| CPC B22F 3/24 (2013.01) [B22F 3/03 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A sizing device comprising:
a turntable having a plurality of accommodation holes that accommodate workpieces and that carry a respective workpiece in each of the accommodation holes to a through hole of a die disposed at a workpiece shaping position one by one, and cause the workpiece to be pressed by upper and lower punches that are vertically movable, while each of the accommodation holes is moved from a workpiece supply position to a workpiece taking-out position by the turntable being rotated about a rotation axis;
a plurality of identification (ID) media that are disposed on the turntable and that correspond to the accommodation holes of the turntable and are configured to respectively store tag codes;
a supply-side source that inputs a tag code to an ID medium, of the plurality of ID media, corresponding to an accommodation hole at the workpiece supply position when the workpiece is accommodated into the accommodation hole at the workpiece supply position;
a shaping position reader that reads a tag code in the ID medium corresponding to the accommodation hole at the workpiece shaping position;
a punch controller that controls driving of the upper and lower punches to be inserted into the through hole of the die and to press the workpiece in the through hole in accordance with the tag code read by the shaping position reader; and
a shaping position source that inputs a new tag code to the ID medium corresponding to the accommodation hole at the workpiece shaping position upon completion of pressing by the upper and lower punches,
wherein the shaping position source is configured to input the new tag code to the ID medium corresponding to the accommodation hole at the workpiece shaping position when the driving of the upper and lower punches is started.
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