Patent ID: 7818987

Claim:
A trimming turret, comprising: a first trimmer head including a first pilot; and a second trimmer head including a second pilot, wherein the turret is configured to: receive a stress induced plastically deformed container having an earing about a respective opening in the container; and at least one of (i) direct the container to the first trimmer head so that the pilot becomes located inside the opening of the container, and (ii) direct the first trimmer head to the container so that the pilot becomes located inside the opening of the container, wherein the turret is configured to trim off the earing from the container with the first trimmer head, wherein the first pilot has a first working diameter and the second pilot has a second working diameter that is different than the first working diameter, wherein the first working diameter is sized to pilot into a first sized opening of the container created after a first series of necking operations has been performed on the container, wherein the turret is configured to trim off earing from the container with the first trimmer head after the container has undergone the first series of necking operations while the first pilot is piloted in the first sized opening, wherein the second working diameter is sized to pilot into a second sized opening of the container created after a second series of necking operations has been performed on the container, and wherein the turret is configured to trim off earing from the container with the second trimmer head after the container has undergone the second series of necking operations while the second pilot is piloted into the second sized opening.