FEEDING COILED STOCK INTO A PRESS: COMPENSATOR ENSURES STOCK IS NOT TWISTED BY MOVING THE STOCK NORMAL TO DIRECTION OF FEED

摘要

A multi-directional system, method and apparatus for feeding stock from a coil into a press in a principal feed direction and selectively in a direction normal to the principal feed direction includes an uncoiler, a compensator, a feeder and a press arranged in series with the feeder and the compensator being engagable with the stock to feed it in the principal feed direction into the press and being shiftable transversely of the principal feed direction to shift the stock in that direction while the leading end of the stock is received within the press.