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(11) | EP 0 163 769 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | A method and a machine for producing a metallic ring with specially contoured surfaces from a ring-shaped blank of selected cross-section |
(57) Manufacture of rings that are contoured on the edge surface and/or the faces. A blank
is formed by bending a rod into annular shape and welding the edges together. This
blank is then placed into a stamp-type machine wherein the blank is deformed into
a ring with the desired contours, the degree of deformation being at least 10%. The
invention also provides a tamp-tpye machine for making these rings. |