Trumpf Maschinen Austria Gmbh & Co Kg

Hagen Strasser

Helmut Theis

Klemens Freudenthaler

Gerhard Angerer

Matthias Hoerl

Thomas Weiss

Josef Gaggl

Gerhard Sperrer

Manfred Waldherr

Johann Mayrhofer

Harald Boeck

Bernhard Schneider

Otto Walter

Thomas Bongardt

Georg Wünsch

Matthias HÖRL

Harald BÖCK

Matthias Hörl

The invention relates to a production plant (), in particular for folding workpieces () to be produced from sheet metal, comprising a bending press (), in particular a press brake, having a press beam (), at least one bending tool (), such as a bending punch () and bending die (), which is connected to the press beam (), and at least one angle-measuring device () for determining an angular position of at least one limb () of the workpiece () formed by a bending operation relative to a reference plane (). The angle-measuring device () comprises at least one inclination sensor () having a reference surface () and the inclination sensor () is mounted by the angle-measuring device () so that it can be placed with the reference surface () lying in contact with a surface portion of at least one of the limbs () of the workpiece ().

Bending press having an angle-measuring device and method for determining the bending angle

The invention relates to a machine controller comprising a sensor module (), an evaluation module () and a control module (), and the sensor module () has a convertor which converts a mechanical variable acting on the sensor module () into a proportional electric characteristic variable, and the evaluation module () is connected via a first signal connection () to the sensor module () and via a second signal connection () to the control module (). The evaluation module () generates a signal profile from the detected electric signal by means of an analysis of potential and/or change, which is compared with at least one reference signal profile stored in a memory means of the evaluation module () by means of a comparison module of the evaluation module (), from which the control signal is generated. Furthermore, at least one of the two signal connections () is based on a wireless design.

Control device for a machine tool and method for controlling the machine tool with evaluation module having memory storing reference signal profile

The invention describes a manufacturing device () and a method for bending blanks () or workpieces (), having a bending press () and having a manipulator (), which can be displaced in a raceway parallel to a longitudinal extent of a table and bending beam (), for workpiece transfer between a feeding or removal apparatus for the blanks () or the workpieces () and a forming region between bending tools (). The manipulator () has an articulated-arm arrangement () having preferably three arms () which can be pivoted via pivoting bearing arrangements () about pivot axes () which are oriented parallel to the raceway, and said manipulator has a rotary unit (), having a rotational axis () which extends perpendicularly with respect to the pivot axes (), at one distal end of the articulated-arm arrangement (). At least one detection device () which has a communications link to the control and monitoring device () is arranged on the articulated-arm arrangement (), for a physical value which brings about a state change of an arm () of the articulated-arm arrangement () upon loading.

Bending press with a loading device and method for its operation

A gripping device for a manipulation system, particularly a robot, for receiving workpieces and feeding them from a readied stack of the workpieces to a manufacturing plant such as a metal sheet folding machine, punching press, welding plant, etc. The device has a gripper head fitted with gripping means such as suction cups, magnets, tongs, etc., and a detection system for detecting characteristics of the workpiece gripped by the gripping means. A pulse emitter excites vibrations in the workpiece and the vibration spectrum of the workpiece is compared to reference vibration data to determine characteristics of the gripped workpiece, such as whether two or more workpieces are stuck together, or whether the workpiece is the correct workpiece.

Gripping device for manipulating device and method for operation thereof

A manufacturing system for folding sheet bars, particularly sheet metal bars, comprising a folding press with two press beams, which are adjustable in relation to each other and provided with folding dies, whereby the folding press is fed by means of an automated manipulating system. The manipulating system has three hinged arms connected via pivoting devices to form an arrangement of hinged arms. A first hinged arm is swivel-mounted on a swivel axle extending in a swivel device parallel to a guide track of a linearly displaceable chassis. A second and a third swivel axles supporting the hinged arms are arranged extending parallel to the swivel axle of the swivel device. A gripping system and a seizing device for picking up the sheet bars are arranged in another end area of the hinged-arm arrangement. A positioning device assures that the sheet bar is correctly positioned for the folding process.

Production device, especially a bending press, and method for operating said production device

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Pasching, Austria

Hagen Strasser