Patent ID: 8438894

Claim:
A bending press comprising an upper table provided with a fastener for upper tools and a lower table provided with a fastener for lower tools, the two tables being placed edge-to-edge in the vertical direction, and one of the tables being movable relative to the other in the vertical direction, one of the tables presenting slots disposed symmetrically relative to the midplane, each slot having an open outside end and comprising a first slot portion and a second slot portion that is situated on the inside relative to the first slot portion and that is connected thereto, the shapes of said slot portions being such that a stiffness of the portion of the table situated between the slot and the tool fastener is greater between the first slot portion and the tool fastener than it is between the second slot portion and the tool fastener, and at least one element for adjusting the flexing of said table being disposed in the first slot portion.