The present invention increases the positional accuracy of a floating cutter unit with respect to a press upper die for main trimming. A floating cutter unit is provided with: a floating cutter for cutting scrap from a plate-shaped material, said floating cutter being attached to and used in a trimming press processing device that cuts scrap from a plate-shaped material along a trim line Tr and that additionally cuts scrap along a scrap cut line Sc; a spring that is brought into contact with the tail end surface of the floating cutter and with a holder set for holding the floating cutter so as to be movable in the direction of an axial center O, and that applies reaction force to the floating cutter; and a guide member that is attached to the holder set, brought into contact with the floating cutter, and used to guide movement in the direction of the axial center O.

A hairpin alignment device for the hairpin winding motor according to an embodiment includes a rotation unit in which the dummy core is mounted in the center and rotates the dummy core by a first predetermined angle in correspondence with the number of slots, an alignment unit disposed on the upper surface of the rotation unit, and including a plurality of push bars disposed along the upper end circumference of the dummy core and reciprocating in a radial direction with respect to the hairpin, a guide unit disposed on the side of the rotation unit, selectively operating with the hairpin overlapped in each layer when pre-aligning the hairpin to the slot, and moving the overlapping hairpin outward in a radial direction to secure an inserting space of the hairpin, and a handling gripper adjacent to the rotation unit and supplying the hairpin to the slot.

A forming system includes: a forming apparatus which supplies gas into a cylindrical metal pipe material having a welded portion to expand the metal pipe material; a supply device for supplying the metal pipe material to the forming apparatus; and a control device for controlling an operation of the supply device, in which in a case where a position where a distance from a center of the metal pipe material is the longest, on a surface of the die, when viewed from an extension direction of the metal pipe material in a state where the metal pipe material is disposed between the dies, is a longest position, the control device includes a control unit which controls supply of the metal pipe material to the forming apparatus such that the welded portion is not located on a straight line connecting the longest position and the center of the metal pipe material.

A simulation device has a simulation unit and a coordinate acquisition unit. The simulation unit simulates the operations of press devices and the operations of feeder devices that transport a workpiece between the press devices. The coordinate acquisition unit acquires a locus of a plurality of predetermined positions in the width direction of the feeder devices from simulation.

A processing machine for flat material parts includes a machine frame, a lower beam, an upper beam, at least one processing tool, and a control unit and an infeed table on which the flat material part to be processed can be placed for positioning in the processing machine. A support loading unit with a plurality of suction cups is provided for the positioning of the flat material part on the infeed table. The infeed table can be moved from a parking position in an extension direction to a loading and unloading position and back again. The support unit is mounted on the movement axis assigned to the processing tool or tools for a pivoting movement into the same direction.

A tight space pilot, tight space pilot assembly, and related method includes a tight space pilot that can be installed into a die without fasteners, fastener apertures, or added blocks for mounting. The tight space pilot assembly includes ejectors that are retained by the pilot and a retaining ring that holds the tight space pilot in place in a die member.

Tube bending machines configured to bend a tube at a target bend location. The tube bending machines include a frame, a bending die assembly, and an alignment stem. The bending die assembly is supported on the frame and configured to bend the tube. The bending die assembly includes a bending die, a wheel frame, and a clamp. The wheel frame is coaxially mounted to the bending die. The clamp is configured to secure the tube to the wheel frame. The bending die, the wheel frame, and the clamp cooperate to define an actual bend location where the tube will be bent by the bending die assembly. The alignment system is operatively supported on the frame and configured to align the target bend location with the actual bend location.

A pilot assembly having a shaped portion and a shaped fastener relief for attachment to a die. The pilot assembly includes a fastener with a shaped washer that engages the shaped fastener relief to permit installation and removal of the pilot from the die. The shaped portion of the pilot assembly helps to locate and center the stock down the pilot assembly toward the die.

Provided is a forming system that expands and deforms a metal material to perform forming, the forming system including: a forming device that performs the forming; and at least one transport device that transports the metal material, in which the transport device transports the metal material to the forming device in a held state, in a case where a pretreatment device that performs pretreatment for the forming is present, the transport device transports the metal material to the pretreatment device in a held state, and during a period from a transport process in which the metal material is transported to any of devices by the transport device to a treatment process performed by any of the devices, at least one of the transport device and any of the devices continues holding the metal material.

A centering device (1) for centering flat workpieces (700-706) comprises a centering station (100) having at least a first and a second gripping device (300, 301) for gripping the workpiece (700-706), and conveying means for conveying workpieces (700-706) in a conveying direction to the centering station (100). The first and the second gripping device (300, 301) can each be moved horizontally by a first and a second guiding device (200, 201), respectively, and the first and the second gripping device (300, 301) can rotate freely about an axis.