Patent ID: 6860133

Claim:
A plate material processing machine with a bending function characterized by comprising an upper tool and a lower tool that fix a plate material at a plate material placement level so as to sandwich the plate material between the upper tool and the lower tool; a plate material feeding mechanism that feeds, at said plate material placement level, the plate material in a predetermined plate material feeding direction to project a plate material piece projecting from said plate material, from an edge of the upper tool or lower tool to a downstream side in said plate material feeding direction; an upper tool-side bending tool provided in said upper tool so as to elevate and lower freely and performing a lowering operation to bend a bending proximal end of said plate material piece downward; and a lower tool-side bending tool provided in said lower tool so as to elevate and lower freely and performing an elevating operation to bend a bending proximal end of said plate material piece upward.