Amada Company, Limited

Amada America, Inc.

Mario Scavino

Franco Sartorio

Stefano Vergano

Katsuhide Ito

A machine for driving inserts into pieces of sheet metal includes an automatic loading device having a plurality of cartridges containing inserts of different types. Each cartridge can be connected selectively to an insert-supply duct integral with the punch.

Machine and a method for driving inserts into pieces of sheet metal

A device for driving inserts into pieces of sheet metal includes a punch having a longitudinal axis of symmetry, a thrust surface and a through hole extending along its longitudinal axis which constitutes a supply duct for the inserts. The through hole extends through the thrust surface. A thrust rod applies a driving force to the inserts to move them into position in front of the thrust surface of the punch. The thrust surface drives the head of the insert into a piece of sheet metal through a hole while plastically deforming the periphery of the hole which interfaces with the head.

Device for driving inserts into pieces of sheet metal

Device for manipulating sheet metal pieces

An apparatus for transferring a machine part, with a frame body, a pair of machine part gripper members each supported on the frame body for sliding in predetermined direction, a resilient member for energizing the pair of machine part gripper members to move toward each other. Also disclosed is a gripper member movement mechanism for disengaging the pair of gripper members against the resilient force of the resilient members and a gripper member lock mechanism for locking the movement of the gripper members when the gripper members are at a predetermined distance from each other.

Apparatus for transfer of a machine part

The sheet workpiece positioning device (10) is designed for supporting a sheet workpiece (5) along three adjacent sides thereof, by means of opposing supporting members (12 and 14) and a supporting member (13) set at right angles to the former supporting member. Preferably, at least one of the former supporting member (12 and 14) is designed to be able to slide along the latter supporting member (13). The sheet workpiece is gripped by a plurality of independent gripping devices (19, 119 and 20), evenly spaced out, side by side, and held, respectively, by the supporting members (12, 13 and 14). The gripping devices, which are long and thin, comprise a gib (39) and a front edge (45) of a U-shaped elastic member (46). An upper prong (48) of the U-shaped elastic member, interacts with an angle plate (53) held fixed by the gib and set so as to move the second gripper jaw provided on the upper prong towards the first gripping jaw (45) of the gib (39), following the traction of the U-shaped elastic members (46).

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Turin, Italy

Mario Scavino