Patent ID: 8448487
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: B21D

Abstract:
1. A vessel forming station comprising: a plurality of operation wheels configured in opposing facing pairs, each operation wheel comprising a plurality of work zones, each work zone of an operation wheel configured in an opposing facing pair with a work zone of another operation wheel to engage a vessel and perform a forming operation on said vessel; a plurality of linear drives interconnected with said plurality of operation wheels that a conveyor system positioned between opposing facing pairs of said plurality of operation wheels that engages and indexes said vessel through said plurality of operations at a rotational timing coordinated to index said vessel when opposing facing pairs of said plurality of operation wheels are in said open position; and a controller communicatively coupled with a plurality of network based data process resources and configured to index said conveyor system clockwise or counterclockwise based on whether a decoration operation is to be performed on said vessel.