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

Claim 4:
5. A combination comprising a device for providing sheet metal pieces for drawing into a sheet metal bending machine, the sheet metal bending machine and a side drawing-in device for laterally drawing a sheet metal piece into the sheet metal bending machine,
wherein the side drawing-in device being arranged on the sheet metal bending machine,
wherein the device for providing the sheet metal pieces is configured to be coupled to the sheet metal bending machine and comprises a planar deposition surface being configured to provide the sheet metal pieces lying side-by-side at least in part, and
wherein the side drawing-in device comprises a pick-up device being 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 deposition surface, the pick-up device being configured to approach the predefined pick-up position,
wherein the combination comprises:
a motor drive device configured to move the deposition surface relative to the sheet metal bending machine when the device for providing sheet metal pieces is coupled to the sheet metal bending machine;
a sensor device for detecting a position of the sheet metal piece, to be drawn into the sheet metal bending machine, on the deposition surface;
a comparator device for comparing the position detected by the sensor device with the predefined pick-up position; and
a machine controller configured to cause the motor drive device to move 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 when the device for providing sheet metal pieces is coupled 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, if the comparator device has determined that the sheet metal piece to be drawn in is not yet located under the predefined pick-up position.