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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Friedrich Kilian, Kematen a.d. Krems, AT;
Kurt Schröder, Perchtoldsdorf, AT;
Dieter Schuöcker, Vienna, AT;
Assignee:
Trumpf Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG, Pasching, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 5/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 5/01 ;
Abstract
The subject matter of the invention is a process for bending a component, e.g. a metal sheet ( ) by means of a mechanical force with selective heating by means of a laser beam ( ). From one laser beam ( ) or several laser beams ( ) a radiation field ( ) is shaped to form a linear heating zone ( ) and at all points along a bend line ( ) acts upon the component.