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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2002
Russel Andras, Morgan City, LA (US);
Kenneth Caillouet, Thibodaux, LA (US);
ABL Fabricators, Inc., Amelia, LA (US);
Abstract
A mobile flange press adapted to be mounted on a flange of a workpiece I-beam and moved thereon including at least one clamp that contacts an underside of the flange of the workpiece I-beam, at least one hydraulic cylinder adapted to apply vertical downward pressure on the flange with resulting upward pressure at the ends of the flange to straighten the flange, and a drive mechanism for moving the mobile flange press along the flange of the workpiece I-beam to another portion of the flange. In addition, a method of straightening flanges of a workpiece I-beam where the mobile flange press is moved along the workpiece I-beam while straightening the flange.