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Rotary bending tool and method of manufacture

US6983634B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 1, 2003
Grant dateJan 10, 2006
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21D5/02
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary bending tool having a series of graphite plugs mounted in a saddle recess engaging a rocker surface to lubricate the same. The rocker is machined in an unhardened state and thereafter heat treated to be hardened, with reverse bending of the rocker thereafter carried out to correct any warpage.

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