Patent ID: 8814549
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B30B

Abstract:
1. A powder press comprising: (a) an upper yoke; (b) a lower yoke; (c) a plurality of tension elements in effect between the upper yoke and the lower yoke; (d) a punch on the upper yoke or on the lower yoke, said punch being self-supporting or subjected to pressure and comprising at least one of a cylinder and a piston disposed in a cylinder, wherein hydraulic pressure is applied in the cylinder; (e) an adapter; (f) a die plate provided on the adapter and accommodated by the punch; (g) a die accommodation plate guided along the tension elements and displaceable parallel to the tension elements, the cylinder or the cylinder and the piston acting on the die accommodation plate; and at least one of (h) and (i): (h) a passage opening surrounded by at least one of the cylinder and the piston, said passage opening extending through the die accommodation plate or the upper yoke or the lower yoke; and (i) a tension element of the plurality of tension elements being surrounded by at least one of the cylinder and the piston.