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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 21, 2015
Trumpf Maschinen Austria Gmbh & Co. Kg., Pasching, AT;
TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG., Pasching, AT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a bending press () and to a method for bending sheet metal in relation to a work piece (). The bending press () comprises a machine frame () on which lower and upper clamping jaws () are arranged, having first and second reshaping edges. A bending tool () having a bending edge () is arranged on a bending bar (). The bending tool () is mounted about a swivel axis () such that same can swivel. The swivel axis () can be moved into both a position above and a position below a work piece contact plane (). In a position above the work piece contact plane (), the bending edge () is oriented down-wards in the direction of a first reshaping edge, and in a position below the work piece contact plane (), said bending edge is oriented upwards in the direction of the second reshaping edge. The invention also relates to a method for reshaping, in particular bending, sheet metal in relation to a work piece ().