Bending apparatus and method for bending flat materials

Abstract

To improve a bending apparatus for flat material parts, comprising a bending device at which the flat material part is positioned in an insertion plane prior to bending and remains in the insertion plane during bending, and a handling device having handling axes for picking up the flat material part from a feed position, inserting it into the bending device for bending, taking it out of the bending device and placing it in a deposit position, so that the bending apparatus requires as little constructional expenditure as possible, it is proposed that the handling device comprise a positioning axis, that the positioning axis have a greater positioning accuracy than the handling axes, that, when positioning the flat material part in at least one bending position relative to a bending line of the bending device, the positioning axis be aligned parallel to the insertion plane and parallel to a direction extending transversely to the bending line, and that, with handling axes rigidly secured, the flat material part be able to be transferred by the positioning axis from a measurement position to the at least one bending position.

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