Patent ID: 8434339

Claim:
A pressing device for bending, in which a pipe is held between a bending die having a shape corresponding to a shape of bending and a clamping die revolvable around the bending die, and, when the pipe is bent by revolving the clamping die around the bending die, an axial compression force is applied to the pipe, the pressing device comprising: a fixed portion of a standing wall; a movable table arranged movable in an axial direction of the pipe with respect to the fixed portion; at least two first cylinders provided on the movable table and able to press a rear end of the pipe; and at least two second cylinders provided to the movable table and able to press the fixed portion in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first cylinder presses the pipe wherein the at least two first cylinders are arranged to interpose an axial center of the pipe while the at least two second cylinders are arranged to interpose the axial center of the pipe and to alternate with the at least two first cylinders.