Apparatus, system and method for manufacturing metal parts

An apparatus, system and method for manufacturing metal parts, where input material is received from several material sources, multiple metal parts are produced at the same time, and the multiple metal parts may be provided to a downstream operation for subsequent processing. According to an exempla...

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Hauptverfasser:	KEYS JAMES F, GEMBALA GARY L
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING COMBINED OPERATIONS CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING MACHINE TOOLS MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OTHER WORKING OF METAL PERFORMING OPERATIONS PUNCHING METAL SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING TRANSPORTING UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS WELDING WORKING BY LASER BEAM WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus, system and method for manufacturing metal parts, where input material is received from several material sources, multiple metal parts are produced at the same time, and the multiple metal parts may be provided to a downstream operation for subsequent processing. According to an exemplary embodiment, unwinding apparatuses unwind metal coils and provide three separate metal strips to coil-fed metal forming press. The coil-fed metal forming press then creates three separate blanks or metal parts at the same time. Next, a part transfer apparatus retrieves the three metal parts from an output side of coil-fed metal forming press, and presents them to part assembly apparatus, which may include a laser welder or other piece of equipment. Once the metal parts are properly positioned, part assembly apparatus can create a metal part assembly from the three individual blanks.