Amada Company, Limited

Hisashi Uto

Hidekatsu Ikeda

Takanori Okubo

Masayuki Shimizu

Kazuhiro Kanno

Akio Kammuri

In a bending apparatus which moves one of upper and lower tables (), and performs bending on a workpiece (W) by tools (P, D) attached to the upper and lower tables (), a tool group including a plurality of split tools is transferred to the upper and lower table (), a plurality of process stations are formed by splitting the transferred tool into a plurality of tool groups based on automatically or manually determined tool-layout information, and then bending is carried out.

Bending apparatus, method thereof, and bending tool

A bending apparatus is provided with a ram start-up device so as to be movable in a lateral direction. A controller moves the ram start-up device to a point in front of positioning points of abutments corresponding to points of selected edges of a workpiece. The bending apparatus includes a foreign object detector that detects the entry of a foreign object into a region of movement of the ram start-up device. A controller prevents the ram start-up device from moving when the entry of the foreign object is detected.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hisashi Uto