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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8020418 | Press-forming device, press-forming method, computer program/software arrangement and storage medium Exemplary embodiments of a press-forming device, press-forming method, computer program/software arrangement and storage medium can be provided. The exemplary press-forming device can include a material characteristic input configured to input material characteristi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7439512 | Method and apparatus for detecting unsafe conditions A device can be made operable to distinguish between materials impinging on a predefined area based at least in part on differentials within sets of data indicative of measurable characteristics of the materials impinging on the defined area. Such a device can trigg... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7353680 | Universal compression spring former The compression spring former disclosed by the present invention contains an external diameter mechanism, spacing mechanism, wire-feeding mechanism, cutting mechanism, length-detecting mechanism, sorting mechanism, and microcomputer control mechanism. Within the wor... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7254459 | Bending process estimation apparatus, bending process estimation program, and bending process estimation method The present invention has been made to provide a laser bending process estimation apparatus, a laser bending process estimation program, and a laser bending process estimation method capable of estimating a result of a laser bending process without an actual workpie... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7076980 | Robot and method for bending orthodontic archwires and other medical devices A robotic bending apparatus for bending archwires and other types of elongate, bendable medical devices into a desired configuration includes a first gripping tool and a moveable gripping tool. The first gripping tool can be either fixed with respect to a base or ta... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6003358 | Method and apparatus for forming bends in a selected sequence The present invention relates generally to bending a workpiece to form a desired configuration and, in particular, to a method and apparatus for forming bends "out of sequence," i.e., in a time sequence different from the spatial sequence of the bends on ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5992210 | Tube bending apparatus and method Apparatus and method for the bending of rigid workpieces, particularly tubes, such as those of use in automotive exhaust systems, heat exchangers and aircraft hydraulic systems. The apparatus comprises a workpiece clamping means for retaining the workpiece on ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5875664 | Programmable servo-motor quality controlled continuous multiple coil spring forming method and apparatus A spring forming machine is provided with closed-loop feedback from sensors which monitor dimensions of the coils and heads of the spring being formed, servo motors which control wire feed speed, coil radius and pitch forming elements, and coiling directi... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5692405 | Method and apparatus for optimizing press operating condition based on press operating environment and/or physical condition of blank A method and an apparatus of optimizing the operating condition of a press which includes the quality of a product to be obtained by a pressing operation on a blank, wherein at least one physical value of the press operating environment (e.g., ambient tem... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5419169 | Method and apparatus for adjusting press operating conditions depending upon dies used Method and apparatus applicable to a press using a die set including a lower and an upper die which are removably installed movably towards and away from each other to perform a pressing operation under the adjusted operating conditions. A memory is provi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5359872 | Method and apparatus for sheet-metal processing The portion to be deformed of a metal sheet is heated by irradiating it with a laser beam which is scanned at a high speed, and, when the portion to be deformed has attained a predetermined temperature, a bending force is applied to the portion to be bent... | 11/01/1994 |
