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Device for hemming of sheet metals particularly of coachwork sheet metals for small-lot production series in automobile manufacture

US6098440A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 14, 1998
Grant dateAug 8, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53791
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for hemming of sheet metals, particularly of coachwork sheet metals for small-lot production series in automobile manufacture is disclosed. A ram with a superimposed hemming bed is arranged in a base rack presses the sheet metals to be hemmed against the hemming jaws of the pre-hemming and/or finish hemming tools. One or more hemming jaws (8, 8') are affixed to a rotary head (4) lying opposite to the ram (2) and are swingable by turning the rotary head (4) in working position. Moreover, the invention provides for that the hemming bed (5) is linearly traversable or swingable in horizontal plane between a loading point (B) and a working point (A).

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