Forming machine, and method for producing complexly bent shaped parts

A method for producing shaped parts from an elongate workpiece, comprising:

• conveying the elongate workpiece in the direction of a forming system comprising a plurality of forming units which each support a forming tool which, by way of an actuating movement extending transversely to a local transport direction of the workpiece, is movable selectively to a working position with engagement with the workpiece or to a retracted position;
• generating at least one first bend is in a first portion of the workpiece by a first forming unit, wherein the first forming unit is actuated in a first actuating direction extending perpendicularly to the transport direction;
• generating at least one second bend in a second portion by a second forming unit, wherein the second forming unit is actuated in a second actuating direction oblique to the transport direction and oblique to an orthogonal plane of the transport direction, and
• rotating a bending tool with at least one rotatable tool part about a bending axis oriented parallel to the second actuating direction to generate the second bend.

A forming machine that produces shaped parts from an elongate workpiece, comprising:

• an infeed device that draws in an elongate workpiece from a material supply and conveys the workpiece along a transport axis to a forming system, wherein the infeed device is a rotatable infeed device for a numerically controlled workpiece rotation about the transport axis;
• and
• the forming system, having at least one forming unit having a tool holder with a tool receptacle that receives a forming tool which, by way of an actuating movement of the tool holder directed transversely to a local transport direction of the workpiece, is able to be reciprocated between a position retracted from the workpiece and an engaging position by a numerically controlled actuation axis of the forming unit,
• wherein
• the tool holder, in at least one working configuration of the forming unit, is actuatable in an actuating direction that lies obliquely to the local transport direction and obliquely to an orthogonal plane lying perpendicularly to the local transport direction of the workpiece, and
• an actuating direction adjusting device that variably adjusts the orientation of the actuating direction within an actuating direction angular range which, in addition to the actuating direction oriented obliquely to the local transport direction and obliquely to the orthogonal plane, comprises at least one actuating direction that lies in the orthogonal plane.