Tube bending machine with an automatic loading system and method for automatic loading of tubes on the bending head of a tube bending machine

    公开(公告)号:US09931685B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-03

    申请号:US15261097

    申请日:2016-09-09

    申请人: BLM S.p.A.

    IPC分类号: B21D43/00 B21D7/12

    CPC分类号: B21D43/006 B21D7/12

    摘要: The machine includes: a bending head movable with at least two degrees of freedom in a transverse vertical plane; a first drive is arranged to move the bending head in the plane and to move a tool of the bending head between an open position, in which it defines with a die of the bending head a free space adapted to receive a tube to be bent, and a closed position, in which it clamps the tube against the die. A tube-carrying structure is rotatable about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the plane; a second drive is arranged to cause the tube-carrying structure to rotate about its own axis of rotation; and an electronic control unit is arranged to control the first and second drives so as to move the bending head and the tube-carrying structure in a position such that the tube is received with a desired orientation in the free space between the die and the tool.