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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
May. 24, 2017
Trumpf Maschinen Austria Gmbh & Co. Kg., Pasching, AT;
Luigi Cavicchia, Trofarello, IT;
Fabio Tomasin, Rivoli, IT;
Andrea Tonda Roch, Turin, IT;
Roberto Veronese, Chieri, IT;
Giovanni Vidotto, Chieri, IT;
TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG, Pasching, AT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a tool storage system () as well as to a production facility () for free-form bending of workpieces () made from a metal sheet, by means of a bending press (), comprising a tool storage unit (), a tool manipulation unit (), and a provisioning unit () having provisioning rails (). The tool storage unit () has an upper and lower storage rail (), which are disposed spaced apart from one another at a vertical distance, as well as locally fixed in place relative to one another. The tool manipulation unit () has tool manipulation devices (), wherein each of the same comprises a working rail (), an auxiliary rail (), a drawing-in device (), as well as a pushing-out device (). Each of the tool manipulation devices () can be displaced laterally next to the storage rails (), along a longitudinal guide arrangement (). Furthermore, the invention also comprises a method for manipulation of at least one bending tool () in such a tool storage system ().