Patent ID: 9566677
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B23K,B23P,B25J,B65G,Y10S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for cutting blanks for a motor vehicle from sheet material, comprising; cutting the sheet material into group sheets each with a shape and size to accommodate multiple ones of the motor vehicle blanks nested together; providing a backing die and cutting blanking openings in the backing die that are shaped to correspond to and are positioned to receive scraps to be cut from the group sheets, wherein the dimensions of the blanking openings are greater than that of the scraps to be cut; conveying the group sheet on a group sheet conveyor chain to a preset position and then removing the group sheet from the group sheet conveyor chain and placing the group sheet onto the backing die while the backing die is in a stationary position; laser cutting the group sheet while on the stationary backing die having the blanking openings to create the multiple ones of the motor vehicle blanks and the scraps, the cut scraps dropping through the blanking openings in the backing die and onto a scrap conveyor belt underneath; and stacking the cut motor vehicle blanks.