Abstract: The invention describes a production machine (1), in particular an edging press (2), preferably for shaping sheet metal parts (3) for making housing parts, sections (4), etc, with a machine frame (5) having C-shaped supporting side plates (6, 7) and at least one wall part (13) spacing the supporting side walls (6, 7) at a distance (11) apart from one another and permanently joined thereto. Mounted on the machine frame (5) so as to be non-displaceable is a press beam (15) on which a bending tool (36) can be mounted. Lying opposite it is another press beam (16), on which a bending tool (37) can also be mounted, displaceable in a guide arrangement (30) of the machine frame (5) by means of a drive arrangement (27). An actuator drive (25, 26) drivingly connected to the displaceable press beam (16) is preferably provided respectively on opposing side faces (22, 23) of each of the supporting side walls (6, 7).

Abstract: The invention describes a production machine (1), in particular an edging press (2), preferably for shaping sheet metal parts (3) for making housing parts, sections (4), etc, with a machine frame (5) having C-shaped supporting side plates (6, 7) and at least one wall part (13) spacing the supporting side walls (6, 7) at a distance (11) apart from one another and permanently joined thereto. Mounted on the machine frame (5) so as to be non-displaceable is a press beam (15) on which a bending tool (36) can be mounted. Lying opposite it is another press beam (16), on which a bending tool (37) can also be mounted, displaceable in a guide arrangement (30) of the machine frame (5) by means of a drive arrangement (27). An actuator drive (25, 26) drivingly connected to the displaceable press beam (16) is preferably provided respectively on opposing side faces (22, 23) of each of the supporting side walls (6, 7).

Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a process for bending a component, e.g. a metal sheet (1) by means of a mechanical force with selective heating by means of a laser beam (6). From one laser beam (6) or several laser beams (6) a radiation field (7, 21) is shaped to form a linear heating zone (9) and at all points along a bend line (8) acts upon the component.