Trumpf Maschinen Austria Gmbh & Co Kg

Harald Boeck

Helmut Theis

Klemens Freudenthaler

Gerhard Angerer

Matthias Hoerl

Thomas Weiss

Manfred Waldherr

Hagen Strasser

Josef Gaggl

Bernhard Schneider

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

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Enns, Austria

Harald Boeck