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(11) | EP 0 943 379 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Method for automatically bending metal profiled elements and the like, and machine for performing the method |
| (57) A method for automatically bending metal profiled elements, particularly iron rods
for reinforced concrete, consisting in feeding the profiled elements (2) to be cropped
along a feed line (3), in order to bend a front end (2a) of the profiled elements
in a first bending position arranged along the feed line. The advancement of the profiled
elements is then actuated in order to make their front part rest on a guiding channel
(16), and then the profiled elements (2) are cropped to a length which also includes
the rear part to be bent. The rear part of the cropped profiled elements is shifted
into a second bending position which lies above the feed line (3), by a limited extent
which is sufficient to move past the space occupied by the mechanical elements arranged
to the rear of the first bending position. Finally, the profiled elements are subjected
to a measured longitudinal movement and a rear end (2b) of the profiled elements is
bent in the second upper bending position. |