Claims
- 1. A method of maximizing the output of a single-acting press for producing can ends,
- said press having a rectangular bed and crown and a slide reciprocably driven between the bed and crown, comprising
- fitting said bed and slide with pairs of multi-station end tooling arranged progressively and centered from side to side of the press,
- fitting said bed and slide with multi-station tab tooling arranged progressively from front to back of the press across the center of the end tooling,
- feeding a strip of tab stock through the tab tooling and back to tab insert stations in the end tooling.
- 2. The method defined in claim 1, wherein
- said end tooling includes an open station in its center, and
- said tab tooling is arranged on opposite sides of and extending transverse to such open station.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 610,446 filed May 15, 1984 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,568,230.
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