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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2004
Peter Friedman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard Allor, Livonia, MI (US);
George Luckey, Jr., Dearborn, MI (US);
Warren Copple, Trenton, MI (US);
Peter Friedman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard Allor, Livonia, MI (US);
George Luckey, Jr., Dearborn, MI (US);
Warren Copple, Trenton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for heating and transferring a workpiece to a forming press for superplastic forming. The apparatus includes a heater assembly, having upper and lower heated platens, mounted to a frame. The heater assembly heats the workpiece to a predetermined temperature. A shuttle assembly operates to remove the heated workpiece from the heater assembly and transfer it to the forming press for forming.