An assembly for removably securing a tool to an industrial machine. The assembly includes an assembly base portion that may be removably secured to the industrial machine. A tool main body may be integrated with the assembly base portion. A tool attachment unit is provided to transition the assembly between a secured configuration and an unsecured configuration. The tool main body is securely fixed to the assembly base portion in the secure configuration. The tool main body is separable from the assembly base portion in the unsecured configuration. The assembly base portion and the tool attachment unit are configured to accommodate a variety of different tool main bodies according to a desired application.

An assembly for removably securing a tool to an industrial machine. The assembly includes an assembly base portion that may be removably secured to the industrial machine. A tool main body may be integrated with the assembly base portion. A tool attachment unit is provided to transition the assembly between a secured configuration and an unsecured configuration. The tool main body is securely fixed to the assembly base portion in the secure configuration. The tool main body is separable from the assembly base portion in the unsecured configuration. The assembly base portion and the tool attachment unit are configured to accommodate a variety of different tool main bodies according to a desired application.

A digitizer pointer is provided as part of a system for correcting a curvature or deformity in a patient's spine based on the digitized locations of implanted screws and tracking the placement of the rod as it is placed in a minimally invasive fashion. The digitizer pointer is includes an offset adjustment feature, a swivel feature, and a translation feature.

A method and device for production of a combustion chamber tube for restraint systems in vehicles. The combustion chamber tube is embossed by several embossing dies arranged stellate around the combustion chamber tube and movable by an annular compression module with several punches movable in synchronized fashion in the radial direction and two inner punches extending into the ends of the combustion chamber tube, each with a support mandrel and a shaping mandrel movable relative to support mandrel. The combustion chamber tube is embossed from the outside by the embossing dies radially movable via punches against the support mandrels and the ends of the combustion chamber tube are shaped by shaping mandrels movable relative to support mandrels when the embossing dies are closed.

A machine for bending a thread-like material such as a pipe, a section iron, a bar, or the like, briefly a pipe, provided with a system for simultaneously loading a pipe to be bent and unloading another, already bent pipe, comprising a vertical hinge provided with a bending head provided with a motor for driving the bending head into rotation about an axis orthogonal to the hinge.

A clamp member and a counter pressure member are hingedly connected together about a rotary axis, and a fitting portion of a fitting protrusion that is positioned in a fitting recess is located at a foreside in an advancing direction of the pipe relative to a position where a bending operation of the pipe is initiated, and a mating portion at which a first groove part of the clamp member and a second groove part of a counter pressure member mate is located at a backside in the advancing direction of the pipe relative to the position where the bending operation of the pipe is initiated. The counter pressure member comprises a first member supported rotatably about the rotary axis, a second member detachably connected to the first member, and a third member detachably connected to the second member, which are connected together by a common connecting member (e.g., bolt).

A clamp member and a counter pressure member are hingedly connected together about a rotary axis, and a fitting portion of a fitting protrusion that is positioned in a fitting recess is located at a foreside in an advancing direction of the pipe relative to a position where a bending operation of the pipe is initiated, and a mating portion at which a first groove part of the clamp member and a second groove part of a counter pressure member mate is located at a backside in the advancing direction of the pipe relative to the position where the bending operation of the pipe is initiated. The counter pressure member comprises a first member supported rotatably about the rotary axis, a second member detachably connected to the first member, and a third member detachably connected to the second member, which are connected together by a common connecting member (e.g., bolt).

An apparatus includes a guide member configured with stress limiting features which function to prevent the stress from bending the guide member causing ovalization of the guide member. An apparatus for bending a guide member includes a ram die and a pressure die which are configured to fully encircle the portion of the guide member during the bending operation. A fixture for supporting a guide member during bending is configured to fully encircle sections of the guide member during bending.

A machine tool and method for optimizing the performance of when manufacturing a workpiece requiring machining and bending operations, wherein the machine tool includes a machine frame with at least one linear movable tool carrier slide configured to carry a working unit, at least one work spindle provided to receive a workpiece and a working unit mounted onto the tool carrier slide. The working unit is configured to be rotated around a B-axis and the working unit is moved linearly in a plane perpendicular to the B-axis and wherein the working unit is configured to bend the workpiece received by the work spindle.

A machine tool and method for optimizing the performance of when manufacturing a workpiece requiring machining and bending operations, wherein the machine tool includes a machine frame with at least one linear movable tool carrier slide configured to carry a working unit, at least one work spindle provided to receive a workpiece and a working unit mounted onto the tool carrier slide. The working unit is configured to be rotated around a B-axis and the working unit is moved linearly in a plane perpendicular to the B-axis and wherein the working unit is configured to bend the workpiece received by the work spindle.