(19)
(11) EP 1 230 996 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/33

(21) Application number: 02002143.2

(22) Date of filing: 29.01.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B21D 7/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 05.02.2001 IT VI010031

(71) Applicant: S.I.L.MET. S.P.A.
36020 Agugliaro (VI) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ing. Placidi Filippo
    04010 Cori (IT)
  • ING. Marino Pietro
    10153 Torino (IT)
  • ING. Monaco Cosimo
    10153 Torino (IT)

(74) Representative: Bettello, Pietro, Dott. Ing. et al
Studio Tecnico Ingg. Luigi e Pietro Bettello Via Col d'Echele, 25
36100 Vicenza
36100 Vicenza (IT)

   


(54) Cold bending machine, operating by controlled drawing of elongated profiles


(57) Computer assisted machine for the cold bending operations, by controlled drawing on the three spatial dimensions, of metallic or composite profiles, in elongated forms, such as the profiles used in the automobile industry. The machine is characterised by the fact that all driving movements, necessary to bend the profile into the desired geometric configuration, are performed by the machine itself, while the tools are made up of only the parts that come in contact with the profile being shaped, during the bending operation. Additionally, the machine is capable of controlling the bending of the materials in a single production lot, or in different lots with varying mechanical characteristics, but otherwise subjected to acceptance specifications, in order to obtain, in all instances, components that respect specified tolerances.







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