| 摘要 |
A machine for making spacer-expanders for piston oil rings of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,477,732. The machine comprises a punch press having a plurality of stations through which strip stock is fed progressively in accurately predetermined increments, the strip stock being worked between dies at each station to transform the strip stock into completed rings. The press includes one or more punching stations where the strip stock is pierced and blanked, one or more forming stations where the pierced and notched strip is bent to form the spring legs of the spacer-expander and then curled into a channel-shaped cross section, a coiling station where the channel-shaped stock is fashioned into a coil, and a cutoff station where each coil is sheared from the strip to form the semifinished ring. The press also includes a special transfer apparatus for transferring the semifinished ring to a final work station wherein the end joints are trimmed and formed to final configuration, after which the finished rings are loaded automatically in stacked relation on a cylindrical mandrel.
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