Abstract: A forging machine includes a first tool carrier and a second tool carrier, a drive system for driving the first tool carrier in a working movement, a machine frame, wherein the machine frame is formed of a concrete prestressed with prestressing elements, wherein the machine frame comprises a frame base and a frame support connected to the frame base, wherein longitudinal prestressing elements are provided which extend parallel to the central axis (M) and each extend through the frame support, the frame base, and through the cross-member, wherein transverse prestressing elements are provided both in the frame base and in the cross-member, wherein the longitudinal prestressing elements and the transverse prestressing elements include prestressing anchors, and wherein the prestressing anchors are each arranged on an outer surface of the frame base or the cross-member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a shaping machine (1) having a tool (2), in particular a shaping machine having a shaping tool, in which the workpiece is handled by means of a handling device (3) during the manufacturing process. To improve the production process, the invention provides that before machining of workpieces on the shaping machine (1), the position and/or orientation of the tool (2) is/are determined by approaching at least one reference surface (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) on the tool (2) with a handling device (3) equipped with at least one sensor (4, 4?), transmitting the determined positions of the reference surfaces (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) to an evaluating means (11), and determining in the evaluating means (11) the position and orientation of the tool (2). The invention further relates to a shaping machine.

Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to a method and a corresponding device for shaping a workpiece, in which the lifting of the workpiece from the tool after a shaping process is automated. One implementation of the method relates to (a) placing the workpiece in a shaping position on a first tool of the shaping machine, (b) moving the tools of the shaping machine toward one another, (c) shaping the workpiece between the tools, (d) subsequently moving the tools away from one another, (e) identifying a triggering time when the relative motion of the tools has reached a reference position.,(f) determining a lifting time, which may be a function of the triggering time, and (g) initiating a lifting motion of the workpiece from the first tool by at least one handling device at lifting time.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to an automated handling device for handling a forged piece during a forging press. A method in accordance with an implementation of the present invention involves positioning the workpiece between two tools in a predetermined shaping position in at least one working region of a shaping machine (positioning step), particularly one that operates percussively, moving the tools of the shaping machine relative to one another and shaping the workpiece between the tools during at least one shaping step, holding the workpiece in its shaping position by at least two handling devices during each shaping step, and thus also when the tool(s) strike the workpiece, and automatically controlling or regulating by mutual coordination the motions and positions of at least two handling devices by use of at least one control device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a shaping machine (1) having a tool (2), in particular a shaping machine having a shaping tool, in which the workpiece is handled by means of a handling device (3) during the manufacturing process. To improve the production process, the invention provides that before machining of workpieces on the shaping machine (1), the position and/or orientation of the tool (2) is/are determined by approaching at least one reference surface (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) on the tool (2) with a handling device (3) equipped with at least one sensor (4, 4?), transmitting the determined positions of the reference surfaces (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) to an evaluating means (11), and determining in the evaluating means (11) the position and orientation of the tool (2). The invention further relates to a shaping machine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for shaping at least one workpiece, according to which a) the workpiece (10) is placed in a shaping position on a first (12) of at least two tools (12, 13) of a forming machine, b) the tools (12, 13) are moved towards each other, c) the workpiece is shaped between the tools, and d) the two tools are then moved away from each other, e) a triggering time is detected when the relative position (x) of the tools (12, 13) is in or has reached a predefined or predefinable reference position (xR), preferably during the relative movement of the tools towards each other, f) at least one handling device (2) starts lifting the workpiece (10) from the first tool (12) at a specific lifting time, g) the lifting time being selected or determined in accordance with the triggering time. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out said method.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to an automated handling device for handling a forged piece during a forging press. A method in accordance with an implementation of the present invention involves positioning the workpiece between two tools in a predetermined shaping position in at least one working region of a shaping machine (positioning step), particularly one that operates percussively, moving the tools of the shaping machine relative to one another and shaping the workpiece between the tools during at least one shaping step, holding the workpiece in its shaping position by at least two handling devices during each shaping step, and thus also when the tool(s) strike the workpiece, and automatically controlling or regulating by mutual coordination the motions and positions of at least two handling devices by use of at least one control device.