Patent ID: 7024903

Claim:
A bending system in a bending machine for bending rod shaped and bar-shaped workpieces incorporates at least one multilevel bending tool ( 3 , 53 ) with multiple bending levels arranged one above the other in the direction of a bending axis ( 8 ), said bending tool having at each bending level a bending die ( 5 , 6 , 7 ; 55 , 56 , 57 ) and, associated with a corresponding bending die ( 5 , 6 , 7 ; 55 , 56 , 57 ), at least one clamping jaw ( 8 , 9 , 10 ) movable in the transverse direction of the bending axis ( 8 ) into at least one operating position next to the bending die and into at least one idle position away from the bending die, said clamping jaw(s) ( 8 , 9 , 10 ) being effectively mounted on the their side facing away from the bending dies ( 5 , 6 , 7 ; 55 , 56 , 57 ) on a clamping jaw support ( 24 ) that can be moved in the transverse direction of the bending axis ( 8 ), said clamping jaw support ( 24 ) encompassing several clamping jaw support units ( 28 , 29 , 30 ) positioned one above the other in the direction of the bending axis ( 8 ) and detachably connected to one another, said clamping jaw support units ( 28 , 29 , 30 ) being distributed over different bending levels.