Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated bender and systems and methods for providing data to operate an automated bender
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Application No.: US14541541Application Date: 2014-11-14
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Publication No.: US09849494B2Publication Date: 2017-12-26
- Inventor: Jeffrey Plummer , Sean Daugherty , Ryan Mantell , Gerald Tully
- Applicant: Greenlee Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Rockford
- Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
- Current Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Rockford
- Agency: Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLP
- Main IPC: B21D7/024
- IPC: B21D7/024 ; B21D7/12 ; B21D7/04 ; B21D7/10 ; B21D11/22 ; G05B19/402 ; B21D7/02

Abstract:
An automated bender and its method of operation according to some embodiments of the disclosure is provided. The automated bender includes a carousel which has all of the necessary components for bending a variety of conduit sizes provided thereon. The carousel can be rotated to a desired bending position to bend a particular type of conduit. A straight workpiece is fed into the automated bender and a bent workpiece, which may have multiple bends therein, is output from the automated bender. This bending process is performed without manual intervention. Software for achieving same is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150135793A1 AUTOMATED BENDER AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DATA TO OPERATE AN AUTOMATED BENDER Public/Granted day:2015-05-21
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