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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
Applicant:
University of Ulster, Coleraine, County Londonderry, GB;
Inventor:
Alan Leacock, Carrickfergus, GB;
Assignee:
University of Ulster, Coleraine, County Londonderry, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 25/02 (2006.01); B21D 37/02 (2006.01); B21D 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 25/02 (2013.01); B21D 25/04 (2013.01); B21D 37/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reconfigurable stretch forming apparatus includes an array of pins adapted to be individually adjustable in height to define a reconfigurable forming surface, a pair of counter-rotating workpiece gripping devices being provided on opposite sides of the array of pins, each gripping device having an arcuate support surface for supporting a workpiece and a clamp member for clamping a work piece against the arcuate support surface, a driver being provided for rotating the counter-rotating gripping devices in opposing directions to stretch the work piece over the forming surface.