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538 Solid forming (Forging)<br />

this type <strong>of</strong> application (Fig. 6.8.28). In view <strong>of</strong> the stringent quality<br />

requirements, an automatic cassette feed system must ensure particularly<br />

gentle transport <strong>of</strong> the medal blanks. Only one blank is removed from<br />

the cassette magazine at a time and lowered onto the transfer level. Plastic<br />

grippers lift the blank into an intermediate deposit station and transport<br />

it to the minting station.<br />

The subsequent blank remains clamped in the medal magazine until<br />

the transport area is clear. After the minting process, the grippers lift the<br />

minted medal from the bottom die, which is located in the ejection<br />

position, and place it on a conveyor belt which transports it out <strong>of</strong> the<br />

minting area. A turning station, connected to the conveyor belt, permits<br />

the operator to inspect both sides <strong>of</strong> the medal during running<br />

production.<br />

Metal Forming Handbook / Schuler (c) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998<br />

Fig. 6.8.27<br />

Medal minting <strong>press</strong> with<br />

manual feed

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