US 6,656,099 B1Granted

Bending press system

AssigneeAmada Company, Limited

InventorsIchio Akami, Takahiro Ogawa, Masaaki Sato, Goujyu Umemoto, Toshiyuki Kondo

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Abstract

A bending press system provided with a bending press (1) with at least one bending station to mount a plurality of divided tools and, tool housing devices (65, 123) to house divided metals to be used on the bonding press and, tool exchange devices (61, 143) which mount said divided tools on the bending station, in which are provided a first memory means (403) which stores housed positions of each divided tool housed in the housing devices and a second memory means (405) which stores the bending line length of the bent part, the flange length and the bending angle of the bent product and, a first computation means (407) which, basted on the bending line length, flange length, bending angle, computes the tool (cross section shape) type and the length of the bending station, and a second computation means (409) which, based on the tool type and length of the bending station computes the arrangement of each divided tool on the bending station, and an NC control means (411) which controls the tool exchange device so that each divided tool is moved from the housed position in the housing device to the determined arrangement position.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A press brake comprising:

an upper table provided with an upper tool holder;
a lower table provided with a lower tool holder, the lower table being opposed to the upper table in an upward and downward direction and being movable relative to the upper table in the upward and downward directions;
an upper guide base extending in a left-right direction and fixed to the upper table so as to protrude in the left-right direction from a side of the upper table;
an exchange upper tool support to detachably support a plurality of divided upper tools to be mounted to or demounted from the upper tool holder, the exchange upper tool support being adapted to be positioned on a section of the upper guide base protruding sideways from the upper table;
an upper tool exchange device to exchange divided upper tools between the exchange upper tool support and the upper tool holder, the upper tool exchange device being movable in the left-right direction on the upper table;
a hook support part provided in the upper tool exchange device and adapted to engage a divided tool mounted on the tool holder or the exchange upper tool support, the hook support part being movable in the upward and downward direction and in a front-rear direction substantially perpendicular to the left-right direction to move the divided tool engaged therewith in the upward and downward direction and in the front-rear direction;
a lower guide base extending in the left-right direction and fixed to the lower table so as to protrude in the left-right direction from a side of the lower table;
an exchange lower tool support to removably support a plurality of divided lower tools to be mounted to or demounted from the lower table, the exchange lower tool support being adapted to be positioned on a section protruding sideways from the lower guide base;
and
a lower tool exchange device to exchange divided lower tools between the exchange lower tool support and the lower tool holder, provided free to move in the left-right directions on the lower table.

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A press brake comprising:

an upper table provided with an upper tool holder;
a lower table provided with a lower tool holder, the lower table being opposed to the upper table in an upward and downward direction and being movable relative to the upper table in the upward and downward directions;
an upper guide base extending in a left-right direction and fixed to the upper table so as to protrude in the left-right direction from a side of the upper table;
an exchange upper tool support to detachably hold a plurality of divided upper tools to be mounted to or demounted from the upper tool holder, the exchange upper tool support being adapted to be positioned on a section of the upper guide base protruding sideways from the upper table;
an upper tool exchange device to exchange divided upper tools between the exchange upper tool support and the upper tool holder, and upper tool exchange device being movable in the left-right direction on the upper table;
a lower guide base extending in the left-right direction and fixed to the lower table so as to protrude in the left-right direction from a side of the lower table;
an exchange lower tool support to removably support a plurality of divided lower tools to be mounted to or demounted from the lower table, the exchange lower tool support being adapted to be positioned on a section protruding sideways from the lower guide base;
a lower tool exchange device to exchange divided lower tools between the exchange lower tool support and the lower tool holder, provided free to move in the left-right directions on the lower table;
an upper tool housing section that houses a plurality of exchange upper tool supports on a backward position of the protruded part of the upper guide base,
a tool support exchange device free to move back and forth in order to move the exchange upper tool supports between the upper tool housing section and the protruded part of the upper guide base;
and
wherein the tool support exchange device includes a rotation section to reverse the front and rear of the exchange upper tool support.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/889,318Filed 13 Jul 2001
Priority: JP 11/691413 Jan 1999
Granted: 2 Dec 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

B21D 37/145
Particular arrangements for handling and holding in place complete dies: die storage magazines
B21D 5/02
Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves: on press brakes without making use of clamping means
B21D 5/0236
Tools therefor: tool clamping
B21D 37/14
Tools as parts of machines covered by this subclass: particular arrangements for handling and holding in place complete dies