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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2005
Hidekatsu Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Okubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kanno, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Uto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidekatsu Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Okubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Kanno, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Uto, Kanagawa, JP;
Amada Company, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A bending apparatus is provided with a ram start-up device so as to be movable in a lateral direction. A controller moves the ram start-up device to a point in front of positioning points of abutments corresponding to points of selected edges of a workpiece. The bending apparatus includes a foreign object detector that detects the entry of a foreign object into a region of movement of the ram start-up device. A controller prevents the ram start-up device from moving when the entry of the foreign object is detected.