Patent ID: 11969778
Assignee: VARIOBEND-ASCO GMBH
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method Mfor providing sheet metal pieces, which are arranged at least in part side-by-side on a planar deposition surface, for drawing into a sheet metal bending machine by a side drawing-in device which is arranged on the sheet metal bending machine, wherein the side drawing-in device comprises a pick-up device configured to move into the sheet metal bending machine and to pick-up a sheet metal piece to be drawn into the sheet metal bending machine at a predefined pick-up position above the planar deposition surface, the pick-up device being configured to approach the predefined pick-up position,
wherein the method comprises the following steps:
a) detecting a position of the sheet metal piece, to be drawn into the sheet metal bending machine, on the deposition surface;
b) comparing the position detected in step a) with the predefined pick-up position; and
c) moving the deposition surface, together with the sheet metal piece that is located thereon and is to be drawn in, relative to the sheet metal bending machine, such that the sheet metal piece comes to rest, at least in part, under the predefined pick-up position where it is picked up by the pick-up device, when the sheet metal piece to be drawn in is not yet located under the predefined pick-up position.