Patent ID: 9649768
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B21C,B25J,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for automatically rotating interconnected sections of a cylindrical workpiece, said method comprising the steps of: securing said workpiece about a rotational axis; forming a gripping means to include a pair of gripping fingers, said gripping means being capable of rotation parallel to said rotational axis; operatively disposing a revolving cutting head mechanism adjacent to said gripping means, said revolving cutting head mechanism including a head configured for rotation, said head defining two slots therein, a first slide block slidably disposed within one of said two slots, and a second slide block disposed within another of said two slots, each of said first and said second slide blocks include a cutting wheel and a beading wheel; forming said interconnected sections using two said cutting wheels of said revolving cutting head mechanism; selectively closing said gripping fingers about at least one of said interconnected sections; and rotating said gripping means such that said at least one of said interconnected sections is rotated by a predetermined amount about said rotational axis.