MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617057019 A) filed by Novelis Inc. on May 05, 2026, for Can Body Maker With Tool-Pack Mounted Sensor And Instrumented Punch Nose For Measuring Friction.
Inventors include Hickey, Stewart Edward; Shores, Jay Michael; Nobrega, Carlos; and Guedes, Matheus.
The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.
Abstract: A can body maker includes a ram assembly that is movable in a reciprocating linear motion and a tool pack with a plurality of dies. A sensor is mounted behind a last die of the plurality of dies of the tool pack. During a drawing and ironing process, the ram assembly presses a cup-shaped blank through the plurality of dies to deform the cup-shaped blank into a can body, and the sensor measures a total load during the drawing and ironing process.
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