| US 7,475,582 B2 | ||
| Changeover system and changeover method for a metal forming mill | ||
| Paul Vanleene, Voortkapel-Westerlo (Belgium) | ||
| Assigned to Scambia Industrial Development AG, Schaan (Liechtenstein) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/591,102 PCT Filed Jan. 06, 2005, PCT No. PCT/CH2005/000005 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 30, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/082554, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 09, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 04405120 (EP), filed on Mar. 01, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0186610 A1, Aug. 16, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B21B 39/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 72—226 [72/239] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A changeover system that is adapted to be used in a processing line of a metal forming mill, the changeover system comprising:
first and second work modules that are adapted to be operatively mounted in the processing line of the metal forming mill:
each one of the first and second work modules having its own drive or drives, the drive or drives of the first work module
being separate from the drive or drives of the second work module;
the first and second work modules being adapted to be independently pivoted with respect to each other about first and second
axes, respectively, between an in the line position and an off the line position in a manner such, that only one of the first
and second work modules can be arranged in the line at one time while the other of the first and second work modules is arranged
off the line;
wherein the first and second work modules can be pivoted about the first and second axes from the off the line position to
the in the line position without the need of electrical and mechanical disconnection and reconnection of the one or more drive
or drives from the respective work module.
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