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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franco Sartorio, Turin, IT;
Gianpaolo Prunotto, Turin, IT;
Francesco Sgandurra, Turin, IT;
Salvatore Arghiracopulos, Turin, IT;
Assignee:
Amada Company, Limited, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ; B21J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72-9 ; 72420 ; 72422 ; 414590 ;
Abstract
A press brake for bending plates. A press brake is provided for bending plates, including a pair of dies which act in mutual cooperation to bend a plate, a plate clamping manipulator which grasps and moves a plate which is to be placed in a scheduled location with respect to the dies, and a plate position detector mounted on the press brake in a specified positional relationship with respect to the dies, for detecting a position of the plate grasped by the manipulaator, and controlling the manipulator in response to a signal from the plate position detector.