Patent ID: 8671728
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: B21D,G05B

Abstract:
1. A plate workpiece processing tool, comprising: a first tool portion arranged along an application axis; a second tool portion in spaced relation to the first tool portion arranged along the application axis such that a plate workpiece can be disposed therebetween; two or more processing devices carried by the first tool portion; and one or more counter-devices carried by the second tool portion, wherein the two or more processing devices are rotatable, relative to the first tool portion, about a first rotational axis extending perpendicular to the application axis and are arranged to follow each other about an axis extending parallel to or coincident with the application axis, wherein the two or more processing devices and the one or more counter-devices are formed such that any of the two or more processing devices can act with any of the one or more counter-devices for processing the plate workpiece therebetween, wherein the first tool portion and the second tool portion are rotatable relative to each other about a second rotational axis extending parallel to or coincident with the application axis, such that the two or more processing devices are selectively alignable with the one or more counter-devices along a rotational direction about the second rotational axis to form a plurality of alternative device pairings between the two or more processing devices and the one or more counter-devices for processing the plate workpiece therebetween; and wherein at least two of the two or more processing devices are separately alignable with a common one of the one or more counter devices to form different device pairings of the plurality of alternative device pairings.