Patent ID: 7003999
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: B21D,B44B,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of deforming a thin walled body, the method comprising: a) providing an apparatus including b) holding the body gripped securely at the holding station; c) engaging the tooling to deform the wall of the body at the predetermined wall zone, the tooling being provided at the tooling station which is adjacent the holding station during deformation; and d) operating the means for co-ordinated movement of the tooling such that the predetermined wall zone is co-aligned with the tooling prior to deformation, wherein the position of one or more pre-positioned marks on a surface of the body is compared with a datum situation and the tooling is reoriented with an appropriate adjustment made to the tooling to conform to the datum situation.