Patent ID: 9312065
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: H01F

Claim Text:
1. A machine for manufacturing stackable laminations for a magnetic core, the laminations formed from magnetic strip material, the machine including: a frame for housing a folder platen assembly and a guillotine platen assembly; a folder platen assembly having a folder bar for folding said strip material in at least one pre-determined position; a guillotine platen assembly having a cutting blade for cutting said strip material at a pre-determined position; a first electric actuator; a second electric actuator; a first cam shaft driven by the first electric actuator and coupled to the folder platen assembly by a first linkage member, the first cam shaft rotatable about a first axis; and a second cam shaft driven by the second electric actuator and coupled to the guillotine platen assembly by a second linkage member, wherein, the first linkage member comprises: a first portion connected to the first cam shaft through a first cam bearing and a second portion connected to the folder platen assembly through a folder platen bearing, the first cam bearing bisected by a first plane perpendicular to the first axis and the folder platen bearing bisected by a second plane perpendicular to the first axis, the first and second planes offset from each other.