Patent ID: 7721582

Claim:
A bending machine for bending rod-shaped workpieces made from wire or tubular material comprising: a machine frame provided with at least one bending station comprising two bending units; wherein each of said bending units comprises a bending head with a bending head housing and a bending tool, an auxiliary gripper arranged on the bending head housing so as to be pivotable perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the machine frame, and a gripping unit spaced apart from the bending head as viewed along the longitudinal axis of the machine frame that is pivotable perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the machine frame and displaceable on a guide in the direction of the longitudinal axis; and wherein the two bending heads of each bending station are arranged next to each other with their auxiliary grippers facing each other and are positioned between the two gripping units such that each bending head, when viewed in the direction of the machine frame's longitudinal axis, is mounted between the other bending head and the gripping unit associated with the other bending head.