This research presents a new flexible bending machine and its practical applications. The proposed machine uses a new method. When tubes are fed into the fixed and mobile dies, they are bent by shifting the relative position of the mobile die. The bending radius is controlled by the relative distance and orientation between the mobile die and the tube. The bending angle is controlled by the len...

The present work is an experimental account of the way in which several machine settings, particularly cylinder knock-over and dial-height, influence fabric dimensions, course length, bending behavior and load extension of fabrics produced on a circular knitting machine. The results show that there are certain optimum settings for such variables as knock-over depth and dial-height for producing...

Sheet metal bending processes are applied in a multitude of mechanical parts. The process involves optimising the sequence of designated bends taking into account the total processing and handling time, avoiding collisions of the sheet metal with tools and machine and respecting the dimensional accuracy constraints of the part. Experienced operators employ expert rules to define possible differ...

This paper presents an industrial application of optical 3-D sensing based on the principle of light sectioning. The presented project aims at an in-process measurement of the bending angle in a commercial bending machine. Air bending is a valuable manufacturing method in a flexible and computer integrated manufacturing system, because it allows forming of sheet metals with a great variety of b...

Sheet-metal parts typically follow a unidirectional flow in the sheet-metal shop. In the first cutting stage, a large sheet is cut to different unfolded parts with a laser cutting machine. To avoid waste material different parts are combined on a sheet. Next, the 2D parts are transformed to 3D products with air bending. In this bending stage, timeconsuming set-ups between production layouts are...

The shoulder of a packaging machine is a developable surface that guides the packing material without stretching or tearing. The shoulder is traditionally manufactured by bending a flexible plate along a given bending curve, also without stretching ortearing. In this paper, the shoulder geometry isdescribed mathematically b methods from classical differential geometry. For a given bending curve...