Patent ID: 6644088
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for flanging together metal sheets in a manufacturing process, said apparatus comprising:a base frame; a flanging bed operative to move from a first position to a second position; a flange drive device secured to said base frame and operative to move said flanging bed, said flanging drive device including a flanging lifter disposed upon spacing blocks secured to said base frame; a flanging jack disposed upon said flanging bed; an exchangeable flanging tool, said tool including said flanging bed and said flanging jack, mounted on the base frame; a spindle stroke device operative to displace the flanging bed from a first position through a work stroke; a cushion system operative to produce a flanging work stroke; and a flanging tool base including slidable members therein, said exchangeable flanging tool being disposed on said slidable members such that a first exchangeable flanging tool can be slidably removed and replaced by slidably moving a second exchangeable flanging tool into place.