BENDING PRESS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BENDING PRESS

• Main Authors: DENKMEIER, Thomas, KURZ, Christian
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 24.08.2022
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRESSES; PRESSES IN GENERAL; PUNCHING METAL; SAFETY DEVICES IN GENERAL; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS; WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL

The invention relates to a bending press (10) for bending a workpiece (19), comprising - a first platform (1) with a first tool mounting (11) and a second platform (2) with a second tool mounting (12), one of the platforms (1) being designed to carry out a working movement relative to the other platform (2), - a first securing device (20) for generating a light barrier (27) which runs between the tool mountings (11, 12) transversely to the working movement of the movable platform (1), wherein the first securing device (20) has a first mounting (21) and a second mounting (22), one of the mountings (21) has a light emitter (25) and the other mounting (22) has a light receiver (26), and the first mounting (21) is arranged on a first face of the first platform (1) and can be moved relative to the first platform (1) by a first adjustment drive (23), and - a controller (9) which is connected to the first adjustment drive (23). The invention is characterized in that the first tool mounting (11) is designed in the form of a guide rail which has a first end-face opening (13) on the first end of the guide rail for changing a bending tool (8), and the access for changing a bending tool (8) via the first end-face opening (13) is blocked in a first position of the first mounting (21) relative to the first platform (1) and is released in a second position of the first mounting (21) relative to the first platform (1).