摘要 |
A method of straightening an elongated workpiece, in which the workpiece is supported at two spaced points and straightening forces are applied between these points by an automatically controlled hydraulic ram, governed by a programming system which causes the first stroke of the ram to defect the work beyond the desired final shape by a distance approximately equal to the calculated maximum elastic deformation, the load is then removed and the residual error sensed, and a further series of strokes applied at constant increments, the residual error being sensed between strokes and used to initiate a second series of stroke increments of smaller value until the residual error falls below a final preselected value at which acceptable straightness has been achieved.
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