摘要 |
A machine for punching and nibbling a piece of sheet material, preferably metal, for subsequent manufacture into a pallet, said machine comprising a pair of dies disposable on each side of the sheet material, a punch shaft being pushable through one die, then through the sheet material, then through the other die, which punch shaft also begins a nibbling operation on the return stroke, because of a shoulder cut into the shaft itself. The punch shaft is empowered by a pressurizable cylinder and an electric motor on the initial punch stroke, and just the electric motor during the reciprocable nibbling function.
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