A method for manufacturing an architectural panel and an architectural panel made by the method. The architectural panel may be formed from metal, and the method may start with the processing of a flat metal sheet. The method may include punching holes in a particular pattern into the flat metal sheet, bending the flat metal sheet into a particular shape to form a panel that can be hung from an overhead grid or the like, and printing a desired printing pattern onto the panel. The method may also include a step of coating the panel with a powder coating or a liquid-applied paint finish prior to the printing step. The coating step may occur after the punching step and before the printing step.

The system includes a cell framework for defining a manufacturing area. The system includes at least one workplace within the manufacturing area. The system includes at least one manufacturing component within the manufacturing area and configured to be movable along three axes in relation to the at least one workplace. The system includes a conveying mechanism configured to move a part into the at least one workplace to be worked on by the at least one manufacturing component.

The present invention relates to a perforating press for perforating sheet material comprising a feeder; a punch holder comprising a first and a second row of punches; a transmission shaft for moving the punch holder in a stroke direction, wherein a set of slides is positioned between each row of punches and the transmission shaft, wherein a set of slides comprises two slides, wherein a slide comprises on a first side an at least partially continuous sawtooth profile, wherein the two slides of a set of slides are positioned with their sawtooth profiles slidably on top of each other; and a discharge means; wherein the punch holder comprises a third and a fourth row of punches and wherein the slides of a set of slides related to any one row of punches are slidable between at least three positions relative to each other independently from the slides of a set of slides related to any other row of punches. The invention also relates to a method and a use.

The present invention relates to a method of hardening slides of a perforating press comprising providing a steel beam; hardening of the steel beam in a vacuum furnace; tempering the steel beam twice; first straightening of the steel beam at a temperature of 20° C. ± 10° C.; milling of an at least partially continuous sawtooth profile, along a longitudinal direction of the steel beam, on a first side of the steel beam; wherein, after milling the at least partially continuous sawtooth profile on the first side of the steel beam, a second side of the steel beam, lying opposite the first side, is hardened by means of induction currents, after which the steel beam is again tempered twice and after which the steel beam is straightened a second time at a temperature of 20° C. ± 10° C. The invention also relates to a slide for a perforating press hardened according to the method.

A hydraulic drive system associable with a multi-press punching apparatus for operating a plurality of punching tools includes a plurality of hydraulic cylinders provided with respective pistons defining thrust chambers and return chambers inside the hydraulic cylinders and associated with corresponding punching tools, a reversible first pump connected to the thrust chambers and arranged to send oil to, or suck oil from, at least one of the thrust chambers so as to move the respective piston, a plurality of selector valves interposed between the first pump and the thrust chambers of the hydraulic cylinders and activable to connect the first pump to the thrust chambers, and a hydraulic accumulator connected to the return chambers and arranged for maintaining in said return chambers oil at a defined preload pressure.

The current invention relates to a punch unit for punching holes in a profile comprising a clamp, slideable in a first direction; a first die shoe, comprising at least two punches; a second die shoe; and a transmission shaft, configured for translating a rotational movement to a linear movement and configured for displacing said punches in a stroke direction; wherein the punch unit comprises a selection control for selecting punches to be displaced by the transmission shaft in the stroke direction. The inventions also relates to a method for punching of holes in a profile with high-throughput comprising clamping a profile in a clamp of a punch unit; displacing the profile in the punch unit by sliding the clamp in a first direction; and punching at least one hole in the profile by the punch unit; wherein one or more punches of the punch unit are selected by a selection control, comprised in the punch unit, for punching said at least one hole.

A sheet metal working machine includes a hydraulic drive system to drive a plurality of working tools in a separate and independent manner. The hydraulic drive system includes a plurality of hydraulic cylinders provided with pistons defining thrust chambers and return chambers and associated with corresponding working tools, a reversible first pump connected to the thrust chambers and arranged to send fluid to, or to suck fluid from, at least one of the thrust chambers so as to move the respective piston and the working tool associated therewith, a plurality of valves interposed between the first pump and the thrust chambers of the respective hydraulic cylinders and activable to connect the first pump to the thrust chambers; a hydraulic accumulator connected to the return chambers and arranged for maintaining fluid at a defined preload pressure therein.

A punching apparatus includes a beating element that is arranged for interacting with at least one punching tool and is movable inside a container along and around a work axis, a first rotating actuator coupled to the beating element to move it linearly along the work axis between internal and external operating positions and drive the punching tool, and a second rotating actuator connected to the beating element and arranged for rotating it around the work axis, in particular for angularly orienting the punching tool. The second rotating actuator comprises a second electric motor having a stator fixed to the container and a rotor that is internal to the stator and connected to the beating element to rotate it. The rotor extends along the work axis to face, and be engaged with, the stator between the operating positions.

The system includes a cell framework for defining a manufacturing area. The system includes at least one workplace within the manufacturing area. The system includes at least one manufacturing component within the manufacturing area and configured to be movable along three axes in relation to the at least one workplace. The system includes a conveying mechanism configured to move a part into the at least one workplace to be worked on by the at least one manufacturing component.

A punch press includes a die, a punch, a support that supports the punch, a shifting member, and a rotating mechanism. The shifting member includes an opposing surface that opposes the punch. The shifting member is movable toward and away from the die together with the support and the punch and rotatable about an axis extending in a direction in which the shifting member moves toward and away from the die. The shifting member includes a recess in the opposing surface. The rotating mechanism rotates the shifting member about the axis to shift the shifting member between an abutment position where the basal end surface of the punch is abut against the opposing surface and a retraction position where the basal end surface of the punch is retracted into the recess.