Abstract: Rotary tools for operating on energized power lines are described herein. The rotary tool may be used to manipulate wire ties wrapped around the conductors and to clean the conductors. The rotary tool may comprise a planetary gear set. A ring gear may comprise a receiving portion through which an end of the wire tie is received and, as the ring gear rotates, the wire tie is fed through the receiving portion and unwound about the conductor. A spring-loaded rod assembly may also be used, having a rod that is kept proximal to the conductor by the spring. The rod may be inserted between the conductor and the wire tie and rotated along with the ring gear to unwind the wire tie. The rod may comprise wire bristles to abrade corrosive material off the conductor. The rotary tool may be remotely operated by a robotic unit.

Abstract: A tool for machining a planar workpiece, comprising an upper tool having a clamping shaft and an upper main body that lie on a common positioning axis, a tool body arranged opposite to the clamping shaft on the upper main body, the tool body comprising a bending edge, and a lower tool having a lower main body that receives a rotational body that is rotatable around an axis of rotation running in a direction of the bending edge of the tool body, wherein the upper tool and the lower tool are movable towards and away from each other in a stroke direction for machining the workpiece arranged therebetween, and wherein the upper main body defines a projection surface that is perpendicular to the positioning axis and the bending edge of the tool body is adjacent tangentially to the projection surface or is outside the projection surface.

Abstract: In a manufacturing method for a component, a clamping force is applied perpendicular to a surface of a first portion of a semifinished product containing reinforcing fibers via opposing first clamping surfaces of a first clamping tool. A clamping force is applied perpendicular to a surface of a second portion of the semifinished product via mutually opposing first clamping surfaces of a second clamping tool, spaced a first distance from the first clamping tool. A shaping device deforms a third portion of the semifinished product lying between the first and the second portions to form a first subportion and an opposite second subportion. The first distance is reduced to a second distance. A clamping force is applied perpendicular to the surfaces of the first and second subportions via a second clamping surface of the first clamping tool and an opposite second clamping surface of the second clamping tool.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for splicing a reserve nose wire to a running nose wire in a facemask production line. Prior to depletion of the running nose wire, a reserve nose wire is brought up to a transport speed in a conveying direction of the running nose wire. At or near a zero relative speed between the running nose wire and the reserve nose wire, a leading end of the reserve nose wire is introduced onto the running nose wire, and the two wires are spliced together. The running nose wire is then cut upstream of the splice location such that the reserve nose wire becomes a new running nose wire in the production line.

Abstract: An elevating bed capable of detecting braking performance includes an elevating assembly, a driving motor connected to the elevating assembly and driving the elevating assembly to move, a brake device connected to the driving motor, a control module connected to the driving motor and to the brake device. When the control module disables the brake device, the control module controls the driving motor to drive the elevating assembly to move for a first movement distance and calculates a first torque value of the driving motor. When the control module enables the brake device, the control module controls the driving motor to drive the elevating assembly to move for a second movement distance and calculates a second torque value of the driving motor. The control module determines whether the brake device is normal or abnormal according to a relationship between the first torque value and the second torque value.

Abstract: Provided is a method for winding an edgewise coil and a winding device capable of saving time and labor when changing a guide. A guide bar is disposed in contact with the side face of the rectangular conductor bent by the bending jig and the rotation center of the guide bar deviates from the rotation center of a bending jig for bending a rectangular conductor. The guide bar rotates in accordance with the action whereby the bending jig bends the rectangular conductor and supports the outside surface of a coil on the side of rotational direction of the bending jig.

Abstract: A formation and rotation apparatus for use in forming and rotating interconnected sections of a cylindrical workpiece, including a frame and a head arranged within the frame, the head defining two slots and being operatively rotated via an integral drive assembly. A first slide block is slidably disposed within one of the two slots, and a second slide block is disposed within another of the two slots, each of the first and the second slide blocks include a cutting wheel and a beading wheel for successively forming each of the interconnected sections. An armature having an axis of rotation is also provided, along with a gripping mechanism being operatively connected to the armature. A drive mechanism selectively rotates the armature about the axis of rotation after the gripping means has closed about one of the interconnected sections.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shaping station of a metal wire shaping sequence machine, a machine wherein a wire feed station supplies the wire along a travel axis through a bending nose which brings the wire in front of tools of a bending head which can be moved about the wire travel axis. The bending head is supported by an annular arm centered on the travel axis, and mounted to rotate about said travel axis. Preferably, the annular arm, with the guiding in rotation thereof by rollers and a toothed ring, are mounted on a support plate positioned vertically and perpendicularly to the wire travel axis. In addition, the support plate can be moved in horizontal and vertical translation in a plane perpendicular to the wire travel axis, which also is the arm rotation axis.

Abstract: A device and a process are described for bending a metallic strip (W) by means of bending tools (3, 4) which can rotate around a common axis (M) near a guide aperture (1) through which the metallic strip to be bent is fed. Controllable blocking means (5-8) are provided to lock the bending tools in positions mutually alongside the guide aperture when they are in the rest condition, and to release at least one of the bending tools in the operating condition in which the bending is performed.

Abstract: An end treatment portion 1a which treats ends Wa and Wb of an electric wire W and a transfer portion 7 which transfers the electric wire W are provided; a discharge portion 6, which discharges the electric wire W which is subjected to an end treatment by the end treatment portion 1a and transferred by the transfer portion 7, is also provided; the discharge portion 6 includes a discharge beam 11 for securing the electric wire W in a predetermined arrangement pattern; a calculation portion 20, which controls a securing treatment for securing the electric wire W to the discharge beam 11 in the discharge portion 6, is provided; and the predetermined arrangement pattern is set by the calculation portion 20 based on a content of processing the electric wire W at a subsequent process.

Abstract: A method to check and control a roller bending machine for continuously bending an elongated workpiece at variable curvature radii in a bending machine using a series of rollers for bending, comprises the steps of measuring the distance of the elongated work piece in a point that is situated downstream the series of rollers for bending in successive instants, calculating a curvature radius of each bend section of the elongated workpiece, comparing the calculated curvature radius with the desired curvature radius and determining a difference between them, calculating the change of position to which an upstream roller has to be subjected in order to annul such a difference and operating the upstream roller on the base of the calculated change of position. A machine embodying the method is also described.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to a wire bending apparatus capable of both on and off-plane nose and mandrel bends. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention incorporate a center turret cluster with a plurality of radii possible, a nose-bending mandrel, and a mandrel-bending mandrel. This apparatus forms a bending head that is attached to a CNC wire bending machine. This combination allows increased flexibility in forming complex wire forms and cuts down secondary operations, such as operations from robot arms, sometimes associated with CNC wire bending. In addition, the turret cluster position in the center allows for bending support with mandrel bends or nose bending on the back side of the bending head, usually 180 degrees away from the normal bending area. This allows the manufacturing of double end-loop forms without the addition of external clamps or robotic manipulation.

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided for bending an elongate member used in association with a medical procedure. In one form, a device for bending an elongate member includes a support platform and a plurality of engaging members positioned on the support platform. Each of the plurality of engaging members includes at least one engaging portion configured for positioning in contact with the elongate member. Each of the plurality of engaging members is movable in at least three directions relative to the support platform to form one or more bends in the elongate member. In one aspect, the elongate member is formed of a heat deformable material and the device includes a heating member configured to apply heat to one or more portions of the elongate member to facilitate bending. However, other embodiments, forms and applications are also envisioned.

Abstract: A bending device that bends a workpiece is provided with a bending mechanism that bends the workpiece, a fixing table on which a chuck mechanism that grips the workpiece is mounted, an articulated robot to which the bending mechanism is attached, and a control unit that controls operations of the bending mechanism, the chuck mechanism, and the articulated robot. The control unit includes a first control unit that twists the bending mechanism around a longitudinal axis of the workpiece, and a second control unit that controls the articulated robot to twist the bending mechanism holding the workpiece around the longitudinal axis of the workpiece within a twisting angle range and then causes the first control unit to perform the twisting.

Abstract: A chuck mechanism that grips a workpiece is configured to be able to twist and rotate the gripped workpiece around a longitudinal axis of the workpiece. A control unit is provided with a first control unit and a second control unit. The first control unit drives an articulated robot to which a bending mechanism for bending the workpiece is attached, and twists the workpiece clamped by the bending mechanism around the longitudinal axis of the workpiece within a preset twisting angle range. When the angle of twisting by the first control unit exceeds the twisting angle range, the second control unit controls the chuck mechanism to twist the workpiece around the longitudinal axis of the workpiece.

Abstract: A method produces a bent part by two- or three-dimensional bending of an elongate workpiece, in particular a wire or tube, in a bending process wherein at least one portion of the workpiece is moved into an initial position in the region of engagement of a bending tool by one or more feed operations by the coordinated activation of the movements of driven machine axes of a bending machine numerically controlled by a control device and is formed by bending in at least one bending operation with the aid of a bending tool. The movements of the driven machine axes are generated according to a movement profile predeterminable by the control device of the bending machine and include at least one oscillation-relevant movement leading to an oscillation of the free end portion of the bent part. During an oscillation-relevant movement, a compensating movement, reducing the generation of oscillation and/or damping the oscillation, a machine axis is generated in at least one compensation time interval.

Abstract: In a bending apparatus for rod-shaped workpieces, comprising a machine frame to which a bending head with bending tools is attached, which bending head is movable relative to the frame, further a feed device upstream of the bending head for feeding the workpieces to the same, and a cutting device which can be displaced in the direction of feed of the workpieces and can be applied between bending head and feed device to the respective workpiece for cutting the same, the feed device can also be displaced in the direction of feed of the workpiece in addition to the cutting device, which occurs independent of the displacement of the cutting device.

Abstract: A bending apparatus for performing accurate non-destructive bending of material includes first and second jigs that are rotatable about a rotary shaft and that bend the material attached to the jigs as they rotate relative to each other. The first jig includes a bending section that is arranged offset from a rotary center to a rotating side of the material and that has a partially cylindrical surface with a radius of curvature corresponding to the radius of curvature of an inner peripheral surface of the material. Each of the first and second jigs has a suppressing section for suppressing displacement of the material, and a bending center of the material is arranged such that the material is not displaced relative to the first and second jigs when the material is bent.

Abstract: A bending apparatus for manufacturing a bent member from a steel pipe with high dimensional accuracy and high productivity can be installed in a small space with good maintainability. The apparatus has a feed mechanism for feeding a steel pipe in its lengthwise direction, a first support mechanism for supporting the steel pipe while feeding it, a heating mechanism for heating a part or all of the steel pipe being fed, a cooling mechanism for cooling the portion of the heated steel pipe being fed, a second support mechanism for imparting a bending moment to the heated portion of the steel pipe to bend the steel pipe into a desired shape by moving two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally while supporting the fed steel pipe in at least one location, and a deformation preventing mechanism for preventing deformation of the steel pipe. The feed mechanism is a vertically articulated robot having seven axes.

Abstract: A duct making apparatus bends a metal web to form a duct blank having a lock tab at a forward end and having a Z-fold at a rearward end. Prior to shearing off the duct blank from the metal web, the apparatus bends the duct blank to insert the lock tab into the Z-fold, and further bends the Z-fold to form a clinch tab holding the lock tab into the Z-fold. After shearing off the duct blank from the metal web, the apparatus clinches the clinch tab over the lock tab to form a completed duct blank.

Abstract: A wire forming device for applying a paste material on an insulating substrate to form a wiring pattern. The wire forming device includes a paste material application unit which includes an atomizing unit atomizing the paste material and a nozzle spraying the atomized paste material onto the insulating substrate. The atomizing unit includes: a medium supplying portion which mixes a medium with a carrier gas to form a mixed gas and an atomizing portion. The atomizing portion holds the paste material and brings the mixed gas into contact with the paste material to atomize the paste material, thereby making a mist stream of the mixed gas and the paste material as the atomized paste material fed to the nozzle. The wire forming further includes a mixing ratio adjusting unit adjusting a mixing ratio of the paste material to the mixed gas in the mist stream.

Abstract: An end treatment portion 1a which treats ends Wa and Wb of an electric wire W and a transfer portion 7 which transfers the electric wire W are provided; a discharge portion 6, which discharges the electric wire W which is subjected to an end treatment by the end treatment portion 1a and transferred by the transfer portion 7, is also provided; the discharge portion 6 includes a discharge beam 11 for securing the electric wire W in a predetermined arrangement pattern; a calculation portion 20, which controls a securing treatment for securing the electric wire W to the discharge beam 11 in the discharge portion 6, is provided; and the predetermined arrangement pattern is set by the calculation portion 20 based on a content of processing the electric wire W at a subsequent process.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pressing device for bending, in which a pipe is held between a bending die having a shape corresponding to a shape of bending and a clamping die revolvable around the bending die, and, when the pipe is bent by revolving the clamping die around the bending die, an axial compression force is applied to the pipe. The pressing device for bending includes a movable table arranged movable in an axial direction of the pipe, a first cylinder provided to the movable table and able to press a rear end of the pipe, and a second cylinder provided to the movable table and able to press a fixed side in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first cylinder presses the pipe.

Abstract: A support jaw arrangement for sliding lateral support of rod-shaped and tubular workpieces prior to their entrance into a forming groove of a bending head of a bending machine. The support jaw arrangement includes two support jaws, one on each side of the workpiece. Each support jaw is fastened on a holder to a support bracket which, guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner on a guide block, is displaceable by a drive device from an initial position retracted against the direction of transport of the workpiece parallel to the same, to an end position extended in the direction of transport of the workpiece. One support jaw supports the workpiece in a laterally sliding manner in a region from its tangential entrance into the forming groove, up to a point at a predetermined distance in front of the same while the other support jaw assumes a retracted initial position.

Abstract: A bending apparatus including: a transferring unit for transferring a metallic rule through a passage formed by a guide, the passage defining a longitudinal axis; a folding unit having first and second rotary bodies spaced to receive the metallic rule; and a pair of bending fingers including a first bending finger and a second bending finger, the pair of bending fingers supported to revolve and move in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis for applying force against the metallic rule passing through the guide, the pair of bending fingers positioned adjacent to the guide, and for bending the metallic rule to desired angles, wherein the first bending finger is revolved by the first rotary body and the second bending finger is revolved by the second rotary body, wherein each finger of the pair of bending fingers is each configured for arcuate motion relative to the guide from a first position toward at least one second position to bend a portion of the metallic rule.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying labels to products includes a label application station at which the labels are applied to a product and an application head movably mounted relative to a base for movement between a first operative loading position spaced from the label application station and a second operative application position at which the application head applies at least one label to a product positioned at the label application station. An electrically actuated solenoid is operatively connected to the application head to move the application head between the first and second operative positions.

Abstract: A device and method for bending a metallic strip (1), particularly for manufacturing die cutting blades. The bending tools (20, 30) are capable of being rotated about a common axis (15) and wherein each tool (20, 30) is further capable of being rotated about its own axis (25, 35) of rotation which is different from each others (15, 25, and 35).

Abstract: A gripping device comprises a support frame defining an axially extending internal space for receiving a part that is to be gripped and a plurality of jaws carried by the support frame. The jaws each have an end face and are connected with the support frame such that an axially directed force applied to the end faces causes axially and radially inward movement of the jaws for gripping a part received in the internal space.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pressing device for bending, in which a pipe is held between a bending die having a shape corresponding to a shape of bending and a clamping die revolvable around the bending die, and, when the pipe is bent by revolving the clamping die around the bending die, an axial compression force is applied to the pipe. The pressing device for bending includes a movable table arranged movable in an axial direction of the pipe, a first cylinder provided to the movable table and able to press a rear end of the pipe, and a second cylinder provided to the movable table and able to press a fixed side in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first cylinder presses the pipe.

Abstract: A device and a process are described for bending a metallic strip (W) by means of bending tools (3, 4) which can rotate around a common axis (M) near a guide aperture (1) through which the metallic strip to be bent is fed. Controllable blocking means (5-8) are provided to lock the bending tools in positions mutually alongside the guide aperture when they are in the rest condition, and to release at least one of the bending tools in the operating condition in which the bending is performed.

Abstract: An automatic bending machine produces a steel rule punching die to be used for forming predetermined notch lines or fold lines in a paper strip, a sheet, a board member, or the like in production of a paper container or a corrugated box. The automatic bending machine has a bending tool which bends a band blade into a predetermined shape. In the machine, a diamond grinder which is laterally and vertically moved by a computer control is disposed in front of the bending tool. When the bending tool is combined with the diamond grinder, bending of the band blade, linear cutting of the both ends, nicking of a blade edge, bridging (notching) of a blade bottom, and broaching (slotting) of a blade side wall are enabled.

Abstract: A process of production of three-dimensional products from wire (1) or other suitable material, which process may be implemented in a system (8) that may include an advancement mechanism (9), a straightening mechanism (11), a length measuring arrangement (18) towards which advances the material (1), a gripper arrangement (14) suitable to hold the material with fixed grippers (15) and simultaneously with other grippers (16) to twist it to a desired angle around its longitudinal axis (X), and a rotatable bending mechanism (12) that can bend the material plastically in one plane and simultaneously can rotate at a desired angle around the longitudinal axis (X) of the wire (1) so that it may generate bends in different planes. The system (8) implementing the process may also carry a cutting arrangement (13).

Abstract: A channel letter bending machine for bending a return of a channel letter from a stock includes a feeding unit disposed along a path of travel of the stock to be bent for feeding the stock, a flanging unit for forming a flange along one edge of the stock, a notching unit for notching the flange of the stock fed by the feeding mechanism along the path of travel, and a bending unit for bending the stock under the control of the computer control system into the desired configuration for the channel letter shape, wherein the notching unit and the flanging unit are disposed upstream of the bending unit and the flanging unit is disposed upstream of the notching unit.

Abstract: A device for the free-form bending of longitudinal profiles, in particular pipes, in which an axial sleeve is arranged downstream of a feed unit in its direction of feed. Arranged downstream of the axial sleeve in the direction of feed, is a bending sleeve. The feed unit and the axial sleeve in each case have a drive pointing in the direction of feed, wherein the axial sleeve can be adjusted independently of the feed unit. The feed unit and the axial sleeve further have rotary drives for the simultaneous rotation in the same direction of the longitudinal profile held and guided by them. The bending sleeve can only be adjusted in a translatory manner by means of a drive in an axis running transverse to the axis of the longitudinal profile and the feed device. In addition to this, it can be pivoted by means of a drive about an axis lying transverse to the axis of the longitudinal profile and the feed device.

Abstract: A formation and rotation apparatus for use in forming and rotating interconnected sections of a cylindrical workpiece, including a frame and a head arranged within the frame, the head defining two slots and being operatively rotated via an integral drive assembly. A first slide block is slidably disposed within one of the two slots, and a second slide block is disposed within another of the two slots, each of the first and the second slide blocks include a cutting wheel and a beading wheel for successively forming each of the interconnected sections. An armature having an axis of rotation is also provided, along with a gripping mechanism being operatively connected to the armature. A drive mechanism selectively rotates the armature about the axis of rotation after the gripping means has closed about one of the interconnected sections.

Abstract: A method includes: a step of bending the blade member in the width direction; and a step of, after the bending process, bending the blade member in the thickness direction. In the width-direction bending step, the blade member is clamped by a pair of rotary press claws. In the thickness-direction bending step, a thickness-direction bending shaft, and a thickness-direction bending cylinder are included, a blade member passing hole is penetratingly formed in the thickness-direction bending shaft in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the thickness-direction bending shaft, first and second openings which are opposed respectively to outlet and inlet opening ends of the blade member passing hole are formed in the thickness-direction bending cylinder, and the blade member which is passed from the blade member passing hole to the first opening via the second opening is bent in the thickness direction by relatively rotating the thickness-direction bending shaft 31 and the thickness-direction bending cylinder.

Abstract: In the width-direction bending step for the blade member, the blade member is clamped by a pair of rotary press claws 13, 14 from both sides in the thickness direction to be compressed in the thickness direction, whereby the compressed portion is extended in the longitudinal direction of the blade member and the blade member is bent in the width direction. In the thickness-direction bending step for the blade member, a working die portion comprises: a thickness-direction bending shaft 31; and a thickness-direction bending cylinder 32 which is fitted in a turning paired state onto the thickness-direction bending shaft. The thickness-direction bending shaft 31 and the thickness-direction bending cylinder 32 are relatively rotated, whereby the blade member is bent in the thickness direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming and rotating interconnected sections of a cylindrical sheet metal workpiece to provide an elbow. The apparatus includes a frame, a head rotatably arranged within the frame and a tool ring mounted to the frame, the head and tool ring being co-operable for sectioning and joining segments of the workpiece. The apparatus also includes a drive drum mounted within the frame for gripping and rotating the segments, and a control module for selectively activating the head, the ring, and the drive drum to form an elbow.

Abstract: A bending apparatus (1) is for bending a workpiece (object to be worked), using a bending die (2) formed in accordance with a bent form of the workpiece, and a linear die (3) linearly extended, and includes a table (10) having a work face (11a) where the bending die (2) and the linear die (3) are placed; and a pair of rollers (40, 50) configured to move along the work face (11a), wherein each of the rollers (40, 50) is configured to move from one end side of the bending die (2) and the linear die (3) to the other end side thereof in a state of pinching the bending die (2) and the linear die (3) in a die closing direction. According to this configuration, it is possible to configure the bending apparatus (1), to make a work space small, and to improve the work efficiency of the bending.

Abstract: A system for folding a ribbon stock, the system including: a transferring unit; a guide member having a passage for guiding the ribbon stock, the passage defining a longitudinal axis; a folding means supported to revolve and move in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis for applying a force against the ribbon stock passing through the guide member; a driving means; a supporting frame; a fixing body having a predetermined length and a guide entrance operatively connected with the guide member, wherein ends of the fixing body are rotatably fixed to the supporting frame, the fixing body having a guide slot formed therein for insertably receiving the folding means; and a pair of rotary bodies rotatably connected to the ends of the fixing body for revolving the folding means, the pair of rotary bodies configured to insertably receive the folding means.

Abstract: In primary press forming process, a piece of blank sheet metal is draw worked so as to form a preformed work piece (Wb) provided with a bent portion (a) substantially conforming to a three dimensional contour of a leading edge of a blade to be protected and extending along a longitudinal direction, and a pair of planar portions (b and c) extending from either side of the bent portion. In a secondary press forming process, the planar portions (b and c) of the preformed work piece are stretch formed into a final shape that conforms to the corresponding profile of the blade while the bent portion (a) of the preformed work piece is clamped and protected from deformation.

Abstract: A machine and method according to which advancing material (1) such as wire, prismatic material, or rod is gripped during the duration of its advancement from an advancement unit (2) towards a bending unit (3). The gripping is effected by a jaw (4) that grips material (1) with sufficient force so that the material (1) cannot twist. By gripping the advancing material (1), the under-production part (16) is simultaneously gripped and prevented from rotating, so that bends are made in the correct plane and the bent product is produced with great accuracy.

Abstract: An automatic bending machine is provided for automatically bending a strip blade material, wherein the automatic bending machine intermittently feeds the strip blade material through a nozzle until the strip blade material is jutted out from a nozzle gate at the end of the nozzle, and causes a CW-direction bending tool or a CCW-direction bending tool to be turned in a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction, respectively, to strike the strip blade material for bending it. The CW-direction bending tool and the CCW-direction bending tool are provided with a bending tool support extending at right angles thereto and a ring having a concentric hole, at the top and bottom of the CW-direction bending tool and the CCW-direction bending tool, respectively, and a shaft penetrating through the rings of the CW-direction bending tool and the CCW-direction bending tool that are superposed one upon another.

Abstract: A machine and method for parallel production of similar products by wires, wire rods, tubes, or other material of prismatic cross section, which is characterized by existence of more than one production lines, which operate in parallel and which may comprise similar mechanisms for straightening and bending of the material, similar mechanisms for changing of the bending plane, and for cutting of the final parts. All the straightening mechanisms may be driven by a common motor, through a common driving mechanism; all the bending mechanisms may be driven by a common motor, through a common driving mechanism; all the mechanisms for the changing of the bending plane may also be driven by a common motor, through a common driving mechanism; and all the cutters may be driven by a common power source. All the operation of the motors and of the driving mechanisms may be controlled and programmed by one common controlling unit.

Abstract: A setup method for preventing a “two-leaf cutting” by only operating a machine without using fingers in cutting an end of a strip blade material having an enclosed rectangular geometry. The steps include: the strip blade material being once advanced to a position, where “two-leaf cutting” will not occur; then a cutting tool being lowered; a cutting tool tip of a cutting tool component being lowered to a level of the same as or under that of a top edge of the strip blade material; then the strip blade material being retracted; and finally, the strip blade material being retracted by the same amount as that of the advance from the desired position.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a cable bolt from a cable (1) includes first and second clamps (2, 3) adapted to releasably clamp the cable (1) with the cable (1) extending along the longitudinal axis (4) of the apparatus. A first cable displacement device (12) longitudinally displaces the first clamp (2) relative to the second clamp (3) along the longitudinal axis (4). A first clamp rotation device (14) rotates the first clamp (2) relative to the second clamp (3) about the longitudinal axis (4). The apparatus also has a second clamp displacement device (19) for simultaneously longitudinally displacing the first and second clamps (2, 3) along the longitudinal axis (4).

Abstract: A channel letter bending machine for bending a return of a channel letter from a stock includes a feeding unit disposed along a path of travel of the stock to be bent for feeding the stock, a flanging unit for forming a flange along one edge of the stock, a notching unit for notching the flange of the stock fed by the feeding mechanism along the path of travel, and a bending unit for bending the stock under the control of the computer control system into the desired configuration for the channel letter shape, wherein the notching unit and the flanging unit are disposed upstream of the bending unit and the flanging unit is disposed upstream of the notching unit.

Abstract: A setup method for preventing a “two-leaf cutting” by only operating a machine without using fingers in cutting an end of a strip blade material having an enclosed rectangular geometry. The steps include: the strip blade material being once advanced to a position, where “two-leaf cutting” will not occur; then a cutting tool being lowered; a cutting tool tip of a cutting tool component being lowered to a level of the same as or under that of a top edge of the strip blade material; then the strip blade material being retracted; and finally, the strip blade material being retracted by the same amount as that of the advance from the desired position.

Abstract: A system for folding a ribbon stock, the system including: a transferring unit; a guide member having a passage for guiding the ribbon stock, the passage defining a longitudinal axis; a folding means supported to revolve and move in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis for applying a force against the ribbon stock passing through the guide member; a driving means; a supporting frame; a fixing body having a predetermined length and a guide entrance operatively connected with the guide member, wherein ends of the fixing body are rotatably fixed to the supporting frame, the fixing body having a guide slot formed therein for insertably receiving the folding means; and a pair of rotary bodies rotatably connected to the ends of the fixing body for revolving the folding means, the pair of rotary bodies configured to insertably receive the folding means.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards an automated bending device for bending a strip of material into a desired shape. Particularly towards an automated bending device for bending a strip of metal into at least one side panel used to form three-dimensional letters in signs.