Patent ID: 9597763
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B23D,B23P,B23Q,Y10T

Claim:
1. A modular material processing apparatus comprising: a) a base member comprising: b) a plurality of material processing modules, each module comprising: in which one said material processing module is directly and releasably coupled to the base member such that when coupled, one side wall of the base member and one of the parallel side walls of the coupled material processing module are mechanically and releasably linked in intimate contact with one another in a serial configuration and in which each of the electrical connectors of the base member and the material processing module are mated to one another with the operator's interface being configured to selectively enable processing features in the coupled material processing module and in which any remaining number of the plurality of material processing modules are individually, mechanically and electrically linked to the serial configuration with the side walls of each of the linked material processing modules being placed in intimate contact and wherein the plurality of material processing modules individually provide processing functions selected from the group of processing functions that include, cutting, feeding, coating, crimping, marking, splicing, coating removal, and reeling.