Patent · US Expired

Shaping machine for cylindrically bending a plate

US5115658A · kind A · utility

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Assignees

Chr. Haeusler AG · CH
Bergrohr GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wilhelm Kirchhoff · Bochum, DE
Simon Schneider · Langenau, DE
Hans Zeugin · Dornach, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 10, 1991
Grant date	May 26, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB21D5/14
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A shaping machine for bending a plate into a cylindrical shape which comprises a frame and first, second, and third roll assemblies disposed on the frame. Each of the roll assemblies includes a roll for engaging a plate to be bent and a plurality of pairs of support rollers axially distributed along and supporting the roll. There is a drive disposed at the frame for rotatably driving each of the rolls of the first, second, and third roll assemblies, and at least one of the roll assemblies is displaceable transversely to the longitudinal axis of its roll.

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