A die or punch is provided for a press tool. The die or punch includes a body and a roller assembly having a holder and a roller. The holder is shaped to slidably engage with a complementary cavity in the body to facilitate secure installation of the holder in the body. The holder is able to be removably inserted into the body to present the roller as a forming edge to shape a work piece in a press tool. The roller is able to turn with respect to the holder when shaping a work piece to protect the roller against wear.

Disclosed is a die for a press brake including a base, a first half portion and a second half portion of a mold, each including a plurality of plates parallel to one another and alternated in a longitudinal direction of the die, the die including a translation device to move the half portions away from and toward each other, the device including a plurality of guides obtained on the plates, a shaft slidingly engaged with the guides, a first pinion and a second pinion mounted on the shaft and at least a first rack and at least a second rack respectively on a first plate of the first half portion and on a second plate of the second half portion and meshed respectively with the first and second pinion.

Provided are a press formed component that does not easily cause wrinkling on a vertical wall portion of a curved portion in a component shape having an L-shape, a T-shape, or the like when viewed in a plan view and a method for manufacturing the same. A press formed component includes a top sheet portion, a vertical wall portion continuous to the top sheet portion, and a flange portion and also includes a curved portion in which when viewed in a plan view, at least a part of a boundary portion between the top sheet portion and the vertical wall portion is displaced to the vertical wall portion side and curved concavely toward a longitudinal direction. In a cross-sectional shape of the curved portion, an inclination angle θ [deg] of the vertical wall portion with respect to the top sheet portion satisfies the following expression: (1−sin θ)/cos θ>0.95.

Provided are a press formed component that does not easily cause wrinkling on a vertical wall portion of a curved portion in a component shape having an L-shape, a T-shape, or the like when viewed in a plan view and a method for manufacturing the same. A press formed component includes a top sheet portion, a vertical wall portion continuous to the top sheet portion, and a flange portion and also includes a curved portion in which when viewed in a plan view, at least a part of a boundary portion between the top sheet portion and the vertical wall portion is displaced to the vertical wall portion side and curved concavely toward a longitudinal direction. In a cross-sectional shape of the curved portion, an inclination angle θ [deg] of the vertical wall portion with respect to the top sheet portion satisfies the following expression: (1−sin θ)/cos θ>0.95.

An apparatus and a method for producing an elongated profiled part, in which a profiled strip is produced from a flat strip by rolling and the profiled strip is embossed in sections, by means of which at least one longitudinal section of the profiled strip is offset relative to at least one other longitudinal section in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the profiled strip, and with which method the strip is trimmed in such a way that, after the embossing, the longitudinal sections that are offset relative to each other have different cross-sections. In order to increase the reproducibility of the method, before the profiling, the flat strip is trimmed in such a way that by means of the embossing of the trimmed and profiled strip, the longitudinal sections that are offset relative to each other have different cross-sections.

An apparatus and a method for producing an elongated profiled part, in which a profiled strip is produced from a flat strip by rolling and the profiled strip is embossed in sections, by means of which at least one longitudinal section of the profiled strip is offset relative to at least one other longitudinal section in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the profiled strip, and with which method the strip is trimmed in such a way that, after the embossing, the longitudinal sections that are offset relative to each other have different cross-sections. In order to increase the reproducibility of the method, before the profiling, the flat strip is trimmed in such a way that by means of the embossing of the trimmed and profiled strip, the longitudinal sections that are offset relative to each other have different cross-sections.

A material-forming device for a wire mesh includes a plurality of contact rods that are supported by the frame and configured to threadedly receive a sheet of wire mesh that moves through the plurality of contact rods in a downstream direction. An inner contact rod and an outer contact rod are each configured to engage a first side of the sheet of wire mesh, and a middle contact rod is positioned between the inner contact rod and the outer rod and configured to engage a second side of the sheet of wire mesh that opposes the first side. The shape of the outer contact rod and/or the inner contact rod is configured to bend the sheet of wire mesh around the middle contact rod as the sheet of wire mesh moves in the downstream direction.

Scanning assemblies are disclosed herein. An example scanning assembly includes a slot scanner and a mounting system. The slot scanner includes an imaging assembly configured to capture an image frame appearing in a field of view (FOV) and a housing having a cavity configured to accommodate the imaging assembly. The mounting system includes a flange member at least partially surrounding an opening formed within the mounting system, and at least two support arms extending from the flange. The at least two support arms engage a portion of the housing of the slot scanner to retain the slot scanner within the opening formed by the flange.

Scanning assemblies are disclosed herein. An example scanning assembly includes a slot scanner and a mounting system. The slot scanner includes an imaging assembly configured to capture an image frame appearing in a field of view (FOV) and a housing having a cavity configured to accommodate the imaging assembly. The mounting system includes a flange member at least partially surrounding an opening formed within the mounting system, and at least two support arms extending from the flange. The at least two support arms engage a portion of the housing of the slot scanner to retain the slot scanner within the opening formed by the flange.

A metal sheet for press forming has a shape such that a boundary position between the region corresponding to the curved portion and an other region in the region corresponding to a curved portion is rotationally displaced in-plane around a rotational center set at a position on a curved recessed side rather than a position corresponding to a ridge line between a top sheet portion and a vertical wall portion on the curved recessed side, in a direction in which a line length of an outer edge of a position to be formed into the flange portion on a curved protruding side in the region corresponding to a curved portion approaches a line length of an outer edge of the flange portion on the curved protruding side in the press-formed component shape.