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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2013
Trumpf Maschinen Austria Gmbh & Co. Kg., Pasching, AT;
Gerhard Angerer, Altenberg, AT;
Harald Boeck, Enns, AT;
Klemens Freudenthaler, Linz, AT;
Josef Gaggl, Steyr, AT;
Matthias Hoerl, Oberndorf/Tirol, AT;
Bernhard Schneider, Lenzing, AT;
Hagen Strasser, Pasching, AT;
Helmut Theis, Pfarrkirchen, AT;
Manfred Waldherr, Linz, AT;
Thomas Weiss, Linz, AT;
TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG., Pasching, AT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a production plant (), in particular for folding workpieces () to be produced from sheet metal, comprising a bending press (), in particular a press brake, having a press beam (), at least one bending tool (), such as a bending punch () and bending die (), which is connected to the press beam (), and at least one angle-measuring device () for determining an angular position of at least one limb () of the workpiece () formed by a bending operation relative to a reference plane (). The angle-measuring device () comprises at least one inclination sensor () having a reference surface () and the inclination sensor () is mounted by the angle-measuring device () so that it can be placed with the reference surface () lying in contact with a surface portion of at least one of the limbs () of the workpiece ().