公开(公告)号：US20180062360A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-01

申请号：US15690003

申请日：2017-08-29

Applicant: Greenlee Textron Inc.

Inventor： William Frederick Nordlin ,  Sean A. Daugherty ,  John Jeremiah Morton ,  Daniel John Marben ,  Sumeet Pujari

IPC: H02G1/00 ,  B23D45/00 ,  G05B19/18

CPC classification number: B23D35/005 ,  B23D15/14 ,  B23D29/002 ,  B23D33/02 ,  B23D33/10 ,  B23D35/002 ,  B23D45/003 ,  G05B19/182 ,  G05B2219/45044 ,  H02G1/005 ,  H02G1/1297

Abstract: A control device according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes one or more motors directed by the control device to form whip(s) from a length of a cable by causing the cutting of the cable in accordance with specifications based at least in part on whip information. An interface communicates the whip information between the control device and a user device.

公开(公告)号：US10406580B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US14541565

申请日：2014-11-14

Applicant: Greenlee Textron Inc.

Inventor： Sean Daugherty ,  Jeffrey Plummer ,  Ryan Mantell ,  Gerald Tully ,  Sumeet Pujari

IPC: G06F19/00 ,  B21D7/10 ,  B21D7/08 ,  B21D7/00 ,  B21D7/04 ,  B21D7/12 ,  B21D11/22 ,  G05B19/402 ,  B21D7/02 ,  B21D7/024

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.