Patent ID: 8561449
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B21D,B21F

Abstract:
1. A bending apparatus for rod-shaped workpieces, comprising: a machine frame; a bending head with an attached rotatable mandrel, the bending head attached to and movable relative to the machine frame; a feed device attached to the machine frame upstream of and separated from the bending head for feeding the workpiece to the bending head along a feed axis, the feed device displaceable on a linear guideway on the machine frame in a direction of the feed axis a travel distance from an extreme forward position close to the bending head to a position separated from the bending head, the feed device comprising a plurality of pairs of feed rollers; and a cutting device disposed between the bending head and the feed device that is displaceable in a direction of the feed axis along a linear guideway extending side-by-side to and parallel to the guideway associated with the feed device, the cutting device for cutting the workpiece between the bending head and the feed device, and wherein the feed device is displaceable in the direction of feed of the workpiece independently of the displacement of the cutting device, whereby the cutting device is travelable most of the travel distance of the feed device alongside the feed device.