Patent ID: 7963139

Claim:
An apparatus to expand a diameter of an open end of an article, comprising: a forming turret that includes: a forming tooling; and a stop plate, the stop plate configured to be adjacent a closed end of an article to restrict motion of the article, the stop plate being axially movable relative to a turret axis of rotation, wherein the forming tooling includes an expansion tool axially movable relative to the turret axis of rotation and a stripping plate, wherein the stripping plate includes an opening through which the expansion tool passes, the expansion tool being configured to move into an open end of the article to expand the diameter of the article, the expansion tool comprising a single tool configured to move into the open end of the article to expand the inner diameter of the article, and wherein only the single tool is configured to move into the open end of the article during an expansion operation, wherein the single expansion tool moves into a central portion of the open end of the article and the single expansion tool includes a forming diameter portion that contacts a substantially entire interior diameter of the open end of the article at one time.