Magna International Inc.

Tarlok Singh Kainth

Darren Andrew Womack

Edward Schleichert

Erryn Leigh Ashmore

Venugopal Garimella

Tom Sanor

Tracy Arnold Grant Taylor

James Arminski

Kevin VanDenBrouck

Kevin Vandenbrouck

Tracy Taylor

Erryn Ashmore

A multi-opening oven assembly for simultaneously heating a plurality of blanks, for example aluminum blanks, before forming the heated blanks in a production line is provided. The oven assembly includes vertically aligned shelves to present a plurality of chambers for heating the blanks. A table including an entry side platform and an exit side platform moves vertically along the oven assembly. A rail system extends along the platforms and the shelves to convey the blanks in and out of the chambers. Once one set of heated blanks is removed from a first chamber, the table moves vertically to a second chamber and is ready to receive the next set of heated blanks. A continuous supply of heated blanks is provided for high throughput. The oven assembly is preferably disposed in a press adjacent a forming station of an existing production line and thus, no additional floor space is required.

Aluminum warm forming multi-opening oven and production line

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Belle River, Canada

Tarlok Singh Kainth