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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2020
Specac Limited, Orpington, GB;
Ian Gaskin, Tunbridge Wells, GB;
Matthew Cooper, Bearsted, GB;
Anthony Atkins, Sidcup, GB;
Richard Lock, Orpington, GB;
Specac Limited, Kent, GB;
Abstract
A die arrangement for pressing, sintering or stamping comprising: a die body with a cavity extending from an opening at a first end of said die body to an opening at a second end of said die body, and one or more moving parts arranged around the opening at said first end of said die body, wherein each moving part is displaceable between a first position and a second position. The die body may be configurable to receive a die plunger at said second end of said die body, said plunger being displaceable within the cavity. The die arrangement may further comprise an outer sleeve mounted on the die body, the outer sleeve being coaxial with the die body and having a first outer sleeve portion nearest to the first end of said die body, and one of: a second outer sleeve portion nearest to the second end of said die body; a second outer sleeve portion fixedly attached to the plunger base nearest to the second end of said die body; or, a second outer sleeve portion extending directly from the plunger base nearest to the second end of said die body, the second outer sleeve portion and the plunger base being a single unitary component.