Patent ID: 6289707
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B21D

Abstract:
An apparatus for manufacturing roofing or cladding panels (5) comprising:a profiling machine (1) equipped with at least one pair of rotatable profiling rolls (2),a press (3) equipped with a clamping tool (4), anda feeding table (5) for guiding the panel (6) into the machine such thatthe panel (6) is fed by means of the feeding table (5) into the profiling machine (1),in the profiling machine (1), the panel (6) being formed between the rotatable profiling rolls (2) in the longitudinal direction to the desired profile shape, andin the press (3), a transverse fold being optionally formed, by means of a clamping tool (4), in the panel (6) formed in the profiling machine (1),whereinthe profiling machine (1) and the press (3) are equipped with tools (2, 4) by means of which said desired profile shape, including water flutes or capillary grooves (8'; 10'), is formed or laminated at either edge portion of the panel (6) to be formed,the infeed point of the panel (6) on the feeding table (5) being switchable, thereby enabling a panel having a profile shape as shown by panel (7) or panel (9) to be produced.