Device for cutting and/or stamping metal bars and sections

A device for stamping metal bars and sections comprising a machine frame adapted to support one tool of a pair of tools, a slide guided in said frame driven in the direction of its length and adapted to carry the other tool of said pair of tools, a hydraulic drive means operatively connected to said slide to apply driving force substantially in the longitudinal center line of the slide, said pair of tools being laterally offset relative to the effective line of application of the driving force, laterally spaced guides on the machine frame above and below said tools for guiding the movement of said slide, and means to apply an additional force to the slide to oppose the torque moment generated by the force couple formed by the driving force and the stamping reaction force developed in use by said pair of tools comprising, a rocker member hinged to the machine frame and having a side which is adapted to serve as a guide face abutting the slide, and a saddle mounted on said rocker member, said one tool of the pair of tools being mounted on said saddle.