A plastic forming machine including a fixed pole; a movable pole; a shaft for fixing a raw material; an electric motor for rotating the shaft; a linear movement system enabling the movement of the movable pole; a first pressing rod positioned on lower surface of the movable pole, includes a first arm extending parallel to the movable pole, a second arm extending vertical to the first arm, and a third arm, having a first end and second end, connected to the first arm from its second end; a second pressing rod having a first and a second end, is connected slidingly to the first arm from its first end; at least one actuator connected to the first arm; a contact end connected to the second ends of the second pressing rod and the third arm; at least one control system for controlling the linear movement mechanism and the actuator.

A plastic forming machine including a fixed pole; a movable pole; a shaft for fixing a raw material; an electric motor for rotating the shaft; a linear movement system enabling the movement of the movable pole; a first pressing rod positioned on lower surface of the movable pole, includes a first arm extending parallel to the movable pole, a second arm extending vertical to the first arm, and a third arm, having a first end and second end, connected to the first arm from its second end; a second pressing rod having a first and a second end, is connected slidingly to the first arm from its first end; at least one actuator connected to the first arm; a contact end connected to the second ends of the second pressing rod and the third arm; at least one control system for controlling the linear movement mechanism and the actuator.

A method for manufacturing a joined body includes at least one first plate material, one second plate material, and a self-piercing rivet where a cylinder portion projects from a head. The method includes: a test step of plastically deforming the second plate material by a load in a plate thickness direction to measure physical value information of the second plate material; a setting step of setting a joining condition based on the physical value information by the test step; and a joining step of supporting a back surface of the second plate material having a front surface on which the first plate material is stacked with a die and driving the cylinder portion from the front surface side toward a concave portion provided in the die to join the first plate material and the second plate material together based on the joining condition set by the setting step.

A plastic forming machine including a fixed pole; a movable pole; a shaft for fixing a raw material; an electric motor for rotating the shaft; a linear movement system enabling the movement of the movable pole; a first pressing rod positioned on lower surface of the movable pole, includes a first arm extending parallel to the movable pole, a second arm extending vertical to the first arm, and a third arm, having a first end and second end, connected to the first arm from its second end; a second pressing rod having a first and a second end, is connected slidingly to the first arm from its first end; at least one actuator connected to the first arm; a contact end connected to the second ends of the second pressing rod and the third arm; at least one control system for controlling the linear movement mechanism and the actuator.

A plastic forming machine including a fixed pole; a movable pole; a shaft for fixing a raw material; an electric motor for rotating the shaft; a linear movement system enabling the movement of the movable pole; a first pressing rod positioned on lower surface of the movable pole, includes a first arm extending parallel to the movable pole, a second arm extending vertical to the first arm, and a third arm, having a first end and second end, connected to the first arm from its second end; a second pressing rod having a first and a second end, is connected slidingly to the first arm from its first end; at least one actuator connected to the first arm; a contact end connected to the second ends of the second pressing rod and the third arm; at least one control system for controlling the linear movement mechanism and the actuator.

A spherical decoupler conduit for connecting misaligned components, and a method for making the same, where the spherical decoupler includes an inlet connection with a first spherical portion; an outer slider with a second spherical portion for pivotably mating with the first spherical portion and a tubular portion; an inner slider having a tubular portion in a telescoping relationship with the tubular portion of the outer slider and a third spherical portion; and an outlet connection with a fourth spherical portion for pivotably mating with the third spherical portion.

A spherical decoupler conduit for connecting misaligned components, and a method for making the same, where the spherical decoupler includes an inlet connection with a first spherical portion; an outer slider with a second spherical portion for pivotably mating with the first spherical portion and a tubular portion; an inner slider having a tubular portion in a telescoping relationship with the tubular portion of the outer slider and a third spherical portion; and an outlet connection with a fourth spherical portion for pivotably mating with the third spherical portion.

A device and a method for forming by stamping a curved metal sheet. The device includes a punch made of deformable and substantially non-compressible material, a hammer configured to strike the punch along the longitudinal axis Z. A generator to generate a magnetic field configured to impart on the hammer a speed greater than a predetermined speed in the Z direction. The device further includes a matrix of predetermined shape, approximately rotationally symmetrical about the longitudinal axis Z. The punch is rotationally symmetrical about the longitudinal axis and configured to be disposed in front of the matrix. The punch has a longitudinal dimension in the same order of magnitude as its dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal axis Z.

A device and a method for forming by stamping a curved metal sheet. The device includes a punch made of deformable and substantially non-compressible material, a hammer configured to strike the punch along the longitudinal axis Z. A generator to generate a magnetic field configured to impart on the hammer a speed greater than a predetermined speed in the Z direction. The device further includes a matrix of predetermined shape, approximately rotationally symmetrical about the longitudinal axis Z. The punch is rotationally symmetrical about the longitudinal axis and configured to be disposed in front of the matrix. The punch has a longitudinal dimension in the same order of magnitude as its dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal axis Z.

A spherical decoupler conduit for connecting misaligned components, and a method for making the same, where the spherical decoupler includes an inlet connection with a first spherical portion; an outer slider with a second spherical portion for pivotably mating with the first spherical portion and a tubular portion; an inner slider having a tubular portion in a telescoping relationship with the tubular portion of the outer slider and a third spherical portion; and an outlet connection with a fourth spherical portion for pivotably mating with the third spherical portion.