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US 6,185,974 B1Granted
Machine for punching and bending metal sheets
OwnerGianfranco Venturiniinventor
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Abstract
There is described a machine for machining metal sheets, which comprises a bending machine for bending sides of a metal sheet and a manipulator-rotator that is mobile in relation to the bending machine for automatic positioning of the metal sheet during bending. The machine comprises at least one punching press for punching said metal sheet, that is served by said manipulator-rotator so that said manipulator-rotator is utilised for automatic positioning of the metal sheet both during bending and during punching of the metal sheet.
Claims5
A machine for machining metal sheets, comprising:
- a bending machine for bending sides of a metal sheet;
- a manipulator-rotator that is mobile relative to the bending machine, wherein said manipulator-rotator automatically positions the metal sheet while the metal sheet is being bent;
- wherein said machine comprises at least one punching press for punching said metal sheet that is served by said manipulator-rotator, so that said manipulator-rotator is utilized for automatic positioning of the metal sheet both during bending and during punching of the metal sheet, and wherein said at least one punching press comprises two punching presses, both served by said manipulator-rotator, and said two punching presses comprise a multi-punch press and a mono-punch press.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.