CONVERSION PRESS

摘要

A conversion press wherein a crankshaft (52) drives the motion of the tooling assemblies (130, 140) within a number of lanes (20) is provided. The crankshaft is structured to move the tooling assemblies (130, 140) associated with less than the total number of lanes (20). That is, for example, a four lane conversion press (12) could include two crankshafts (52) each actuating the tooling assemblies (130, 140) of two lanes. In an exemplary embodiment, each lane has a single associated crankshaft (52).