Patent · US Expired

Computer-controllable bending machine

US6073057A · kind A · utility

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6References

7Claims

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Assignee

SCHECHTL MASCHINENBAU GmbH · DE

Inventors

Franz Bauer · Herzogenaurach, DE
Alois Schechtl · Wasserburg am Inn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 1997
Grant date	Jun 6, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB21D5/042
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A computer-controllable bending machine is connected to a computer via its conventional control unit. The computer is equipped with an input keyboard adapted to the properties of a bending machine and a screen display for displaying a graphical surface which is capable of displaying the bending operation true to scale both in a programming mode and in an operating mode.

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