Abstract: In a rotary-draw bending die with eccentric clamping for bending elongate workpieces such as pipes, wires, profile strands or the like, comprising a twistable bending mandrel, a clamp die which is associated with said bending mandrel, can be moved relative to the same and can be brought from an opened position remote from the same in which a workpiece to be bent can be inserted between bending mandrel and clamp die to a clamping position on the bending mandrel or vice-versa and is freely twistable about a swivel axis which is offset eccentrically in relation to the rotational axis of the bending mandrel, which swivel axis is disposed on a rotary plate which is rotatable relative to the bending mandrel, the clamp die is freely twistable about the swivel axis and can be moved between its clamping position and its opened position by twisting the rotary plate relative to the bending mandrel.

Abstract: The invention is a rotary draw bending machine and process for bending materials such as tubes or pipes into precise bends. A spindle holds a bending die, and a radial arm holds a counter-die. The spindle and arm are simultaneously rotated in opposite directions by a dual hydraulic drive controlled by an electro-hydraulic control system with foot pedal controls. The bend angle is preset by a protractor-like dial and limit switch mechanism. The radial arm has a slide track to align the counter-die with the bending die. The ratchet mechanism has teeth to allow incremental advancement of the counter-die when aligning it with its bending die to accurately set the gap between the dies. The machine is used with a wide variety of dies to bend a wide variety of workpiece diameters. The ratchet mechanism preferably includes a fine tuning device to provide an infinite range of alignment positions.

Abstract: A bending apparatus (1) is for bending a workpiece (object to be worked), using a bending die (2) formed in accordance with a bent form of the workpiece, and a linear die (3) linearly extended, and includes a table (10) having a work face (11a) where the bending die (2) and the linear die (3) are placed; and a pair of rollers (40, 50) configured to move along the work face (11a), wherein each of the rollers (40, 50) is configured to move from one end side of the bending die (2) and the linear die (3) to the other end side thereof in a state of pinching the bending die (2) and the linear die (3) in a die closing direction. According to this configuration, it is possible to configure the bending apparatus (1), to make a work space small, and to improve the work efficiency of the bending.

Abstract: A pipe bending machine having an improved movement transmission to a bending die comprises a body (1) and a head (2). Housed in the body (1) is a motor (3) having an output shaft (4) supporting a driving gear wheel (5), which is located in the machine head (2). Located in the same machine head (2) is a driven gear wheel (8), which is connected to a pipe bending die (6). A couple of intermediate gear wheels (9, 10) engage both the driving gear wheel (5) and the driven gear wheel (8).

Abstract: For tying wire material around a bale, a pair of end portions of the loop is held in a substantially mutually parallel orientation. An engaged section of at least one of the end portions is moved about a longitudinal axis of the other end portion of that pair, such that the pair of end portions is twisted into a wire twist between an engagement area and a portion of the loop extending about the bale. During twisting, wire material of at least one of the end portions slips through the engagement area towards the portion of the loop extending about the bale. An implement and twisters for use in such a method are also described.

Abstract: A pipe hand bender with v-shaped milled degree ports to accommodate various style stop members and shallow cut degree slots in the outer edges of the bend through walls using a snap in place stop member with v-dents matched to the v-ports.

Abstract: In a rotary tube bender, a first set of pressure sensors is located between the normally disposed mating surfaces of a wiper die insert and its wiper die holder; and a second set of pressure sensors is located between the axially disposed surfaces of the wiper die insert and the wiper die holder. Signal outputs of the first and second sets of pressure sensors over the course of bending cycles are compared to previously determined nominal signal outputs for drift indicative of whether a realignment or replacement of the wiper die should be performed.

Abstract: A method of bending a metal object, such as a tube, is provided that uses real time, closed-loop feedback of the actual springback of the object in order to modify the applied bending force or preprogrammed bending coordinates so that the final desired bend geometry is achieved. The variability of springback from object to object is thus accounted for and the number of objects that must be scrapped due to incorrect bends (over bend or under bend) is reduced. The method is carried out using an apparatus such as a rotary draw bender with a measuring device operable to measure actual bend coordinates of metal objects bent by the bender. A controller is operatively connected to the bender and the measuring device and is configured to control the bender to bend the metal objects at least partly based on measured bend coordinates provided by the measuring device.

Abstract: A portable powered conduit bender comprises a housing including a gripping handle. A battery powered drive in the housing has a drive gear. A conduit guide is secured to the housing. A bracket is secured to the housing defining a pivot connection. A head is pivotally connected to the bracket at the pivot connection. The head comprises a shoe defining a downwardly opening arcuate channel selectively positionable proximate the guide. A hook is proximate one end of the shoe for engaging a conduit received in the channel. A driven gear operatively engages the drive gear to controllably pivot the head. In use, the guide supports a conduit engaged by the hook and pivotal movement of the shoe driven by the powered drive deforms the conduit as it passes by the guide.

Abstract: The invention belongs in the field of machines for bending tubes and refers in particular to a machine (1) comprising a supporting base (2), a positioning device (3) for the tube (7) to be bent and a bending device (4) for said tube (7) characterised by having devices capable of rotating through up to 360° in order to bend said tube (7) in various bending planes, including starting alternatively from either end of said tube or, as necessary, at an intermediate part.

Abstract: A mandrel assembly for manufacturing a tubular product, including: a first plate, a cantilever drive roller extending from the first plate, at least one cantilever idler roller extending from the first plate, and mechanism for rotating the drive roller whereby, in use, a strip may be engaged and advanced by the driver roller to the at least one idler roller and thereby wound about the rollers to form a tubular product.

Abstract: A method for prolonging service life of a machine for bending tubes comprises flame spraying a coating of less than 0.1 mm of molybdenum or molybdenum alloy to at least one surface of a fold smoothing tool.

Abstract: A bending machine with a controlled-return bending die includes a matrix (2) mounted around a spindle (3) having an axis y, a bend arm (4) being able to turn around on the same axis y, and a vice (5) adapted to clamp a section of a workpiece to be bent. A driving element causes the bend arm (4) and the matrix (2), both being connected together by the vice (5), to rotate around the axis y for a set angle from a start position, and a workpiece bending operation is performed for a workpiece section corresponding to the angle. The bend arm (4) carries on itself a controlled return element able to return the matrix (2) to its start position at the end of workpiece bending operation.

Abstract: The present invention of pipe-bending apparatus includes: a frame, a bending shoe having gear teeth and concave groove on its outer circumference, a drive-gear, a gear rack having gear teeth and concave groove on one surface and gear teeth only on opposite surface. The frame pivotally supports bending shoe and drive-gear, positions gear rack engaging bending shoe and drive-gear. When using the pipe-bending apparatus, a straight pipe is laid inside the groove on gear rack with one pipe portion secured to bending shoe. Force is applied to turn drive gear, with all gear components engaged, gear rack and pipe transverse downwards and turns bending shoe. With one pipe portion secured to and turning with bending shoe, the pipe begins bending inside the concave groove on bending shoe.

Abstract: The invention is a rotary draw bending machine and process for bending materials such as tubes or pipes into precise bends. A spindle holds a bending die, and a radial arm holds a counter-die. The spindle and arm are simultaneously rotated in opposite directions by a dual hydraulic drive controlled by an electro-hydraulic control system with foot pedal controls. The bend angle is preset by a protractor-like dial and limit switch mechanism. The radial arm has a slide track to align the counter-die with the bending die. The ratchet mechanism has teeth to allow incremental advancement of the counter-die when aligning it with its bending die to accurately set the gap between the dies. The machine is used with a wide variety of dies to bend a wide variety of workpiece diameters. The ratchet mechanism preferably includes a fine tuning device to provide an infinite range of alignment positions.

Abstract: Apparatus for bending stock to an acute angle. A hydraulic cylinder with a ram extendable under hydraulic pressure provides the bending power. The ram automatically retracts from an extended position when hydraulic pressure is removed. One end of an apparatus supporting arm consists of a slide bar. The slide bar end of the arm is secured to a support with the opposite end pivotably mounting a forming die and a lever. The lever pivotably mounts a forming roller. The lever carries the forming roller around the die and bend stock secured to the die around the die. A slide is slideably attached to the slide bar. The cylinder and ram are pivotably attached extending between the slide and the lever.

Abstract: A mandrel assembly is provided for insertion into a hollow tube to support the interior walls of the tube during bending of the tube in a tube bending apparatus. The mandrel assembly includes at least one mandrel segment that is adapted for positioning within the tube and has an exterior support surface for supporting the interior walls of the tube during bending. The mandrel segment is anchored at a fixed axial location within the tube by an anchoring device that is radially expandable and retractable between an expanded condition in which an anchor shoe is engaged with the interior wall of the tube and a retracted condition in which the anchor shoe is loose within the tube. A mandrel support rod is attached to the anchoring device for inserting and withdrawing the anchoring device into the tube when the anchor shoe is retracted.

Abstract: The invention is a rotary draw bending machine and process for bending materials such as tubes or pipes into precise bends. A spindle holds a bending die, and a radial arm holds a counter-die. The spindle and arm are simultaneously rotated in opposite directions by a dual hydraulic drive controlled by an electro-hydraulic control system with foot pedal controls. The bend angle is preset by a protractor-like dial and limit switch mechanism. The radial arm has a slide track to align the counter-die with the bending die. The ratchet mechanism has teeth to allow incremental advancement of the counter-die when aligning it with its bending die to accurately set the gap between the dies. The machine is used with a wide variety of dies to bend a wide variety of workpiece diameters. The ratchet mechanism preferably includes a fine tuning device to provide an infinite range of alignment positions.

Abstract: A tube bending assembly adapted for use with a rotary draw bender, and preferably including a bend die mounting unit for securing a plurality of stacked bend dies drivenly coupled to the bender, a bend die tower unit for structurally supporting the bend die mounting unit, a wiper die mounting unit for securing a wiper die adjacent a selected bend die, a clamp die mounting unit for positioning and securing a clamp die, a pressure die mounting unit for securing a pressure die adjacent the clamp die, a mandrel saddle unit for positioning and enabling the utilization of a mandrel assembly, a collet saddle unit for positioning and enabling the utilization of a collet, and a bolster unit that interconnects the units, so as to present an integrated assembly capable of concurrent disconnection from and connection to the bender, and thereby reducing the tool set change-over period.

Abstract: A clamping assembly for use with a bend arm of a tube bending machine. The assembly comprises a force multiplier linkage that applies a controlled and variable force to a workpiece. In one embodiment, the force multiplier linkage comprises a bearing member pivoted by an actuator acting on one end of a force multiplier arm that is attached to the bearing member. A pivot member supporting a drive link is fixedly attached to the bearing member at a location offset from the bearing member's pivot axis. The drive link pivots about the pivot member axis so that in cooperation with additional links it moves a bend arm slider. The drive link also pivots about the bearing member axis. As the bearing member is pivoted about its axis by the force multiplier arm, the drive link also pivots about the bearing member's axis providing the required force for application to the workpiece.

Abstract: A bending device for bending machine comprises a matrix (2), a countermatrix (6), and a die (7) able to prevent wrinkles. A countermatrix-holder support element (8) is fixed on an upper slide (10), which is slidable transversally to a workpiece T to be bent on a lower slide (11) movable in turn in the same direction of the upper slide (10), on a table (12). A first double-acting cylinder (19), being fixed on said lower slide (11), moves the countermatrix (6) toward and away from the workpiece (T); and a second double-acting cylinder (24) is slidable on the upper slide (10) and connected to a slider (25) on a counteracting rod (26) which is pivoted about an end of an arm-turning spindle (3), so that a force is exerted on the countermatrix-holder support element (8) in a projecting portion (23) thereof.

Abstract: A tube is bent having a curved portion with a variable radius extending between first and second ends. The curved portion includes a circular arc portion with a constant radius and a clothoid transition portion with a variable radius. The circular arc portion extends from the first end toward a point of integration. At the point of integration, the circular arc portion merges with the transition portion. The transition portion extends from the point of integration to the second end. As the transition portion extends from the point of integration, its radius of curvature increases over its arc length, thereby, improving the quality of the bent tube by gradually bending the tube over a longer distance, thereby reducing local stresses on the bent portion of the tube.

Abstract: A bending machine according to the present invention include: a first fixture member 22 for holding one end portion of a long work 20; a second fixture member 24 for holding the other end portion of the work 20; a rack 30 mounted on the first fixture member 22 so as to extend in longitudinal directions of the first fixture member 22; a roll-shaped bending die 21, mounted on the second fixture member 24, for bending the work along the outer peripheral surface of the second fixture member; a pinion gear 26 which is coaxially connected to the bending die 21 via a shaft 28 and which engages the rack 30; and a connecting member 27 for connecting the first fixture member 22 to the second fixture member 24 via the shaft 28 in a relatively rotatable state so that the pinion gear 26 is movable along the rack 30 while engaging the rack 30.

Abstract: A pipe bending machine has a moving mold mechanism, which includes two mold seats positioned one above other, and pressing wheels on each mold seat to work with corresponding bending wheels of fixed molds of the machine; the mold seats are moved by means of a rotating power source whose motion is transmitted by means of a roller, which has spiral grooves; each mold seat has a sliding element secured thereto, and a guide post slidable on the sliding element and passing into a corresponding spiral grooves; guiding mechanisms are interposed between the mold seats and the fixed molds for allowing the mold seats to move up and down along a sloping path; when the rotating power source rotates the roller, both the mold seats will move forwards and backwards in crossing directions respectively as well as upwards and downwards in a sloping path respectively.

Abstract: A tube bending apparatus adapted for the noncircular bending of a tube includes a modified bend die, a modified wiper die, a translatable and pivotable element and an actuator. The bend die presents a noncircular bending profile having a linearly or nonlinearly increasing radius of curvature. The wiper die is configured to accommodate the maximum radius presented by the profile, and the element and actuator present an inclined rack and pinion configuration. The bend die presents an involute of a circle having a radius equal to the product of the radius of the pinion and the sine of the angle of inclination, so that the bend die engages the tube at a fixed point in space during bending.

Abstract: An improved tubing bender of the type having a mounting base, a mandrel mounted upon the mounting base and having a tube recess, and a tube retainer mounted upon the mounting base. It is improved by the tube retainer being mounted upon the mounting base by a snap-lock journal.

Abstract: A tube-bending machine including a bending arm that is provided with a jaw support that moves horizontally in a direction of a bending head, whereby said jaw support is integral with a clamping jaw assembly that comprises at least one jaw for bending a tube clockwise and at least one jaw for bending a tube counterclockwise, wherein the jaws are fixed to one another. A bending roller is fixed to the bending arm and comprises at least one jaw for bending the tube clockwise and at least one jaw for bending the tube counterclockwise, whereby said jaws of the bending roller are laterally offset relative to one another and on both sides of a vertical axis XX? of the bending head. A first strip support is also provided having at least one jaw to clamp the tube as it is being bent clockwise and a second strip support that includes at least one jaw to clamp the tube as it is being bent counterclockwise.

Abstract: A bending machine with a compact bend arm includes in a bend arm (4) being mounted on a rotating spindle (3) a cylinder which is fed with a pressured fluid through hoses (7) being part of a hydraulic circuit connected to a source of pressured fluid and of an electric circuit. Each of the hoses (7), which are side by side, comprises a curved section (7a) around the rotating spindle (3), the curved section (7a) being radiused at one end to a section (7b) parallel to the bend arm (4), and at the other end to a section (7c) directed to the rest of the bending machine, to which hoses (7) are retained. In the section (7b) parallel to the bend arm (4) the plurality of hoses (7) are clamped on a slider (9) slidable in a prismatic guide (10) which is provided in the bend arm (4).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for bending tubes particularly suited for bending thin-walled tubing into a tight radius bend. An external sleeve is used during the bending process which maintains the tube cross sectional area and tube wall thickness, thereby eliminating the need for a wiper die or an internal mandrel. In one embodiment the sleeve is split along its longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A pressure die having a base portion with an entrance block and an exit block attached thereto. The entrance block and exit block each have a groove adapted to receive the pipe. The curvilinear geometry of the groove of the exit block is constant so that the exit block is symmetrical and can be attached to the base portion in either a first position or a second position in which the exit block is rotated 180 degrees. The exit block is mounted onto the base portion at an angle so that the entrance portion of the exit block is lower in elevation than the exit portion of the exit block. The angle allows for a smooth transition from clearance to compression between the pipe and surface of the groove.

Abstract: The bending device with a cutting mechanism has a bending die corresponding to a desired bending shape, a bending arm that rotates on the bending die, and a clamping die on the bending arm that moves toward a longitudinal workpiece. Corresponding to rotation of the bending arm, the clamping die is rotated around the bending die in order to bend the workpiece. A cutter is provided on the bending arm. The cutter is in a pointed shape having the center of a leading end protruding, and moves toward a workpiece. The clamping die has a groove wherein the cutter can be slid therein. The cutter moves linearly toward a workpiece and cuts the workpiece.

Abstract: A clamping assembly for use with a bend arm of a tube bending machine. The assembly comprises a force multiplier linkage that applies a controlled and variable force to a workpiece. In one embodiment, the force multiplier linkage comprises a bearing member pivoted by an actuator acting on one end of a force multiplier arm that is attached to the bearing member. A pivot member supporting a drive link is fixedly attached to the bearing member at a location offset from the bearing member's pivot axis. The drive link pivots about the pivot member axis so that in cooperation with additional links it moves a bend arm slider. The drive link also pivots about the bearing member axis. As the bearing member is pivoted about its axis by the force multiplier arm, the drive link also pivots about the bearing member's axis providing the required force for application to the workpiece.

Abstract: A guide support for a tube bending machine comprising a base frame, a bending head, a bending arm, a bending roller, a locking jaw, sliding means for the displacement of the bending head in horizontal and vertical directions with respect to the base frame, at least two guides carried on an element and including recesses arranged in opposite directions with respect to the tube, guiding means for the element on the bending head, the guide element being guided in a horizontal translation motion on a plate securely fastened to the bending head, the guiding means being positioned adjacent a first surface of the element, and the at least two guides being arranged parallel to each other adjacent a second, opposite surface of the element. As a result of the guide support, either clockwise or counterclockwise bending can be effectuated on the same tube bending machine.

Abstract: A vise for clamping an elongated workpiece to be bent on a die (2) of a bending machine includes a movable jaw (35), provided with a clamping portion (51) approachable to and removable from the circumferential groove (4) of the die (2). The movable jaw (35) has a pivoting end (7) and a retaining end (8) opposite to the pivoting end (7). The pivoting end (7) is rigidly connected to a spindle (9) rotatable about an axis (X) at right-angles to the rotation axis (Y) of the die (2), so that the clamping portion (51) of the movable jaw (35) is displaced by an operating device (90) from an opened position, far from the elongated workpiece to be bent, to a closed position in which the clamping portion (51) mates with the elongated workpiece. A retaining device (28) is able to grip the retaining end (8) of the movable jaw (35) and to maintain the movable jaw (35) in its closed position.

Abstract: A bending system comprising a series of bending stations, each equipped with a bending head. Workpieces are conveyed from one bending station to the next by grippers suspended from a two-axis gantry, that preferably grasp the workpiece at an intermediate portion. Each bending head grasps the tube at a different intermediate position, and in the preferred embodiment each bending station is capable of rotating to position the bending dye such that the free end of the workpiece being bent can be oriented in the bending plane without interference by an adjacent bending station. These features reduce the space requirements of the system considerably. A multi-level dispensing apparatus may be provided to load the bending heads. The bending system is preferably operated by computer, allowing the bending of long workpieces to precise configurations under the control of a single operator.

Abstract: A method where an inside mandrel is inserted into the inner pipe of the multi-layered pipe, a tubular outside mandrel is inserted into the annular space between the inner pipe and outer pipe, the multi-layered pipe is clamped to a bending die by a clamping die, the multi-layered pipe is held at the rear of a bending portion of the multi-layered pipe by a pressure die and a crease-removing die, and the multi-layered pipe is bent by causing the clamping die to revolve around the bending die. An annular outside mandrel having at least three slits formed in the distal end thereof along generating lines is used as the outside mandrel, and the clamping die is caused to revolve around the bending die with the outside mandrel and inside mandrel protruding toward the distal end of the mutli-layered pipe from a bending start point.

Abstract: A tube bending device having draw-bending and compression-bending functions and capable of bending in all processes in a unit of device is provided. The device performing bending by rotating the tube at a predetermined angle with the tube pressured against a circumferential surface of a bending die, the device including a movable type of tube bending unit movable in a longitudinal direction of a tube to be processed or a fixed type of tube bending unit and a tube twisting unit for rotating the tube freely at a predetermined angle with a center of the tube being an axis core is characterized in that the tube bending unit has one or both of draw-bending and compression-bending functions and is provided rotatably in a vertical plane about an axis parallel to the axis core of the tube so that the displacement amount in a tube twisting operation can be reduced.

Abstract: A cam assembly for mounting a pressure die to the arm of a standard pipe bending machine. The assembly comprises a base with a pivot post extending upwardly therefrom. A cam shaft has an off-center opening adapted to receive the pivot post. A pivot assembly is combined with the pressure die and has an opening adapted to receive the cam shaft so that movement of the cam shaft around the pivot post changes the position of the pressure die relative to the bending machine's arm. Movement of the pivot assembly around the cam shaft swings the pressure die out of the way to load and unload the pipe being bent.

Abstract: A pipe bending machine (1) includes a bending tool (3), a pipe feed unit (9) and a mandrel retractor (19). A pipe holder (8) of the pipe feed unit (9) and a mandrel bar support (24) of the mandrel retractor (19) are guided in the longitudinal pipe direction (12) by a common linear guide system (16) on the machine base. Alternatively or in addition thereto the pipe holder (8) and the mandrel bar support (24) can be moved in the longitudinal pipe direction (12) by a common drive system (15) on the machine base.

Abstract: A concentric bore bend die and clamp insert assembly including a bend die and a clamp insert positioned within a recess formed in the bend die in a tube clamping area of the bend die. The clamp insert includes a curved portion matingly received within a correspondingly shaped curved bore in the recess, such that the curved portion extends between a tube groove in the insert and the curved bore. The curved portion of the clamp insert and the curved bore are radially concentric in order to evenly disperse clamping pressures exerted on the clamp insert in all radial directions across the curved portion of the clamp insert to the curved bore. The clamp insert further includes a non-circular portion that is matingly received within a correspondingly shaped non-circular region of the recess in order to resist rotational movement of the clamp insert with respect to the bend die.

Abstract: A transmission device for a tube bending machine include a first power means and a second power means mounted on the sliding seat to drive the sliding seat as well as a workpiece securely connected to the sliding seat to move. The second means has a second motor alternately connected to the clutch so that the transmission power is selectively transmitted to drive the sliding seat when required. Therefore, transmission of workpiece is smooth and the processing work to the workpiece is accomplished.

Abstract: A pipe feeding mechanism includes a rack, a power source, first and second planetary gears, a clutch for releaseably securing an output shaft to an input shaft in the first planetary gear, and a brake for releaseably blocking rotation of a sun gear of the first planetary gear; the input shaft of the first planetary gear is connected to the power source; the first planetary gear will be stopped from functioning, and the output shaft thereof rotated at a same speed as the input shaft thereof during a return stroke of pipe feeding cycle after the clutch is switched to a clutching position, and the brake device a releasing position; the first planetary gear will be allowed to function together with the second planetary gear to increase output torque during a forward stroke after the clutch is switched to a releasing position, and the brake device a braking position.

Abstract: A bending system (1) on a bending machine for bending rod shaped and/or bar-shaped workpieces and especially pipes (4), incorporates at least one multilevel bending tool (3) with multiple bending levels arranged one above the other in the direction of a bending axis (8). For each bending level a bending die (5, 6, 7) and, associated with the corresponding bending die (5, 6, 7), at least one clamping jaw (8, 9, 10) and at least one slide rail (18, 19, 20) are provided. The clamping jaws (8, 9, 10) are effectively supported by means of a modular clamping jaw support (24), the slide rails (18, 19, 20) by means of a modular slide rail support (44) in the transverse direction of the bending axis (8) and in the transverse direction of the workpiece, respectively. Clamping jaw support units (28, 29, 30) and slide rail support units (33, 33a, 34, 34a, 35, 35a) of which the clamping jaw support (24) and, respectively, the slide rail support (44) is composed, are appropriately configured.

Abstract: A bending machine for the bending of rod-shaped and/or bar-shaped workpieces and especially of pipes incorporates a bending device (5) with bending tools (10, 11) that are provided on both sides of a tool platen (12). These bending tools (10, 11) include in each case a bending swage (13, 16) and at least one thrust member. At least one thrust member on one side of the tool platen and at least one thrust member on the other side of the tool platen (12) are drivingly coupled for joint movement in the transverse direction of the workpiece, with the movement in the transverse direction of the workpiece for shifting the thrust member(s) on one side of the tool platen (12) into its or their operating position permitting movement of the associated thrust member(s) on the other side of the tool platen (12) in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A bending processor for a pipe has a pipe bending unit and a pipe twisting unit. The pipe bending unit is rotated by a predetermined angle while pressing the processed pipe against the circumferential face of a bending die, and performs the bending processing. The pipe bending unit may be movable in the longitudinal direction of the processed pipe or may be fixed. The pipe twisting unit is freely rotated by a predetermined angle with the center of the processed pipe as an axis. The pipe bending unit has a tensile bending function and a compression bending function.

Abstract: A bending assembly on a bending machine for the bending of rod and/or bar-shaped workpieces (8) includes a bending tool (10) and a bending drive unit (11) with a swivel arm (21) and a bending-drive motor (22). The bending tool (10) has at least one workpiece thrust block (12, 13), and the swivel arm (21) has at least one thrust pad (17, 18). The bending-drive motor (22) rotates the swivel arm (21) with the thrust pad (17, 18) around a bending axis (14) that extends in the transverse direction of the workpiece. The workpiece is bent when the thrust pad (17, 18) forces it against and around the associated workpiece thrust block (12, 13). The shaft of the bending drive motor (22) extends parallel to the bending axis (14), and both ends of the shaft are drive-connected to the swivel arm (21).

Abstract: A feeding mechanism of a pipe bending machine is equipped with several auxiliary hydraulic cylinders in addition to an original power source for providing power to feed a pipe; the auxiliary hydraulic cylinders are joined to an auxiliary fixing member at output rods thereof, which fixing member is displaceable along a toothed locating rod secured on the bending machine, and is equipped with an engaging device capable of releaseably engaging the toothed locating rod to fix the fixing member in position; thus, the feeding mechanism can feed a pipe with increased force output when the fixing member is made unmovable along the locating rod by the engaging device, and when the auxiliary hydraulic cylinders operate.

Abstract: The present invention regards methods of projecting, producing and bending continuous stretches of circular cylindrical bodies, such as stretches of piping, handrails and rails for stair lifts. The invention also regards a tool for use with the method, application of a tool, and a length of pipe and fittings prepared for use with the method. During the project planning, the orientation of the fitting (52) is given in relation to the first piece of pipe (50), by the cut angle of the fitting (52) and the rotational angle (?) of the fitting about the longitudinal axis of the pipe (50) relative to a defined spatial direction gen by a mark (53, 54) on the piece of pipe (50) and the fitting (52). During construction, the piece of pipe (50) is arranged with one side in a defined spatial direction, the fitting (52), which has a given cut angle, is fitted to the piece of pipe (50) and the fitting (52) is rotated through a pre-determined rotational angle (?) that is measured relative to the defined spatial direction.

Abstract: A bending machine according to the present invention include: a first fixture member 22 for holding one end portion of a long work 20; a second fixture member 24 for holding the other end portion of the work 20; a rack 30 mounted on the first fixture member 22 so as to extend in longitudinal directions of the first fixture member 22; a roll-shaped bending die 21, mounted on the second fixture member 24, for bending the work along the outer peripheral surface of the second fixture member; a pinion gear 26 which is coaxially connected to the bending die 21 via a shaft 28 and which engages the rack 30; and a connecting member 27 for connecting the first fixture member 22 to the second fixture member 24 via the shaft 28 in a relatively rotatable state so that the pinion gear 26 is movable along the rack 30 while engaging the rack 30.

Abstract: A bending machine for the bending of tube, rod and bar shaped workpieces (24, 24a) includes a machine base unit (2), a collet (6) for mounting a workpiece, and a tool assembly (15) with at least one bending tool. The bending tool can be opened and closed in the transverse direction of the workpiece by the relative movement of tool components to form a workpiece holder. The tool assembly (15) is mounted on a swivel support (10) to rotate around a tool axis of rotation (16) extending axially of the workpiece, and the swivel support (10) is mounted on the machine base unit (2) to be rotatable around a swivel support axis of rotation (11) extending in the axial direction (12) of the workpiece. The swivel support axis of rotation (11) and the tool axis of rotation (16), and the tool axis of rotation (16) and the workpiece holder, are radially offset relative to one another.