Patent ID: 8943691
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B21H,B23K,E04C,E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a furcated composite post, with said post comprising: a longitudinally extending spine; and first, second and third interconnected longitudinal arms, each of which extends along the spine and generally radially from the spine, said method comprising the steps of: (1) feeding: a first strip having an end region including: two side walls substantially parallel to each other and on opposite sides of the first strip, and an end wall substantially perpendicular to the two side walls and between the two side walls; wherein the distance between the two side walls is 1-10 mm; and a second 1-10 mm thick strip; to positioning rolls for holding the strips in a correct orientation for welding; and (2) welding substantially only the end wall of the first strip to the second strip to form a longitudinally extending weld seam along the spine of the post, such that the first strip provides the first arm of the post, and the second strip provides the second and third arms of the post; the method further comprising the step of: i) feeding at least one of the first strip and the second strip to working rolls of a roll mill for profile rolling to a desired cross sectional profile; wherein step i) is performed either before step (1) or after step (2).