Laser Products Ltd.

Rustec, Inc.

Victor Nikolaevich Tisenko

Vyacheslav Semenovich Korolev

B J Lipari

Sergey Ivanovich Krivosheev

Roman L Tankelevich

Vladimir Markovich Vasilevskiy

German Abramovich Shneerson

Valery A Li

Alexey Pavlovich Nenashev

Mark Krymsky

Alexander Elkind

Vladimir I Abliazov

James MacFarlane

The present invention relates generally to bending a workpiece to form a desired configuration and, in particular, to a method and apparatus for forming bends &ldquo;out of sequence,&rdquo; i.e., in a time sequence different from the spatial sequence of the bends on the workpiece. The apparatus of the present invention include a bending system for bending a workpiece and a positioning system for positioning the workpiece relative to a bending region so that bends can be formed in various locations across the bending region. By virtue of the disclosed structures, a series of bends can be formed on a workpiece at various locations within the bending region. Bends can be formed out sequence and without advancing the workpiece relative to the bending region.

Method and apparatus for forming bends in a selected sequence

An apparatus for separating and sorting non-ferrous metals from other materials is provided which has a ferromagnetic core, an infeed conveyor for positioning materials to be separated and sorted, and a collecting bin or container located at a selected distance from the infeed conveyor for collecting separated and sorted non-ferrous metals, and which produces an electromagnetic field which provides a non-steady state, non-uniform magnetic field, and a sharp skin effect in the non-ferrous metal piece. Also provided is a method for separating and sorting non-ferrous metal pieces from other materials wherein non-ferrous metal pieces are subjected to a non-steady state, non-uniform magnetic field so that a sharp skin effect is produced in the non-ferrous metal piece so that the non-ferrous metal piece is separated and sorted according to its density and independent of its conductivity.

Method and apparatus for the separation and sorting of non-ferrous

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Victor Nikolaevich Tisenko