A PRESS TOOL SET

摘要

A tool set (B) with upper and lower tools (12, 13) movable towards and away from each other (arrow 8), and mounted on supports (5, 3) which are mounted on slides (9) for movement perpendicular to the tool movement (8). A locating pin (48) is mounted on the lower tool (13), which, when raised to its operational position, engages a location aperture in a continuously moving strip workpiece, so causing the tools (12, 13) and supports (5, 3) to move along the slides (9), at the same time the tool set (B) is activated to press the workpiece, the press operation being accurately located with respect to the location aperture. The apparatus can also include another tool set (A), which can be used to punch the location apertures, and apparatus (44, 45, 46) which measures feeding of the strip and can be used to control the tool sets (A, B) to form products of predetermined lengths.