Presses – Reciprocating press construction – Range of movement adjustment
Patent
1986-12-29
1988-07-26
Thurlow, Jeffery
Presses
Reciprocating press construction
Range of movement adjustment
100214, 425193, 4254501, 4254512, B30B 1506
Patent
active
047592800
ABSTRACT:
A hydraulic press has a frame including a crosshead formed with a vertical passage. A lower platen is fixed to the base of the frame, and an upper movable platen is located between the crosshead and lower platen. Light-duty hydraulic cylinders move the upper platen between an operating position proximate to the lower platen and a retracted position relatively distant from the lower platen. A short-stroke, large-bore hydraulic ram extends vertically from the upper platen and travels with the upper platen is positioned by the light-duty cylinders. An upper free end of the ram locates in the vertical passage of the crosshead when the upper platen is in its retracted position but clears the passage when the upper platen is in its operating position. A hydraulic mechanism then closes the passage so that the ram can drive the upper platen towards the lower platen. The length of the ram can be varied with mechanical spacers which seat in a recess formed in the upper end of the ram to adjust platen clearance in the operating position in order to accommodate molds or other workpieces of different heights.
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Fortenberry Jill L.
John T. Hepburn Limited
Thurlow Jeffery
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