APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANGING METAL MOLDS FOR PLATE THICKNESS REDUCING PRESSES

摘要

An apparatus for changing metal molds for plate thickness reducing presses, comprising upper and lower metal mold receivers (28a, 28b) opposed vertically to each other with a transfer line provided therebetween, and capable of being moved toward and away from each other, a mold receiver guide rail (31) provided on the upper metal mold receiver and extending substantially horizontally in the widthwise direction of the transfer line, an upper metal mold (29a) which has rollers (33) therefor rollable along the mold receiver guide rail, and which is fixed to the upper metal mold receiver by these rollers, a fixing member (30) capable of securing the upper metal mold to the upper metal mold receiver, a lower metal mold (29b) placed on the lower metal mold receiver (28b), a fixing member (30) capable of securing the lower metal mold to the lower metal mold receiver, metal mold fastening members (38) opposed to side surfaces of the upper and lower metal molds and capable of being combined with the two metal molds, and a metal mold changing mechanism capable of moving one metal mold fastening member substantially horizontally in the widthwise direction of the transfer line. <IMAGE>