Penn United Technologies, Inc.

Michael Wayne Kelley

Richard Duane Pollick

D Patrick Jones

James J Marraccini

Louis Carl Shaw

Charles Morrison Phillips

William Harry Rodgers

Robert Anthony Gagliardi

Regis A Geibel

Eric R Clouse

A method of operating a progressive die wherein the progressive die acts on a work piece having an elongated body with a blank at one end. The work piece is supported by a bandolier which is also formed in the progressive die. The progressive die acts on each blank.

Bandolier with laterally offset and spaced work piece

A method of making flechettes employing the use of a progressive die which forms (a) wire that results in the flechette, and (b) strip material that results in a carrier for the finished flechettes. The carrier, which is a bandolier apparatus, is used for progressing the flechette through the progressive die at various forming stations. After forming of the flechette in the die is complete, the final flechette can be severed from the bandolier, or the flechette can remain intact with the bandolier for post-forming operations, such as coating/finishing. The bandolier is thus a novel approach to transporting the flechettes in both forming and post-forming processing.

Bandoliered flechettes and method for manufacturing bandoliered flechettes

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Michael Wayne Kelley