Komatsu Corporation

Komatsu Industries Corporation

Masaaki Takada

Shigeru Tokai

Hisanori Takeuchi

Eiji Douba

Hitoshi Sakurai

A press machine braking performance verifying apparatus verifies performance of brakes applying braking to a slide. The press machine braking performance verifying apparatus includes a speed detecting component, a stopping instruction detecting component, a stopping time measuring component, a maximum stopping time calculating component and an evaluating component. The speed detecting component detects a slide driving speed. The stopping instruction detecting component detects if stopping of the slide is instructed. The stopping time measuring component measures a stopping time until the slide stops when a stopping instruction is detected. The maximum stopping time calculating component calculates predicted stopping time in a case where the slide is driven at a maximum driving speed based on the slide driving speed after detecting the stopping instruction and the stopping time. The evaluating component evaluates performance of the brakes by comparing the predicted stopping time and a threshold valve set in advance.

Press machine braking performance verifying apparatus

A bend angle correction method directed to carrying out simple and accurate penetration of a movable die into a fixed die to produce a uniform angle throughout the length of a workpiece, being unaffected by material variations. When bending a sheet-like workpiece to a desired angle by the cooperative movement of a movable punch driven by three or more drive shafts and a fixed die disposed in an opposing relationship with the movable die, the bend angle of the workpiece is measured during bending operation and the difference between the measured bend angle and a target angle is obtained, at at least three points which are the ends and center of the workpiece. Based on the differences, correction amounts for the penetration of the movable die are obtained on a shaft-load imposed point basis.

Bending angle correction method and press brake

Method and system for determining bending order adapted for use in

Press brake

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Masaaki Takada