A turret roll forming machine includes at least one turret assembly carrying multiple rows of tooling (e.g., forming rollers), rotatable about an axis to selectively align rows of tooling with an input or output. A transmission is accessible from an exterior of the turret assembly without disassembling of the turret assembly to perform a changeover of roll tooling and/or maintenance on gears, bearings, or shafts of the transmission. Thus, a chain drive may be employed, advantageously accommodating differing rotational speeds for top and bottom forming rollers of each pair of forming rollers, e.g. to reduce roll scuffing. Pairs of forming rollers may be provided as cassettes, which are removably coupleable to the turret assembly allowing quick and easy reconfiguration and/or servicing, minimizing negative effects of changeover. The turret assembly may be a unitary structure (e.g., a weldment) improving rigidity and increasing accuracy of roll forming operations.
B21D 5/08 - Cintrage des tôles le long de lignes droites, p. ex. pour former un pli simple par un procédé d'étirage dans lequel les pièces à travailler sont mises en forme par passage entre des matrices ou des rouleaux, p. ex. fabrication de profilés utilisant des rouleaux de formage
B21B 13/16 - Cages de laminoirs, c.-à-d. ensembles composés d'un châssis, de cylindres et d’accessoires comportant des cylindres à action alternée
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Turret roll formers, forming roller cassettes and related articles and methods
A turret roll forming machine includes at least one turret assembly carrying multiple rows of tooling (e.g., forming rollers), rotatable about an axis to selectively align rows of tooling with an input or output. A transmission is accessible from an exterior of the turret assembly without disassembling of the turret assembly to perform a changeover of roll tooling and/or maintenance on gears, bearings, or shafts of the transmission. Thus, a chain drive may be employed, advantageously accommodating differing rotational speeds for top and bottom forming rollers of each pair of forming rollers, e.g. to reduce roll scuffing. Pairs of forming rollers may be provided as cassettes, which are removably coupleable to the turret assembly allowing quick and easy reconfiguration and/or servicing, minimizing negative effects of changeover. The turret assembly may be a unitary structure (e.g., a weldment) improving rigidity and increasing accuracy of roll forming operations.
B21D 5/08 - Cintrage des tôles le long de lignes droites, p. ex. pour former un pli simple par un procédé d'étirage dans lequel les pièces à travailler sont mises en forme par passage entre des matrices ou des rouleaux, p. ex. fabrication de profilés utilisant des rouleaux de formage
B21B 13/16 - Cages de laminoirs, c.-à-d. ensembles composés d'un châssis, de cylindres et d’accessoires comportant des cylindres à action alternée
A manufacturing assembly and method produce a wire mesh including a plurality of longitudinal members and a monolithic transverse member secured to the plurality of longitudinal members. The monolithic transverse member includes a plurality of transverse portions that define a first cross-sectional shape, and further includes a plurality of longitudinal portions that define a second cross-sectional shape different than the first cross-sectional shape.
E04C 5/06 - Éléments d'armature en métal, p. ex. avec des revêtements rapportés de haute résistance à la flexion, c.-à-d. s'étendant essentiellement dans trois dimensions, p. ex. poutres en treillis
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Expanded metal formed using rotary blades and rotary blades to form such
A rotary slitting blade for fabricating expanded metal products includes opposed end surfaces and an outer circumferential surface extending from one of the end surfaces to the other of the end surfaces. A plurality of notches are formed in each of the end surfaces. The notches include curved surfaces having convex curvatures that smoothly transition into one of the end surfaces and/or the outer circumferential surface. The rotary slitting blade improves the quality of a resulting expanded metal product by reducing or eliminating tears, cracks, and fractures in the expanded metal product.
The present invention provides for a welded wire lath device having a plurality of longitudinal wires extending along a plane and in a longitudinal direction, a plurality of tension release devices disposed on the plurality of longitudinal wires, a plurality of transverse wires extending along the plane in a transverse direction; and a plurality of weld connections at each intersection point between the plurality of longitudinal wires and the plurality of transverse wires. Each of the plurality of tension release devices are randomly spaced along the plurality of parallel longitudinal wires. The longitudinal wires, including each of the plurality of tension release devices, have a rectilinear cross-section. The present invention also provides for a structural assembly, and related method, having the welded wire lath device attached to a structural support such as a wall or ceiling and having a cementitious material embedded within the welded wire lath device.
E04C 2/08 - Éléments de construction de relativement faible épaisseur pour la construction de parties de bâtiments, p. ex. matériaux en feuilles, dalles ou panneaux caractérisés par des matériaux spécifiés en métal, p. ex. tôles
A light-weight metal framing member includes a metal stud and reinforcement plate(s), and method to produce a light-weight metal framing member may include forming a pair of channel members each having a respective major face having a respective first edge, and reinforcing such with one or more reinforcement plates, preferably at opposed ends thereof. Each member includes first and second flanges extending along the respective major face. A wire matrix includes a pair of wires each having apexes alternatively physically attached to the pair of channel members. The wire matrix forms longitudinal passages to support utility lines and position the lines away from the pair of channel members. The apexes are secured to flanges of the pair of channel members to strengthen the stud and reduce weight.
E04C 5/065 - Treillages légers, p. ex. avec éléments précoulés
E04C 3/04 - PoutrellesSolives, fermes ou structures analogues à des fermes, p. ex. préfabriquéesLinteauxTraverses métalliques
E04B 2/62 - Murs avec ossature d'encadrement ou poteletsMurs comportant des pièces allongées supportant la charge avec pièces allongées en métal caractérisées par un profil transversal particulier des pièces allongées les pièces étant formées de plusieurs éléments accolés
An expanded metal lath may be formed by slitting a metal sheet or strip in a defined pattern and subjecting the sheet or coil to a tensile force sufficient to cause the slits to form a plurality of openings. The web bands forming the plurality of openings can include a heavier web bands in areas where fasteners will be used to affix the expanded metal lath to a substrate and lighter web bands in other areas where fasteners will not be used. The expanded metal lath can include stabilizers or selvedge wires at opposed lateral or longitudinal edges to protect the expanded metal lath during shipping and installation. The expanded metal lath may include furring elements integrally formed with the web bands to raise the expanded metal lath off an underlying surface.
E04C 2/08 - Éléments de construction de relativement faible épaisseur pour la construction de parties de bâtiments, p. ex. matériaux en feuilles, dalles ou panneaux caractérisés par des matériaux spécifiés en métal, p. ex. tôles
E04C 5/06 - Éléments d'armature en métal, p. ex. avec des revêtements rapportés de haute résistance à la flexion, c.-à-d. s'étendant essentiellement dans trois dimensions, p. ex. poutres en treillis
E04C 3/04 - PoutrellesSolives, fermes ou structures analogues à des fermes, p. ex. préfabriquéesLinteauxTraverses métalliques
A lath and method to produce a lath may include furring strand wires with furring bends, transverse wires joined to the furring strand wires to not overlap a furring bend, and a stabilization wire arranged along a serpentine path and joined to the transverse wires.
A light-weight metal stud and method to produce a light-weight metal stud may include forming a pair of channel members each having a respective major face having a respective first edge. Each member includes first and second flanges extending along the respective major face. A wire matrix includes a pair of wires each having apexes alternatively physically attached to the pair of channel members. The wire matrix forms longitudinal passages to support utility lines and position the lines away from the pair of channel members. The apexes are secured to flanges of the pair of channel members to strengthen the stud and reduce weight.
E04B 5/10 - Structures portantes de planchers, formées essentiellement d'éléments préfabriqués comportant des poutres ou solives métalliques, p. ex. poutrelles à treillis métalliques
E04H 12/00 - ToursMâts ou pylônesCheminées d'usineChâteaux d'eauProcédés d'édification de ces structures
E04C 3/00 - Éléments de construction de forme allongée, conçus pour supporter des charges
