Patent ID: 6701600
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for producing or machining a work piece in the form of a cylindrical hollow body (4), especially a container (a wall of a container), a barrel or a cask, whereby the work piece (4) is held such that the longitudinal axis (1) thereof is oriented vertically and then machined in this orientation, especially, formed, edged, provided with beads, a bottom and a lid, characterized in that the work piece (4) is moved within a transfer level and lowered into a working area of a machining apparatus, especially a forming apparatus (8a, 8b), for machining, that the work piece undergoes a plurality of machining steps (lowering, machining and lifting), one after the other, in a plurality of machining apparatuses, and that the work piece is moved past at least one selected machining apparatus without being machined.