摘要 |
Disclosed is a process and method for forming tolerance rings. The process preferably is accomplished in a fully automated manner not requiring the manipulation of the product by human hands. The process preferably uses a fourslide tooling device and an assembly of pins to form a tolerance ring. The fourslide preferably is comprised of upper and lower tool sets for manipulating a flat strip of stock into a tolerance ring having overlapping ends and a plurality of dimple and/or bumps. Preferably the tolerance ring is formed without having to move a partially compressed tolerance ring from a first machine to a second machine.
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