Patent ID: 9067255
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B21F

Abstract:
1. A bending apparatus for rod-shaped workpieces, comprising: a bending head having a mandrel rotatable about a rotation axis, the bending head moveable between an operating position, in which the bending head comprises an operating area and operably engages the respective workpiece, and an inactive end position remote therefrom; a feed device and a straightening device, the feed and straightening devices operably located in an axial direction from the bending head; and a cutting device for cutting the respective workpiece in a cutting plane; wherein the cutting device is configured such that it is moveable along a cutting device travel path that runs parallel to the feed direction of the workpieces; wherein the bending head is mounted in a bending-head housing which has an opening on top through which the bending head can be moved into the bending-head housing to occupy its inactive end position, or moved out of the bending-head housing to occupy its operating position, with the bending head in its operating position being located in the cutting device travel path, and in its inactive end position being positioned outside the cutting device travel path; and wherein the cutting device is also situated on the bending-head housing on top of which the cutting device can be moved in a downstream direction along the cutting device travel path towards the location of the bending head such that the cutting device can be moved over at least part of the width of said opening when the bending head is retracted into the bending-head housing through said opening.