Patent ID: 6922903

Claim:
A method for determining the length (b) of at least one of two legs ( 13 , 14 ) of a workpiece ( 12 ) seated in a bending die ( 6 ), the legs having been bent toward each other by means of the bending die ( 6 ) at a bending angle (β) whose vertex (S) is located at the point of intersection of the straight, angle forming projections ( 29 , 30 ) of the legs ( 13 , 14 ) of the bent part ( 12 ), with one end (E) of the leg ( 13 , 14 ) to be measured limiting the latter on the far side opposite the bending angle vertex (S), comprising: (a) holding the object part ( 12 ) in the bending die ( 6 ); (b) determining the position of the bending angle vertex (S) and the position of the end (E) of the leg ( 13 , 14 ); and (c) from the respective position of the bending angle vertex (S) and of the end (E) thus determined, calculating the length (b) of the leg as the distance between the said bending angle vertex (S) and the said end (E).