Abstract: A device for breaking glass articles, such as bottles, the device comprising an inlet to receive an article. A conduit links the inlet with a glass-breaking chamber, and the chamber houses a glass-breaking member, said glass-breaking member being rotatably mounted for rotation in a vertical plane, and to impact a bottle as a bottle enters the chamber. A motor is linked via a horizontally rotating axle to rotate the glass-breaking member. An obliquely mounted crusher plate is located such that as the glass-breaking member rotates and impacts a glass article, which is forced against the crusher plate by the glass-breaking member to aid breakage of a glass article. A collector is included in which broken glass is retained ready for removal from the device. An intermediate collector is also included to temporarily retain broken glass, including a release valve allowing broken glass to pass from the intermediate collector to the collector, via an aperture therebetween.

Abstract: A system for eliminating unexploded ordnance from a mixture. The system includes a separation plant, including a crusher, a magnetic separation station, and a screen plant. The crusher reduces the size of pieces in the mixture, the magnetic separator separates pieces containing a significant amount of ferrous metal, and the screen separates small pieces from larger pieces. The fine output of the screen is composed of pieces that are sufficiently small to pose little hazard; they may be further subjected to heat treatment. Large pieces containing ferrous metal, or large pieces containing nonferrous metal, may be explosive and are transported, using an unmanned machine, to an inspection plant where they are sorted and where any unexploded ordnance is identified and disposed of. The separation plant is sufficiently distant from the inspection plant that an explosion at the separation plant does not pose a hazard to personnel at the inspection plant.

Abstract: This invention is aimed at a problem arising in the oil and gas industry, namely disposal of tubing after it has reached ‘end-of-life’. Currently, there is no good way of efficiently reclaiming coil tubing which is no longer useful in the oilfield for production or drilling-related purposes. Instead the tubing is typically stored as junk, or shipped on reels to foundries for remanufacturing. This invention aims to assist in the recycling or reclamation of end-of-life coiled tubing by safely and efficiently turning the tubulars into compact chips or shreds, and may be helpful in the recycling and reclamation of other types of tubing, jointed pipe, pipeline and similar conduit materials.

Abstract: A classifier cleaning and optimization device is provided. The device includes a chamber that is adapted to contain a fluidized bed, an array of two or more adjacently arranged inclined plates positioned above the fluidized bed wherein an inclined channel is formed between each pair of adjacent inclined plates, and a means for introducing a process liquid into the chamber between the fluidized bed and the array of inclined plates such that in use, the process fluid travels through at least one of the inclined channels. A method of cleaning the separation section of a classifier is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A magnetic separator incorporating a rigid frame having left and right rails having longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal ends; longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal rollers respectively mounted at the left and right rails' longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal ends, the longitudinal roller having an interior cylindrical space; a multiplicity of magnets within the interior cylindrical space; a continuous loop belt mounted over the longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal rollers, the belt having a longitudinally movable upper flight, a longitudinal end, and a simultaneously oppositely longitudinally movable lower flight having a longitudinal end; a plenum mounted beneath the lower flight, the plenum having an air input port and having an air output port, the plenum's air output port being positioned for directing a flow of air toward the lower flight's longitudinal end; and an air impeller operatively mounted in communication with the plenum's air input port.

Abstract: A fluid processing system and method of processing a fluid includes a tank having an outer wall, a heating element, and an insulating element. The heating element is situated within the tank and includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The insulating element is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. As such, powering the heating element directs an electric current through the fluid within the tank for heating the fluid, while the insulating element provides electrical and thermal insulation to the outer wall of the tank.

Abstract: An engineered collection medium for use in mineral separation is described. The engineered collection medium has a solid phase body configured with a three-dimensional open-cell structure like foam or sponge to provide collection surfaces. The surfaces are functionalized with a hydrophobic chemical having molecules with a functional group for attaching mineral particles to the collection surfaces. The engineered collection medium can be a foam block, a filter or conveyor belt to be placed in a slurry to collect mineral particles in the slurry. The engineered collection medium carrying the mineral particles is provided to a release apparatus where the mineral particles can be released by using mechanical agitation, sonic agitation and so forth.

Abstract: A centrifuge comprising a rotor having a rotational axis, at least one receptacle for a blood sample container, controller means for controlling the rotational speed of the rotor, at least one optical transmitter for transmitting an optical signal, at least one optical receiver for registering the amplitude of the optical signal, where the optical signal is configured to pass through the blood sample container where the optical receiver detects the amplitude of the optical signal when it is directed through the blood sample container, where the amplitude of the optical signal reflects the translucency of the blood sample, where the controller means is configured to discontinue the rotational movement of the rotor when the amplitude of the optical signal over time has fulfilled a predefined pattern indicating that at least the fibrin compression phase of the blood sample is started.

Abstract: A decanter centrifuge that carries out solid-liquid separation by centrifugal force on an object to be processed that is fed into a rotating bowl and designed from a solid and a saturated solution wherein that solid is dissolved, and discharges solid phase components from a solid discharge opening and discharges liquid phase components from a solvent discharge opening thereof by rotationally operating a screw conveyor disposed within the rotating bowl, said decanter centrifuge being provided with a dilution solvent supply unit for supplying, during centrifuging of the object to be processed, dilution solvent that reduces the concentration of the saturated solution to a discharge path, which is a discharge path for saturated solution moving within the rotating bowl, and which is designed closer to the solvent discharge opening side—than a chamber for supplying the object to be processed.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, the invention provides a retrofit for existing water treatment systems where the retrofit includes at least one of the following: a particulate separator, a supplementary inlet, and a waveform disk-pack turbine. In a further embodiment, the invention includes a water treatment system combined with at least one of the following: a particulate separator, a supplementary inlet, and a waveform disk-pack turbine.

Abstract: An adapter for a blow gun and a method of using the same is provided. The adapter has a generally cylindrical tube having a first end and a second end wherein the first end of the generally cylindrical tube slides onto the distal tip of a blow gun and is held in place by an internal O-ring/D-ring within the adapter which is secured within a groove on the distal tip of the blow gun. The second end of the adapter has internal threading which may therein receive a variety of various nozzle tips without the need to remove the adapter from the blow gun. An exterior side of the generally cylindrical tube of the adapter has a knurled finish for better grasping and tightening the generally cylindrical tube by hand. The present adapter may allow for the utilization of ?? NPS threaded tips on modern pistol grip blow guns.

Abstract: The invention relates to a spray gun apparatus (10) for spraying a fine film coating of liquid, such as paint, lacquer or bond, onto a surface. The spray gun comprises a main body (12) having a fluid throughbore (22), a gas throughbore (16), and a main trigger lever (80) for allowing a user to spray fluid from the gun. A fluid flow adjustment mechanism (52, 58, 74) facilitates adjustment of the quantity of fluid sprayed from the gun for a given displacement of the main trigger lever (80). An engagement surface (86) is provided on the trigger lever and adapted to engage with a corresponding engagement surface (90) of the fluid flow adjustment mechanism. Pivoting movement of the main trigger lever (80) results in translational movement of at least a portion of the fluid flow adjustment mechanism to thereby selectively spray fluid from the gun upon displacement of the main trigger lever.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a process chamber accommodating substrates; a heating system for heating the process chamber to a predetermined temperature; a precursor gas supply system including a precursor gas nozzle and for supplying a precursor gas from the precursor gas nozzle to the process chamber; a reaction gas supply system configured to supply a reaction gas reacting with the precursor gas in the process chamber; and a control part configured to control the heating system, the precursor gas supply system and the reaction gas supply system to form a film on each of the plurality of substrates by performing a process, while heating the process chamber accommodating the plurality of substrates to the predetermined temperature. The process includes supplying the precursor gas from the precursor gas nozzle to the process chamber and supplying the reaction gas to the process chamber.

Abstract: System to prevent leaks of liquids in a manual sprayer—insecticides, herbicides, fungicides—comprised by a large storing tank in which a recipient is installed under pressure. A pumping assembly, which is manually activated, is connected to the inferior part of the container under pressure and to the lower part of the tank. The pumping assembly is comprised of an alternative piston to extract the liquid from the storing tank and to pressurize it inside the container under pressure. The pressurized liquid is applied using a hose and a regulating valve attached to the container under pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging device comprising a bottle containing a product to be distributed and having a neck, and a dispensing device comprising a body arranged in the neck. A cache masking the body of the dispensing device is arranged in the neck of the bottle.

Abstract: Provided is a pump apparatus, having an upstream pump, a filter, and a downstream pump being inserted into a processing liquid flow path in this order. The downstream pump has an inlet higher in level than an outlet of the upstream pump and higher in level than an outlet of the filter. That is, the downstream pump is disposed higher in level than the upstream pump and the filter. Accordingly, this allows a processing liquid to flow upward. Even when air bubbles are generated in the processing liquid, buoyancy causes the air bubbles to move upward in the processing liquid flow path and collect the air bubbles on a downstream side. Consequently, the air bubbles are readily vented from the processing liquid flow path.

Abstract: The invention relates to removal from the working area of a dust and gas mixture produced by action of a processing tool on the material being processed. The present dust and gas valve is intended to be mounted in an apparatus for processing materials. The dust and gas valve comprises a casing adapted to accommodate a processing tool and to be connected to a system for aspirating the produced dust and gas mixture, and means for directing the dust and gas mixture into the casing. According to the invention said means comprises: a unit for directional supply of compressed air to the working area, and a dust and gas mixture flow guiding element having a lower surface disposed around the working area and streamlined for the dust and gas mixture flow.

Abstract: Apparatus and techniques for use in manufacturing a light emitting device, such as an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device can include using one or more modules having a controlled environment. The controlled environment can be maintained at a pressure at about atmospheric pressure or above atmospheric pressure. The modules can be arranged to provide various processing regions and to facilitate printing or otherwise depositing one or more patterned organic layers of an OLED device, such as an organic encapsulation layer (OEL) of an OLED device. In an example, uniform support for a substrate can be provided at least in part using a gas cushion, such as during one or more of a printing, holding, or curing operation comprising an OEL fabrication process. In another example, uniform support for the substrate can be provided using a distributed vacuum region, such as provided by a porous medium.

Abstract: A paint rack having an attachment support bar, three leg portions, and three grate attachment portions, the three grate attachment portions matably attachable to a floor grate, the three leg portions mounted on top of the three grate attachment portions and extending upwardly from the grate attachment portions, the attachment support bar connected to the three leg portions, and extending upwardly from the three leg portions.

Abstract: A water display is described including a wall or other structure upon which streams of water are shot. The direction, velocity, pressure and flow rate of the water streams may be varied to provide entertaining visual effects, which may also be choreographed with music, lighting or other features.

Abstract: A viscous material noncontact jetting system has a jetting dispenser mounted for relative motion with respect to a surface. A control is operable to cause the jetting dispenser to jet a viscous material droplet that is applied to the surface as a viscous material dot. A device, such as a camera or weigh scale, is connected to the control and provides a feedback signal representing a size-related physical characteristic of the dot applied to the surface. The size-related physical characteristics of subsequently applied dots are controlled by heating and cooling, or adjusting a piston stroke in the jetting dispenser, in response to the size-related physical characteristic feedback. Dispensed material volume control and velocity offset compensation are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for arranging objects in particular tableware, in a system for coating including a base element, an adapter element and a support element, each of which are designed in such a manner that they can be plugged together in a direction (z). In the plugged-together state, the adapter element is arranged between the base element and the support element with the object disposed in a predetermined position on the adapter element. The adapter element, the base element and the support element are locked relative to one another with the object in such a manner that only a relative movement in the direction (z) is possible amongst each other. The invention further relates to a method for the arrangement of objects, in particular tableware with the device, in a system for coating.

Abstract: A roll-up grout bag apparatus includes a dowel with a slot formed therethrough from an open end to a closed end thereof. A lever is engaged with the dowel at the closed end to facilitate rolling the dowel about an axis thereof. The slot receives a filling end of a grout bag and is rolled onto the dowel using the lever to urge grout within the bag to be dispensed from an opening at a narrow dispensing end of the bag. The apparatus may include a ratchet mechanism to engage the lever with the dowel.

Abstract: The embodied invention is a removable masking article comprising a thin board made from paper or cover stock (40# basis weight or more) in the dimensions of 17×2¾ or 11×17 inches. One side incorporates a tacky, removable adhesive that starts at one of the long edges and covers approximately one inch of the surface area. The low tack adhesive allows the product to be applied multiple times, provided the surface is free of moisture and dirt. The low tack adhesive does not leave a residue when removed from a surface. It is economically made by using a standard size 11×17? paper or cardboard in whole or in cut pieces.

Abstract: According to one example there is provided a system for applying fluid to a substrate using a first and second array of fluid applicators.

Abstract: A baking-type aqueous organic silicon fluorine-containing polymer paint is provided, which includes an aqueous organic silicon fluorine-containing polymer dispersion and a curing agent. The curing agent includes aqueous amino resin, aqueous isocyanate resin, or a combination thereof. In addition, the paint may further include an assist resin such as aqueous polyester resin, aqueous acrylic acid resin, aqueous epoxy resin, aqueous phenoxy resin, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Kits and methods are provided for color customization of articles by applying ink to regions of decreased pigment density. By creating tension over these regions during application of the ink, the ink may be preferentially transferred to those regions.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a certain method of catalytically coating a honeycomb monolith, in particular a so-called flow-through monolith. These types of monoliths can be quite precisely be coated by a method using an indirect coating via a displacement body. The present invention further improves this method through controlling the process by monitoring the certain measures.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for an ultrasonic electrostatic device. A device may include a substrate comprising an indentation. A first electrode may be located within the indentation. A membrane may be affixed to the substrate and may cover the indentation. The membrane may include a second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode may be electrically connected to a circuit such that the first electrode and the second electrode form a parallel plate capacitor.

Abstract: A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) and methods of forming the same are disclosed herein. In one implementation, the CMUT comprises a glass substrate having a cavity; a patterned metal bottom electrode situated within the cavity of the glass substrate; and a vibrating plate comprising at least a conducting layer, wherein the vibrating plate is anodically bonded to the glass substrate to form an air-tight seal between the vibrating plate and the substrate and wherein a pressure inside the cavity is less than atmospheric pressure (i.e., a vacuum). In another implementation, the CMUT comprises a glass substrate with Through-Glass-Via (TGV) interconnects, wherein a metal electrode is electrically connected to a TGV and wherein said metal electrode can be in the bottom of a cavity of the glass substrate or on the vibrating plate.

Abstract: A deflector for a mobile material separating machine includes a deflector body hingedly attached to a trommel screen frame and a conveyor movable with respect to the trommel screen frame. The conveyor has a stowed position and an operating position. The deflector system also includes an automatic linkage pivotably attached to the deflector body and to the conveyor. The linkage moves and guides the deflector body when the conveyor moves between the stowed position and the operating position.

Abstract: Presently disclosed embodiments are directed to a system and method for controlling/adjusting a position of mail product or other contents in an automated mail tray. Specifically, the disclosed embodiments utilize an automated mail tray with a ridged construction to allow automation equipment to adjust, load, and unload mail product in a structured manner. An adjustment feature, along with a moveable bottom surface of the mail tray, may be used to adjust a position of mail product in the automated mail tray into a vertical position. In some embodiments, the system may actuate the adjustment feature in response to sensor feedback that the mail product has fallen from the vertical position. Once the mail is in the vertical position, the moveable tray bottom may lift the mail product until it is elevated out of the tray for movement into other automation equipment without tray wall interference.

Abstract: A truck, a loading bridge, a sorting system for items being dispatched and a retrofit kit for a sorting machine for items being dispatched. In order to ensure that an item being dispatched can be removed in simple ways from the sorting machine for items being dispatched and transported to a further sorting step, the truck has a displaceable floor and the loading bridge has a driving device for the floor.

Abstract: An automatic weighing and sorting apparatus for battery electrode sheets is provided. The automatic weighing and sorting apparatus includes a conveying device, a weighing device, and a sorting device. The conveying device is configured to transfer a number of battery electrode sheets to the weighing device. The weighing device is configured to get a weight of each of the number of battery electrode sheets. The sorting device is configured to sort the number of battery electrode sheets based on the weight of each of the number of battery electrode sheets.

Abstract: A device and a method for processing parent parts and for sorting waste parts thereby separated. For this purpose, an optical detection unit is provided, which is configured to detect at least one geometric feature G of each waste part and to generate a control signal S corresponding to the at least one detected geometric feature G. The control signal S is transmitted to a sorting unit. The fed waste part is sorted depending on the received control signal S. It is thus possible to assign the separated waste parts to a specific parent part. This in turn enables an assignment and determination of the material of which the waste part consists, which specifically corresponds to the material of which the parent part consists. This enables the waste parts to be separated into different categories.

Abstract: A window cleaning robot (100), a window cleaning robot system and a method for controlling the window cleaning robot are disclosed. The window cleaning robot (100) comprises a window cleaning robot body (10), a detecting module disposed on the window cleaning robot body (10) and configured to detect an environment outside the window cleaning robot body (10), and a controlling device connected to the detecting module and configured to control an action of the window cleaning robot body (10) based on a data detected by the detecting module.

Abstract: To provide an installation for cleaning and/or deburring workpieces, comprising a treatment region configured to enable a cleaning treatment and/or a deburring treatment to be performed on a workpiece therein, a loading device for transferring the workpiece from an outer area of the installation into the treatment region and an unloading device for transferring the workpiece from the treatment region into the outer area of the installation, with which installation there is achieved a high workpiece throughput with a favourable cleaning and/or deburring result, it is proposed that the loading device and/or the unloading device comprises at least one treatment device configured to enable the workpiece to be treated during the transfer between the outer area of the installation and the treatment region of the installation.

Abstract: A spray gun for a high-pressure cleaning appliance is provided, with a gun casing, in which is arranged a valve, which has a through duct which extends from a valve inlet to a valve outlet, and has a closure body which, in a closed position, bears in a fluid-tight manner against a valve seat and which is adapted to be moved, with the aid of a hand lever mechanically coupled to the closure body, into an open position spaced apart from the valve seat, and with an electric apparatus which has an electric display device and at least one battery. The electric apparatus has an electric casing which is sealed against sprayed water and forms a sub-unit adapted to be handled independently, wherein all of the current-carrying components of the spray gun are arranged in the electric casing and are separated galvanically from the remaining components of the spray gun.

Abstract: A substrate dry cleaning apparatus, a substrate dry cleaning system, and a method of cleaning a substrate are disclosed. The substrate dry cleaning system includes a substrate support and a reactive species generator. The reactive species generator includes a first conduit defining a first flow channel that extends to an outlet of the first conduit, the outlet of the first conduit facing the substrate support, a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, the first flow channel disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first inert wall disposed between the first electrode and the first flow channel, and a second inert wall disposed between the second electrode and the first flow channel.

Abstract: A closet auger includes an elongated casing member extending along an axis, and an elongated drive member telescopically received in the casing member and movable between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the casing member along the axis. The drive member is rotatable relative to the casing member about the axis. The closet auger further includes a flexible cable having an end removably connectable to the drive member in first and second configurations, where a length of the flexible cable is retracted within or extended from the drive member, respectively. A cable retention assembly is supported by the casing member and selectively engageable with the flexible cable to inhibit movement of the flexible cable relative to the casing member. The drive member is movable relative to the flexible cable when the cable retention assembly engages the flexible cable to change between the first and second configurations.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate holding unit, an elevated/lowered member, and an elevation/lowering driving unit. The chamber includes a base plate having an upper surface that defines a housing space. The substrate holding unit is housed in the housing space, is placed on the upper surface of the base plate, and holds a substrate. The elevated/lowered member is elevated and lowered inside the housing space. The elevation/lowering driving unit drives the elevation and lowering of the elevated/lowered member. The elevation/lowering driving unit includes a driving source, disposed higher than a lower surface of the base plate, and an elevating/lowering head, which is connected to a guard and is moved vertically by the driving source within a movable range in which an entirety of the head is positioned higher than the lower surface of the base plate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to fume hoods, and more particularly to systems and methods for controlling a fume hood airflow using an image (e.g., an optical image, an acoustic image, etc.) of a fume hood opening. A system for controlling a fume hood may include an image capture sensor, a configurator and a controller. The image capture sensor may be positioned to have a field of view that includes at least a portion of a fume hood opening, and may be configured to capture an image that includes at least part of the fume hood opening and/or a person working at the hood. The controller may then provide a control signal to a ventilation device for providing a desired airflow in the fume hood. The control signal may depending on the current size of the fume hood opening as captured by the image capture sensor.

Abstract: A manufactured composite comprising synthetic turf and impermeable geomembrane is used in a single-layer capping system as the single layer to provide permanent, impermeable and functional aesthetic cover for land reclamation. During installation of composite pieces at a job site, an edge portion of a tufted section of a second composite piece is overlaid onto an edge untufted section of the first composite piece already laid and anchored over foundation soil to form a reinforced overlapping seam, through which the two composite pieces are physically and permanently joined together. As composite pieces are joined together, the continuity of synthetic grass and the continuity of impermeability are extended and realized over the entire site to form permanent, impermeable and functional aesthetic cover for land reclamation.

Abstract: A liquid treatment system includes: a filter casing including a structural wall, a first screen formed though the structural wall, and a second screen formed though the structural wall; and a liquid treatment cartridge configured for placement in the filter casing between the first and second screens. The liquid treatment cartridge includes a cartridge casing having an upper end and a lower end, and an inflatable seal surrounding the cartridge casing at an intermediary position between the upper end and lower end. A method of servicing a groundwater treatment installation includes: vertically displacing a liquid treatment cartridge within a filter casing having a structural wall, a first screen formed though the structural wall, and a second screen formed though the structural wall.

Abstract: The invention is intended for integrated decontamination of soils contaminated with mercury (amalgam) or/and radionuclides. Method for soil decontamination includes preparation of pulp by mixing soils with water at the soil sampling point with separation of fraction with fragments more than 100 mm in the pulp preparation module, disintegration of pulp and soil aggregates in the disintegration module with separation of plants residues and fraction with fragments more than 10 mm. Pulp thickening. In the hydroclassification module the pulp is separated into sand and fine particle fractions, the fine particle fraction goes to the dehydration module, designed as a concentrator, where it is thickened and dehydrated for further disposal. If mercury and amalgam are present in soils they are separated in the thickening module.

Abstract: A method for treating contaminated water or other contaminated media has been developed. Bioremediation enhancing agents (BEAs) such as yeast metabolites (YM) and other yeast derived products are used to facilitate microbial treatment of the contaminated material. Polysaccharides are also an effective BEA when used alone or in combination with the yeast derived products. The BEAs may work with microbes and electron donors to improve the rate of contaminant degradation and to increase the efficiency of electron donor utilization. A number of novel electron donors are also disclosed.

Abstract: [Problem] In a small-size rolling mill or a roll press machine, to provide a hydraulic screw-down device compatible with the plate thickness accuracy without using a hydraulic control servo valve. [Means for Solution]A hydraulic screw-down device that is comprised of a screw to move a piston arranged in a booster cylinder back and forth, and a motor that gives rotational force to the screw controlling freely the rotational angle of the screw so as to move the piston to the purpose position. A screw-down cylinder connected with the booster cylinder through piping makes a ram in the screw-down cylinder move vertically by the move of oil caused by the movement of the piston in the booster cylinder and thereby enables push-up and push-down of the mill roll.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a press-formed product. The method includes: a first process of preparing a material that is long in a first direction, and when viewed in a cross-section perpendicular to the first direction, the cross-section is a hollow cross-section that is long in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second process of bending the material in a direction intersecting the second direction when viewed from the first direction, by pressing the material along the second direction.

Abstract: The invention concerns a bending tool (6) with an actuating element (19) accessible outside the tool receptacle, with coupled to it a locking element (20) with a locking catch (21) for securing the bending tool (6) in the tool receptacle. The first end portion (32) of the actuating element (19) has an actuating face (33) arranged on the end side and the second end portion (34) of the actuating element (19) has an actuating recess (35). The invention further concerns a gripping device (14) for manipulating a bending tool (6), comprising a first gripping arm (59) and a second gripping arm (60) displaceable relative to the first gripping arm (59) in the clamping direction (64), said gripping arms (59) being formed to engage in a gripping groove (23, 24) of the bending tool (6) and to clamp the bending tool (6).

Abstract: A bending machine has a main spindle which supports a die. There are two counter dies each mounted on a working arm which rotate about the main spindle. The working arms are driven by link arms which are acted on by a translational drive. There is versatile three-point bending caused by three die points, two on the working arms and one on the die support shaft. The working arm drive includes a translational component which extends through the die support shaft, and which is connected to the link arms. This achieves excellent symmetry and compactness.