Fully automated sheet metal bending cell

2:

• The industrial installation of claim 1, wherein the press brake, the tool magazine, and the track are arranged in the cell such that a translation position of the robot on the track exists such that a vertical axis of rotation of the robot is approximately equidistant from a front part of the press brake and from a front part of the tool magazine, allowing the robot to alternatively face the press brake and a section of the tool magazine by a rotation of between 45° and 135°, of the robot about the vertical axis.

3:

• The industrial installation of claim 1, wherein the tool magazine comprises at least two planes of juxtaposed racks that are parallel to one another, a first rack located in a foreground and at least one second rack located in a background, at least the first rack being divided into two elements, which are mounted on a rolling track placed on a ground and are guided by a guide track in an upper part thereof, the two elements being movable and able to move either inward or outward on the rolling track.

4:

• The industrial installation of claim 1, wherein the tool magazine comprises at least one movable rack, which is mounted on a rolling track placed on a ground and guided by a guide track in an upper part thereof and able to be positioned opposite the press brake and parallel thereto, the rack being provided with a window giving the robot access to attachment grooves for the bending tools in the press brake.

5:

• The industrial installation of claim 4, wherein the tool magazine comprises two racks that are movable relative to the press brake, one of the two racks being able to slide to a left of the press brake and an other rack of the two racks being able to slide to a right of the press brake.

6:

• The industrial installation of claim 4, wherein the tool magazine comprises a plurality of racks that are juxtaposed parallel to one another and a height of which is less than a height of a lower bed of the press brake, a support structure making it possible to position each of the racks opposite the rolling track which makes it possible to bring each of the racks opposite the lower apron.

7:

• The industrial installation of claim 4, wherein the drop off/retrieval system, the indexing control system, respectively, is positioned at an end of the track on the side where the press brake is located, such that there is a translational position of the robot on the track such that a vertical axis of rotation of the robot is approximately equidistant from a front part of the press brake and a front part of the drop off/retrieval system, of the indexing control system, respectively, allowing the robot to alternatively face the press brake and the drop off/retrieval system, the indexing control system, respectively, by rotating the robot by about 90° about the vertical axis.

8:

• The industrial installation of claim 7, wherein, when the indexing control system is positioned at the end of the track, the carriage supporting the robot is elongated so as to support a drop off/retrieval system, on a side distal to the indexing control system.

9:

• The industrial installation of claim 2, wherein the tool magazine comprises at least two racks juxtaposed side by side in line, each rack of the at least two racks being equipped with tools on its two faces and mounted rotating on a base allowing a motorized rotation of the rack by 180° for access to the robot.

10:

• The industrial installation of claim 9, wherein the tool magazine comprises two or three racks rotatably mounted and arranged in a circle to allow approximately equidistant access by the robot.

11:

• The industrial installation of claim 9, wherein the rotatably mounted racks comprise rack blocks in the having straight prisms with N vertical faces, N=3, 4, 5, . . . .

12:

• The industrial installation of claim 11, wherein the blocks of rotatably mounted racks are configured to perform different functions from one face to the other, comprising bending tools on one face, grippers on another face, a drop off/retrieval system or a thickness control system on yet another face.

14:

• The industrial installation of claim 13, wherein the supply area and the drop off area coincide, and
• wherein the first set and the second set of pallets coincide.

15:

• The industrial installation of claim 1, wherein the bending cell is coupled to the automated magazine via a system or area for sharing tools, grippers, inserts, or other accessories, located in the cell.

16:

• The industrial installation of claim 1, further comprising:
• a chain pallet conveyor/extractor or one or several vehicles configured to be moved and guided automatically, able to support a pallet, to supply the cell with parts from the automated magazine, respectively to return parts from the cell toward the automated magazine.

17:

• The industrial installation of claim 1, further comprising:
• a compact bending cell,
• wherein an axis of the track on which the robot is configured to move is parallel both to a front face of the press brake and to an outer face, on a cell side, of the automated magazine, the axis of the track being approximately equidistant from each of the faces.

18:

• The installation of claim 17, wherein the track is mounted so as to be suspended.

19:

• The installation of claim 17, wherein an outer face, on the cell side, of the automated magazine is configured to receive grippers and/or bending tools.