Patent ID: 8833217
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B21D,B26D,B26F,B30B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a moving material, the method comprising: moving a material through a first rotary press and a second rotary press spaced from the first rotary press; driving the first and second rotary presses via a first drive gear directly coupled to a first shaft extending from a housing of a motor; directly intermeshing the first drive gear with a first gear of the first rotary press and a second gear of the second rotary press; coupling a second drive gear to the first drive gear via a second shaft, the second drive gear being intermeshed with a third gear of the first rotary press and a fourth gear of the second rotary press, the first and second drive gears to provide a substantially equal amount of torque to the first, second, third and fourth gears; and controlling the first drive gear to cause the first rotary press to contact the material at a first position during a first time interval and the second rotary press to contact the material at a second position during a second time interval, wherein the first and second time intervals define a cycle of the first and second rotary presses.