Abstract: The invention features a sheet metal bending machine constituted by a smooth carrying roller around which the sheet metal is rolled, after bending, and by smooth press rollers against which the carrying roller presses, is characterized in that the carrying roller (2) is supported at one end by a fixed bearing (15) and at its other end by a retractable bearing (18), and in that the press rollers (3, 4) are supported, directly or indirectly (support rollers) by a plurality of bearings (5) supported by a control mechanism called "inclined blocks". (7, 8).

Abstract: The invention is in the field of metallurgy and relates to an automatic machine for the continuous production of cylindrical shells from a pile of flat metal sheets. Said machine is characterized in that it is comprised of, from the output of the shell to the input of the metal sheet, a welding station provided with means for transferring and holding a rolled blank with jointed edges and means for the continuous formation of a welding bead along said edges, a station for the continuous transfer of the rolled blanks and for progressively tightening them, a station for the discontinuous transfer of the blanks to deliver them axially against each other, a rolling station consisting of a rolling machine, and a supply station comprising means for unpiling and transferring the metal sheets, and a servomechanism for adjusting the bending means as a function of the thickness of each sheet.

Abstract: A bending machine for shaping a flat sheet into a cylinder or cone by passing the sheet between a support roll and a train crenelated rolls having parallel axes. The crenelated rolls are subjected to pressure by a train of press rolls having axes parallel to those of the crenelated rolls.