摘要 |
<p>APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPACTING PARTICULATE MATERIALS Powder in a plurality of die cavities is compacted by a corresponding plurality of punches on a head, each punch being connected with a piston in a hydraulic cylinder on the head. The cylinders communicate with each other and with a hydraulic accumulator cylinder which permits the punches individually to shift axially and compensate for cavity-to-cavity variations in the amount of powder fill. When the head moves beyond the range in which compensation occurs, a piston in the accumulator bottoms out to build equal pressure in the cylinders to transmit uniform compacting force to the punches. i.</p> |