Patent ID: 7080542
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: B21D,B21J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In a cam for installation in a forming press including: an adapter configured to be mounted so as to be supported by a press platen; a slide mounted on said adapter to be guided thereon while undergoing limited lateral movement thereon; a driver adapted to be mounted to be supported by another press platen aligned with said adapter and slide; said driver having a sloping cam surfaces drivingly engaging a sloping cam surface on said slide upon continued descending movement of an upper press platen and causing lateral movement of said slide on said adapter to carry out a forming process with tooling on said slider, the improvement wherein one of said driver or adapter includes a base plate mountable to be supported on a press platen, a segmented series of side by side parallel upright plates affixed to said base plate, said upright plates each having an upper end inclined at a working angle, with a support plate attached thereto, and wear plates mounted thereon defining said driver cam surfaces.