Sheet metal bending machine
First Claim
1. A sheet metal bending machine comprising:
- a main bending tool assembly that extends along a longitudinal direction and includes a working zone, said main bending tool assembly being movable so as to bend a workpiece located in the working zone;
a guide that is attached to said main bending tool assembly, said guide being parallel to said main bending tool assembly and extending through the working zone of said main bending tool assembly, and said guide including a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to said first end portion, at least said first end portion extending beyond said main bending tool assembly in the longitudinal direction;
shuttles that are slidably mounted on said guide; and
auxiliary tools carried by said shuttles, said auxiliary tools each being configured to execute a bend on the workpiece,wherein said shuttles are movable in the longitudinal direction between a first active position, at which said shuttles are positioned at the working zone and said auxiliary tools are mounted on said main bending tool assembly, and a first inactive position, at which said shuttles are positioned at said first end portion of said guide at a location other than the working zone,wherein said shuttles comprise a first set of shuttles,wherein said auxiliary tools comprise a first set of auxiliary tools each being carried by a respective one of said first set of shuttles,wherein said shuttles of said first set of shuttles are mutually connectable to form a first shuttle convoy that has a selectable number of shuttles of said first set of shuttles, andwherein said first shuttle convoy is movable between the first inactive position and the first active position in order to mount a defined composition of said first set of auxiliary tools of said first shuttle convoy on said main bending tool assembly.
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Abstract
A sheet metal bending machine comprises main bending tool assembly (2; 6) that extends along a longitudinal direction (A) and is movable so as to bend a workpiece (50), a guide (3) associated and parallel to the main bending tool assembly (2; 6), extending through a working zone (W) of the bending machine (1) and sideways protruding from the latter at least with a first end portion (4), and shuttles (21, 22, 23) slidably mounted on said guide (3) and supporting at least one auxiliary tool (41, 42) to be associated with the main bending tool assembly (2; 6) in order to execute partial bends on the workpiece (50); the shuttles (21, 22, 23) are movable along the longitudinal direction (A) between a first active position (P1), in which the shuttle (21, 22, 23) are inside the working zone (W) and the auxiliary tool (41, 42) is mounted on the main bending tool assembly (2; 6), and a first inactive position (R1), in which the shuttle (21, 22, 23) are outside the working zone (W) and positioned at the first end portion (4) of the guide (3); the shuttle comprise a first set (11) of shuttles (21, 22, 23), each shuttle (21, 22, 23) carrying a respective auxiliary tool (41, 42), said shuttles (21, 22, 23) being mutually connectable to form a first shuttle convoy (13) having a selectable number of shuttles (21, 22, 23); the first shuttle convoy (13) is movable between said first inactive position (R1) and said first active position (P1) in order to mount a defined composition of auxiliary tools (41, 42) on the main bending tool assembly (2; 6).
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1. A sheet metal bending machine comprising:
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a main bending tool assembly that extends along a longitudinal direction and includes a working zone, said main bending tool assembly being movable so as to bend a workpiece located in the working zone; a guide that is attached to said main bending tool assembly, said guide being parallel to said main bending tool assembly and extending through the working zone of said main bending tool assembly, and said guide including a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to said first end portion, at least said first end portion extending beyond said main bending tool assembly in the longitudinal direction; shuttles that are slidably mounted on said guide; and auxiliary tools carried by said shuttles, said auxiliary tools each being configured to execute a bend on the workpiece, wherein said shuttles are movable in the longitudinal direction between a first active position, at which said shuttles are positioned at the working zone and said auxiliary tools are mounted on said main bending tool assembly, and a first inactive position, at which said shuttles are positioned at said first end portion of said guide at a location other than the working zone, wherein said shuttles comprise a first set of shuttles, wherein said auxiliary tools comprise a first set of auxiliary tools each being carried by a respective one of said first set of shuttles, wherein said shuttles of said first set of shuttles are mutually connectable to form a first shuttle convoy that has a selectable number of shuttles of said first set of shuttles, and wherein said first shuttle convoy is movable between the first inactive position and the first active position in order to mount a defined composition of said first set of auxiliary tools of said first shuttle convoy on said main bending tool assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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