CONVERSION PRESS

摘要

A conversion press wherein a crankshaft drives the motion of the tooling assemblies within a number of lanes is provided. The crankshaft is structured to move the tooling assemblies associated with less than the total number of lanes. That is, for example, a four lane conversion press could include two crankshafts each actuating the tooling assemblies of two lanes. In an exemplary embodiment, each lane has a single associated crankshaft.

主权项

1. A can end conversion system comprising:
a housing assembly; a drive assembly including a motor; a plurality of press units, each press unit including a number of elongated sets of lanes, a drive assembly, a number of crankshafts, and a number of associated first tooling assemblies and second tooling assemblies; said drive assembly motor operatively coupled to each crankshaft; each crankshaft operatively coupled to an associated first tooling assembly; each first tooling assembly movably coupled to said housing assembly; each second tooling assembly coupled to said housing assembly; wherein rotation of each crankshaft moves an associated first tooling assembly between a first position, wherein the first tooling assembly is spaced from the associated second tooling assembly, and a second position, wherein the first tooling assembly is adjacent the associated second tooling assembly; wherein a number of said press units have reduced operational characteristics.