Patent ID: 8961162
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B30B

Abstract:
1. A powder press comprising: (a) an upper yoke; (b) a lower yoke; (c) a plurality of tension elements in effect between the upper yoke and the lower yoke; (d) a die plate guided parallel to the tension elements; (e) a first cylinder/piston unit comprising a cylinder and a piston; (f) at least one additional plate guided parallel to the tension elements and hydraulically activatable with reference to at least one of the die plate, the upper yoke, and the lower yoke or subjected to plate pressure via the first cylinder/piston unit; and (g) an adapter, the adapter comprising a die accommodation plate, a head plate that is in effect on a head side of the die plate, a foot plate that is in effect on a foot side of the die plate, and a guide for the die plate that is in effect between the head plate and the foot plate; wherein the cylinder of the cylinder/piston unit is disposed facing away from at least one of the die plate and the at least one additional plate, wherein the die plate is provided on the adapter and accommodated on the die accommodation plate, and wherein the first piston/cylinder unit is self-supporting on the head plate, on the foot plate, or on a module rigidly connected with the head plate or with the foot plate.