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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2019
Taylor-winfield Technologies, Inc., Youngstown, OH (US);
Francis L. Deley, Jr., Boardman, OH (US);
Jason Garrett Lisko, Girard, OH (US);
Brian Rea, Boardman, OH (US);
Jeffery Bell, Newton Falls, OH (US);
Michael A. Gaskill, Salem, OH (US);
Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc., Youngstown, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () for joining a predetermined geometrical profile shape from a sheet material (SM) includes a positioning assembly () including a base member () and a frame () that is operable to receive the sheet material (SM), to configure the sheet material in a predetermined orientation and to linearly translate the sheet material along a process direction (). A Z-bar () is configured to guide a first longitudinal edge (FE) and second longitudinal edge (SE) of the sheet material (SM) into adjacent alignment along the process direction (). A welding and forging assembly () welds and then forges a seam between the first longitudinal edge (FE) and the second longitudinal edge (SE) of the associated sheet material (SM).