports the first plate and the second plate.

The present disclosure relates to a forging method and forging apparatus in which at front and rear portions of a workpiece, two products can be simultaneously shaped, thereby to improve a productivity of compression-shaping. The forging apparatus includes a press having upper and lower dies; a tray plate supply assembly configured to supply, by one pitch, a tray plate from one side of the press to an opposite side of the press along a middle portion between front and rear portions of a top of the lower die such that the tray plate can ascend and descend each time the upper die is raised; a punching unit disposed on the upper and lower dies at one side thereof to continuously form a workpiece fixing hole in the tray plate; a workpiece plate supply assembly disposed in front of an opposite side of the punching unit for feeding the workpiece plate by one pitch to a position below the workpiece fixing hole defined in the tray plate, wherein the workpiece plate supply assembly forms a through-protrusion to pass through the workpiece fixing hole on a front-rear directional middle portion in a portion of the workpiece plate corresponding to the fed one pitch; a cutting and pressing and fixing assembly provided on the upper and lower die at an opposite side of the punching unit for cutting the workpiece plate to be fed to the position below the workpiece fixing hole of the tray plate by one pitch and for pressing and fixing the through-protrusion formed on the middle portion of the cut workpiece into the workpiece fixing hole; and a pressing and shaping unit disposed on the upper and lower dies at an opposite side of the cutting and pressing and fixing assembly for compressing and shaping the fed workpiece.

A method of assembling a first part made from a metal and a second part includes providing a first part comprising an assembly surface, and a second part comprising at least one through orifice. At least part of the second part is arranged on the assembly surface such that the orifice extends across from the assembly surface. A metal connecting part is positioned on the orifice to cover the orifice across from the assembly surface. The connecting part and/or the assembly surface are projected on one another to obtain high-speed plating and welding between the connecting part and the surface part.

Combined sheets and a method of producing combined sheets. A combined sheet includes a main sheet including a first main indentation feature providing a first overhang over a first portion of the main sheet and a second main indentation feature providing a second overhang over a second portion of the main sheet. The combined sheet also includes a foundation sheet abutting the main sheet. The foundation sheet includes a first foundation indentation feature crimped to the first main indentation feature and a second foundation indentation feature crimped to the second main indentation feature. The first overhang and the second overhang provides overhangs in different directions to prohibit separation of the foundation sheet from the main sheet. The method of producing the combined sheet includes co-locating the main sheet to abut the foundation sheet and pressing one or more indentation punches for forming indentation features providing overhangs in different directions.

An object of the present invention is to provide an assembly of cable trays capable of reducing a manufacturing cost by allowing a load to be reinforced and maintained simply by an L-shaped pin assembly structure when coupling cable trays with a connecting member. The assembly of cable trays includes a cable tray, a connecting member, and a fixing member. Meanwhile, the connecting member is configured to allow: a pair of protruding insertion pieces to be integrally formed at the upper and lower portions, respectively, in the middle thereof; the fixing member to be coupled with a slot formed by the protrusion of the protruding insertion piece; and a clip portion to be formed in an outer side direction of each of the protruding insertion pieces so as to be supported by the through hole of the cable tray.

A ribbed tapered swage pin includes a head structure at a distal end which has a decreasing taper in the direction of the distal end and one or more ribs or lands positioned around the outer perimeter which, when helically driven, gradually plastically deform the swage boss of one part to form a swage joint with the hole of another part. A swaging tool with which such a swage pin may be used would, therefore, include a rotary actuator and a screw feed for driving the swage pin with a helical rotation and thrust to move through and thereby cold work the swage boss to form the swage joint.