Abstract:
Method of and apparatus for fabricating spiral wrapped cartridge cases or the like, in which an expandable bladder positioned within the interior of the cartridge case is initially expanded by application of hydraulic fluid at relatively low hydraulic pressure levels and at relatively high flow rates until the bladder substantially fills the cartridge case and then is pressurized at relatively high hydraulic pressure levels to form the cartridge case within a die cavity. Hydraulic pressure is applied to the bladder by a hydraulic pressure generator which is powered solely by the closure of the platens of a conventional industrial press between which the die and the pressure generator are mounted. The pressure generator shifts automatically from its low pressure to its high pressure mode of operation as the press platens close.
Abstract:
A small percussion cap making tool consisting of a Cutter and a Cutting Block. The Cutter is multi-toothed with an internal forming cone, a shoulder to release the finished caps and a cap exit passage. The Cutting Block has a guide for the Cutter, a material feeding slot and a centered mandrel that works in conjunction with the Cutter's forming cone to form the percussion caps. The percussion cap material is placed in the feeding slot and the Cutter is driven downward. On the downward stroke the material is wrinkled, cut, folded and formed into a percussion cap. Extraction of the Cutter from the Cutting Block pulls the cap free of the mandrel so it can be retrieved from the cap exit passage in the Cutter. The percussion cap may then be charged with a priming mixture and used.