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: A pipe-bending machine mandrel includes a rigid member (5), inserted inside a pipe (T) which has an internal dimension Di and can tilt in a bending operation with a mean radius Rm as measured between the rotation center (O) of a bending die and the longitudinal axis (l) of the pipe (T). The rigid member (5) has a proximal side profile with respect to the rotation center (O) and includes a concave intermediate portion as generated by a radius Rci, and a distal side profile with respect to the rotation center (O) that includes two convex, divided, end portions as generated by respective radius Rce, where Rci=Rm?(Di/2)+t, and Rce=Rm+(Di/2)?t, t being a term varying according to the accuracy of the dimensional characteristics of the pipe and of the curve to be obtained.

Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for linearly driving a movable roller-holder slider of a pipe bending machine, comprising a hydraulic cylinder (5) whose piston rod is connected to a slider holding a movable roller, the cylinder being fed with pressurized fluid from a reservoir (16) by a pump (15), through a three-position four-way valve (18), a check valve (12, 13) and an interposed throttling valve (19), that is operated to generate an increased pressure in said low pressure chamber of the hydraulic cylinder (5) in order to slow down the slider holding the upper roller in its primary motion when a programmable interval is reached from said predetermined position for each working pass.

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 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 curling machine provided with an adjusting device for evenly winding elongated workpieces into spirals, includes a machine frame sustaining a horizontal worktable; a vertical axis mandrel for a curling tool and provided with a counteracting device for acting on elongated workpieces passing through the worktable. The counteracting device is connected to an actuator in the form of an oleodynamic cylinder which is fixed on the worktable and provided with a rod carrying a tool holder in the free end of the rod, the vertical axis mandrel being removable from the worktable.

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 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 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: 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 control element (1) adapted to prevent an external-flange angle iron from being twisted during its bending is applied to a variable-radius bending machine, on which an angle iron (10) is worked by deformation by at least two couples of lower co-axial rollers (7, 8, 7?, 8?) and at least a third upper roller (9), the one flange (11) of the angle iron (10) being clamped by the lower rollers (7, 8, 7?, 8?), and the other flange (12) facing outward. The control element (1) includes a frustoconical head (2) pivoted on a stem (3) designed to be received into a co-axial housing hole that is frontally performed on the support element (13) of a cylindrical control roller (14), having three degrees of freedom, of the bending machine.

Abstract: A shaping pulley assembly (6) for a belt notching machine, including on a frame (1) a pair of driving and shaping pulleys (3, 4) for a grinding belt (5), includes a shaping pulley holder element (9) like a fork supported by the frame (1), having a C-shaped body with end brackets (90, 91), a stationary center and a removable counter-center, both being live centers which are housed in respective housings of the end brackets (90, 91), a shaping pulley (4) in the form of a cylindrical roller provided with center holes (42, 43) opposite to each other for fixed centre and removable counter-center, respectively on the bases (40, 41) of the shaping pulley.

Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for linearly driving a machine-tool slider in both directions, comprising an hydraulic cylinder (5) whose piston rod (4) is connected to a slider and which is fed with pressurized fluid from a reservoir (14) by a pump (15) through a three-position four-way valve (18), a check valve (12-13), and between the last ones, a pair of throttling valves (19, 19?) which are mounted symmetrically each other and operated to generate an increased pressure in either one or the other chamber, which is at the moment in a low pressure, of the hydraulic cylinder (5) in order to slow down said slider in its work motion in both directions of linear travelling when a programmable interval is approached from a predetermined position for each working pass. Situated in the bypass (190, 190?) of each throttling valve (19, 19?), among the same valves (19, 19?) and the hydraulic cylinder (5), is a manual flow control valve (20, 20?).

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

Abstract: A multipurpose horizontal press having a fixed workpiece-holder for a tubular workpiece to be drawn or tapered comprising a press body (1) surmounted by a worktable (2), having a superior surface (3) and an inferior surface (4), on the worktable (2) being positioned horizontally an operating hydraulic cylinder and, in correspondence with a through opening (70), a bridge (8) to which inferiorly a superior jaw (12) having its concavity facing downward, is rigidly connected. Opposite to the bridge (8) a support element (13) extends under the inferior surface (4) and supports a clamping hydraulic cylinder (14), having a rod (15) facing upward and provided with an inferior jaw (16), being sledge vertically inside the bridge (8) toward the superior jaw (12) and away from it.

Abstract: A method of making a so called pine-cone spiral decorative element of metal, which is formed from a plurality of bars, generally four or eight in number, having circular or polygonal cross-section, cut in desired length, comprises steps of bending each bar, whose end sections remain straight; welding the end sections of the bars at both their ends, which are placed side by side and angularly spaced so that the bars look like meridians of an unfinished product formed according to a rotation body; and mutual rotation of the one welded ends of the bars to the other ends thereof by a desired angle. Further, a machine for embodying the method of the invention is disclosed.

Abstract: A worktable for an apparatus for grinding recesses, having on a frame (3) a pair of pulleys carrying a grinding belt (2), is provided with a sole control member (19) to approach and move apart said workpiece vice (20) with respect to said shaping pulley (1) of said pair of pulleys.

Abstract: A shaping pulley assembly (6) for a belt notching machine, including on a frame (1) a pair of driving and shaping pulleys (3, 4) for a grinding belt (5), includes a shaping pulley holder element (9) like a fork supported by the frame (1), having a C-shaped body with end brackets (90, 91), a stationary center and a removable counter-center, both being live centers which are housed in respective housings of the end brackets (90, 91), a shaping pulley (4) in the form of a cylindrical roller provided with center holes (42, 43) opposite to each other for fixed centre and removable counter-center, respectively on the bases (40, 41) of the shaping pulley.

Abstract: A shaping pulley assembly (6) for a belt notching machine, including on a frame (1) a pair of driving and shaping pulleys (3, 4) for a grinding belt (5), includes a shaping pulley holder element (9) like a fork supported by the frame (1), having a C-shaped body with end brackets (90, 91), a stationary center and a removable counter-center, both being live centers which are housed in respective housings of the end brackets (90, 91), a shaping pulley (4) in the form of a cylindrical roller provided with center holes (42, 43) opposite to each other for fixed center and removable counter-center, respectively on the bases (40, 41) of the shaping pulley.

Abstract: A tubular workpiece notching machine usable for general grinding operations has a worktable (1) whose base plate (10) is pivotally mounted to the frame (6) of the notching machine around a pivotal orthogonal axis (Y—Y) in such a manner that the worktable (1) is movable from a first working position in which the machine vice (2) co-operates with the shaping pulley (3) in recessing ends of tubular workpiece by grinding, to a second working position in which the shaping pulley (3) is used for generally grinding a workpiece. Connecting elements are provided for removably anchoring the base plate (10) of the worktable (1) to the frame (6) in the first working position.