Abstract:
Apparatus for bending metal wires is disclosed including a cylindrical housing enclosing a rotatable cage which is mounted on a longitudinally extending arm pivotable about the axis of the wire itself, the rotatable cage being rotatable about a cage axis which is perpendicular to the axis of the wire. The apparatus includes a motor for rotating the rotatable cage about its axis, a plurality of tool carrying shafts which are mounted within the rotatable cage for slidable movement along their longitudinal axes between a rest position within the cage and an extended position in which the tool carried by the tool carrying shaft projects from the cage into the path of the metal wire, a jackscrew mounted on the housing for selectively actuating one of the tool carrying members and moving it from its rest position to its extended position, and a geared motor for rotating the selected one of the tool carrying shafts about its longitudinal axis.
Abstract:
Apparatus for forming curved needles from needle blanks of differing sizes and material characteristics having a guide die, driven by a linear actuator, for biasing the needle blank against a forming surface. Bending dies also driven by linear actuators are provided for bending the ends of the needle blank around the top of the forming surface. Adjusting micrometers are provided to adjust the contact point at which the bending dies contact the needle blank. The apparatus can therefore be readily adapted for differing needle stocks. The entire bending process is automated so that uniform needles may be rapidly produced.
Abstract:
Movable shears and a method for the automatic or non-automatic bending of the trailing end of bars in bending-shaping machines having a bending assembly located downstream of a shears (24) and of a bar feeder unit are disclosed. The bars may be already straightened or already straightened and sheared to size or may require straightening and the bar (29), after the required bends have been applied to its leading end (T), is fed forwards with a movement of distancing of its leading end (T) by an appreciable length at least partly by the feeder unit. When this forward length of feed has been completed, the bar (29) is sheared by the shears (24), thus creating a trailing end (C) of the residual bar (129). The movable shears (24) are able to slide on a longitudinal slide block (45) which is positioned as required in a direction lengthwise to the bar (29) so as to determine the length of the trailing end (C) of the residual bar (129) in relation to the bending assembly (35).
Abstract:
Rocker bending unit (10) of a type retractable below a working platform (22) of a bending-shaping machine for bars (29), the unit (10) comprising a bending disk (11) provided with a clockwise and anticlockwise rotation of a bending pin (13) positioned out-of-alignment in relation to the axis of rotation, a contrast roller or pin (12) which may be interchangeable being included and coaxial with the axis of rotation, in which unit (10) the bending disk (11) cooperates with and is supported on a base (18) pivoted so as to be able to rock with a rocker pivot (21) on a frame (28) of the machine downstream of the bending unit (10), the rocking direction lying on a plane substantially at a right angle to the working platform (22) and to the axis of feed of the bars (29), the axis of the rocker pivot (21) being substantially parallel to the working platform (22) and in the geometric neighborhood thereof, the unit (10) being fitted on a slider (27) supported by the base (18) and able to move thereon (18) in a direction substantially at a right angle to the direction of feed of the bars (29).
Abstract:
A wire processing system, comprises:(a) structure to advance a wire of selected cross section generally endwise toward a primary station, the wire having a forward portion,(b) a wire deformer at the primary station to form at least one bend in the advancing wire,(c) a clamp at the primary station to clamp the forward portion of the wire that has passed the deformer,(d) a cutter to sever the wire after a selected length of wire has advanced past the cutter, whereby a wire section of predetermined length is formed,(e) and conveyor apparatus operable to grip the formed wire section and to convey that section along a generally longitudinally extending travel path away from the primary station after the clamp releases the wire, and with at least one end of the formed wire section presented laterally for processing, as for example insulation stripping and attachment of terminals to stripped wire ends. Wire sections of the same or different bend configuration may be controllably spaced on and by the conveyor apparatus.
Abstract:
A bending machine for bending wire, tubing, or other elongate material, comprising a support structure and a bending head which is mounted on the support structure and which is capable of bending such material in a given plane which is fixed relative to the bending head. A feed unit is mounted on the support structure and is arranged to feed such material along a feed axis of the machine to the bending head. The bending head is rotatable about the said feed axis of the machine thereby to enable the machine to bend the material into more than one plane. Furthermore, substantially the whole of the bending head is positioned to one side of the said feed axis of the machine.
Abstract:
An electrician's wire bending implement particularly adapted for use with a set of mandrels that are each provided with a drive socket, comprising in combination, an elongate basic wire bending tool, and a graduated array of mandrels that are each equipped with a pair of spaced apart pins. A square drive is provided at one end of the basic tool, and a handle is provided for use on the end of the basic tool remote from the square drive. The handle is to be used on the basic tool when ample torque is to be applied while making lateral bends in heavy gauge wire, using the spaced pins of a selected mandrel that has been mounted on the square drive. Preferably I use a fixed wire forming jaw on the end opposite the square drive, to facilitate creation of fore and aft bends in heavy gauge wire.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a bending apparatus for bending a rod-shaped or ribbon-shaped material, comprising a bending station disposed in a work plane and including at least one bending core or pair of bending cores mounted for displacement perpendicular to the work plane, and at least one rotary body carrying a bending finger mounted for rotation about the bending core and for displacement perpendicular to the work plane. With known bending apparatus it is scarcely possible to vary the bending mode, or the bending radius, respectively, without time-consuming adaptation of the bending station. Such adaptation may be required several times for a single workpiece. In accordance with the invention, the bending core or pair of bending cores is mounted, together with at least one further bending core or pair of bending cores for selectively employ in a bending operation, in a turret head mounted above the work plane for rotation at least to several operating positions. This permits the bending apparatus to be rapidly readjusted during the process of one and the same workpiece.
Abstract:
In a wire and band processing machine, a drive system is positioned on one side of a processing plate and a fastening arrangement is provided for mounting processing units on the other side of the processing plate. The processing units are connected to the drive system through holes in the processing plate. The drive system includes at least one worm shaft extending parallel to the processing plate and a worm gear can be releasably positioned in meshed engagement with the worm shaft. The axis of the worm gear extends perpendicularly to the processing plate and to the worm shaft.
Abstract:
A device for bending a leg of a component inserted on a printed circuit board. The device comprises an anvil (3) connected to one end of a rod (10) rotatably mounted to a frame (8) of the device. The rod (10) is rotatable by a motor (4) via a gear transmission means (6, 7 and 9) and a piston and cylinder arrangement (22 and 23) is provided to pivot a rod (24) to cause the anvil (3) to be raised or lowered with respect to a component leg. The anvil (3) is movable in translation by means of a slider (20) connected to the anvil. The slider is disposed in a drum (16) rotatably mounted on a piston (17) of a piston and cylinder arrangement (21). One arm of a bifurcate member (18) pivotally mounted to an interior face of the drum engages in an aperture in the slider and the other arm rests on the piston rod so that movement of the piston rod causes the slider to move back and forth, rotation of the drum is effected by means of the motor (4) via transmission means.