Abstract: A housing for a laser processing machine is described to treat work pieces. The housing comprises a dividing wall, which separates a first work space having a first length and a second work space having a second length from one another, a first entrance to allow access to the first work space, a second entrance to allow access to the second work space, a closing device, which is configured to selectively open and close the first entrance and the second entrance and a control unit, which is operatively connected to the closing device. The dividing wall is placeable in an operating position, which is variable among at least a first position, a second position and a third position. The control unit is configured to control the closing device as a function of the operating position of the dividing wall.

Abstract: A housing for a laser processing machine is described comprising a dividing wall, which separates a first work space and a second work space, and a covering device, which is configured to selectively cover at least one between the first work space and the second work space. The covering device comprises at least a cover, which is controllable in an active configuration, in which the cover is configured to cover one between the first work space and the second work space and a guide system, which is configured to guide the cover so that the cover, when it is in the active configuration, comprises at least a main portion and an auxiliary portion extending from the main portion and being inclined relative to the main portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system consisting of a connection node and at least one first connection body, wherein: the connection node comprises a connection node central body, a first connection element for joining with the connection body, and at least one second connection element for joining with a second connection body; the first connection element and the second connection element are connected or may be connected to the connection node central body; and at least one portion of the connection node central body and/or of the first connection element and/or of the second connection element is manufactured by means of an additive process, for example 3D printing, or by means of a casting process.

Abstract: The machine comprises a working apparatus arranged to carry out the working operation on a tube, or a similar blank, and a tube feeding device arranged to feed the tube towards the working apparatus. The working apparatus and the tube feeding device comprise respective clamping members for clamping the tube being worked. According to the invention, at least one of the clamping members of the working apparatus or of the tube feeding device is provided with a displacement sensor arranged to detect and measure any movements of the tube relative to said clamping member while the tube is clamped by said clamping member during the working operation.

Abstract: An apparatus for improving the quality of tube bending; adapted to be used in bending machines and comprises a substantially longitudinally extended mandrel, adapted to be inserted into a tube to be bent and having a rigid portion and a flexible portion arranged in series, the latter comprising a series of mandrel segments connected by articulated joints; the apparatus also comprises at least one motion-sensitive sensor, which is integral with at least one of the mandrel segments, and elements for processing the motion information acquired by the sensor.

Abstract: A body node for connecting shell-shaped body structures, of a vehicle, the body node having: a first connecting flange for connection to a first shell-shaped body structure, a second connecting flange for connection to a second shell-shaped body structure, a third connecting flange for connection to a third shell-shaped body structure, and a connecting structure rigidly connecting the connecting flanges with each other and, for example, forming a monolithic body with the connecting flanges.

Abstract: The machine includes: a bending head movable with at least two degrees of freedom in a transverse vertical plane; a first drive is arranged to move the bending head in the plane and to move a tool of the bending head between an open position, in which it defines with a die of the bending head a free space adapted to receive a tube to be bent, and a closed position, in which it clamps the tube against the die. A tube-carrying structure is rotatable about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the plane; a second drive is arranged to cause the tube-carrying structure to rotate about its own axis of rotation; and an electronic control unit is arranged to control the first and second drives so as to move the bending head and the tube-carrying structure in a position such that the tube is received with a desired orientation in the free space between the die and the tool.

Abstract: A body node for connecting shell-shaped body structures, of a vehicle, the body node having: a first connecting flange for connection to a first shell-shaped body structure, a second connecting flange for connection to a second shell-shaped body structure, a third connecting flange for connection to a third shell-shaped body structure, and a connecting structure rigidly connecting the connecting flanges with each other and, for example, forming a monolithic body with the connecting flanges.

Abstract: A method urges a blank along an axial direction between a movable bending tool and a stationary counter-tool and, while the blank is being moved forwards, of moving the bending tool from a neutral position, in which the blank is not bent, to a working position, in which the blank is bent to the desired bending centerline radius, the working position being rotated with respect to the neutral position by a given angle of rotation depending on the desired bending centerline radius. The method further includes urging the blank between a pair of shoes upstream of the bending tool so as to make the deformation of the blank easier, and the step of moving the bending tool from the neutral position to the working position is carried out by controlling at least two degrees of freedom of the movement of the bending tool in the plane defined by the axial direction and by a transverse direction perpendicular to the axial direction.

Abstract: The machine includes: a bending head movable with at least two degrees of freedom in a transverse vertical plane; a first drive is arranged to move the bending head in the plane and to move a tool of the bending head between an open position, in which it defines with a die of the bending head a free space adapted to receive a tube to be bent, and a closed position, in which it clamps the tube against the die. A tube-carrying structure is rotatable about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the plane; a second drive is arranged to cause the tube-carrying structure to rotate about its own axis of rotation; and an electronic control unit is arranged to control the first and second drives so as to move the bending head and the tube-carrying structure in a position such that the tube is received with a desired orientation in the free space between the die and the tool.

Abstract: A method urges a blank along an axial direction between a movable bending tool and a stationary counter-tool and, while the blank is being moved forwards, of moving the bending tool from a neutral position, in which the blank is not bent, to a working position, in which the blank is bent to the desired bending centerline radius, the working position being rotated with respect to the neutral position by a given angle of rotation depending on the desired bending centerline radius. The method further includes urging the blank between a pair of shoes upstream of the bending tool so as to make the deformation of the blank easier, and the step of moving the bending tool from the neutral position to the working position is carried out by controlling at least two degrees of freedom of the movement of the bending tool in the plane defined by the axial direction and by a transverse direction perpendicular to the axial direction.

Abstract: A machine for bending threadlike material such as tubes, rods, profiles or metal wire comprises a machine bed, having parallel guides movably supporting a carriage for feeding, rotating and angularly locating the tube, the machine bed having a T-shape, the cross member of the T-shape body being provided, at the top and bottom thereof, with parallel guides supporting a controllably driven movable carriage having a bending head provided with a fixed shaft supporting, at the two end portions thereof, bending dies with corresponding swinging bending arms, the bending head being supported by a horizontal shaft and being adapted to be controllably driven about the axis of the horizontal shaft.

Abstract: A machine (1) for bending pipes and wire-like material in general comprises, on a bed (2), a bending head (20) and a plate (5) supporting a carriage provided with a gripper (10) for gripping the end portion of the workpiece opposite to the bending head (20), by providing a shaft (6) extending from the bottom surface (7) of the plate (5), the shaft (6) being rotatably housed in the bed (2) and being operatively coupled with controllable driving means.

Abstract: A bending machine (1) for bending wire-like material, such as pipes, rods or section members, comprises a machine bed (2) supporting a carriage provided with a gripper (10) for controllably turning and translating a workpiece, and a curving head (50) which is supported by a translating slide (20) operatively coupled with controllable driving means, the translating slide (20) being supported by a table (25) having a supporting shaft (35) which is rotatably housed in the machine bed, and is operatively coupled to controllable driving means.