Orientation station for multi-station metal-forming machines
CA 2316849 A1 · Owner: Verson, A Division Of Allied Products Corporation · Inventors: Vanhoutum, Mark; Brzezniak, Edward J.
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A reorientation station has front and rear vertical drives that are spaced apart from each other along a flow axis of the orientation station that coincides with the flow axis of the machine. A pivot carriage support bar is coupled at its front end to the front vertical drive and at its rear end to the rear vertical drive. The vertical drives are operable to move the pivot carriage support bar to predetermined heights and to orient the pivot carriage support bar at predetermined tilt angles. A pivot carriage is mounted on the pivot carriage support bar for rotation about a roll-axis defined by the pivot carriage support bar. A roll drive coupled between the pivot carriage support …
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- Filed December 28, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 28, 2018.
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