An automatic machine for producing reinforcement blanks, in particular of the type of reinforcement chairs, the automatic machine comprising two outer moulding units (A, A′) and two inner moulding units (B, B′), wherein each of the moulding units (A, A′ and B, B′) comprises a pair of mandrels—a movable mandrel (8, 5) and a stationary mandrel (7, 6) connected to a power mechanism (11, 2). A method for producing reinforcement chairs from reinforcement sections comprising simultaneously forming the two support legs of the reinforcement chair in mutually opposite directions by the two outer moulding units (A, A′) and then simultaneously forming the two vertical supports of the reinforcement chair by the two inner moulding units (B, B′).

Provided is a method of automatically forming a pipe, the method including inputting a design file to a program for automatically extracting information for forming a pipe, automatically extracting, from the design file, information about a cutting point for dividing a pipe included in the design file into a plurality of pipes and information about a bending point of each of the plurality of pipes, and transmitting, to a forming device for forming the pipe, pipe forming information including the cutting point and the bending point.

A compact, lightweight, portable tubing bender configured to enable one-handed operation. The tubing bender includes a portable housing including a handle portion, a bender shoe operably coupled to the portable housing, the bender shoe defining an arcuate channel configured to restrain a length of tubing along a prescribed arc during bending operations, a guide gear fixedly coupled to the bender shoe, and a guide frame pivotably coupled to the bender shoe, the guide frame including a motor, a driven gear and a guide member, the motor configured to drive the driven gear along the guide gear to pivot the guide frame relative to the bender shoe, so as to move the guide member during bending operations to guide the length of tubing along the arcuate channel of the bender shoe.

To a fulcrum roll unit portion in a workpiece, a corresponding initial curvature radius is applied, and to a bending roll unit portion in a workpiece, a corresponding design curvature radius is applied. To an intermediate unit portion in a workpiece, an intermediate curvature radius set so as to continuously change from the initial curvature radius to the design curvature radius is applied. At least one of the fulcrum roll and the bending roll is moved on the basis of an integrated value obtained by integrating the amount of change in bending position in each of the intermediate unit portion and the bending roll unit portion.

To a fulcrum roll unit portion in a workpiece, a corresponding initial curvature radius is applied, and to a bending roll unit portion in a workpiece, a corresponding design curvature radius is applied. To an intermediate unit portion in a workpiece, an intermediate curvature radius set so as to continuously change from the initial curvature radius to the design curvature radius is applied. At least one of the fulcrum roll and the bending roll is moved on the basis of an integrated value obtained by integrating the amount of change in bending position in each of the intermediate unit portion and the bending roll unit portion.

There is described a system and a computer-implemented method for controlling a part-processing device of a computer numerical control machine to bend cannulas. The method comprises the step of receiving one or more set parameters relating to one or more desired bend characteristics. The method also comprises the step of determining one or more uncontrolled inputs, the one or more uncontrolled inputs comprising bend parameters of a previously bent cannula. The method also comprises the step of inputting the one or more set parameters and the one or more uncontrolled inputs into a machine learning model to produce a plurality of outputs. The method also comprises the step of determining control parameters using the plurality of outputs, the control parameters relating to one or more settings of the part-processing device. The method also comprises the steps of setting the part-processing device using the control parameters and the uncontrolled inputs and bending a cannula using the part-processing device.

An automated bender and its method of operation according to some embodiments of the disclosure is provided. The automated bender includes a carousel which has all of the necessary components for bending a variety of conduit sizes provided thereon. The carousel can be rotated to a desired bending position to bend a particular type of conduit. A straight workpiece is fed into the automated bender and a bent workpiece, which may have multiple bends therein, is output from the automated bender. This bending process is performed without manual intervention. Software for achieving same is provided.

An automated bender and its method of operation according to some embodiments of the disclosure is provided. The automated bender includes a carousel which has all of the necessary components for bending a variety of conduit sizes provided thereon. The carousel can be rotated to a desired bending position to bend a particular type of conduit. A straight workpiece is fed into the automated bender and a bent workpiece, which may have multiple bends therein, is output from the automated bender. This bending process is performed without manual intervention. Software for achieving same is provided.

A system for rod bending for use in robotic spinal surgery, enabling the correct bending of a fusion rod to match the shape required to accurately pass through the heads of the pedicle screws. The system uses data generated by information provided to the robot by the surgeon's preoperative plan, optionally augmented by feedback from the robot control system of deviations encountered intraoperatively. Such deviations could occur, for example, when the surgeon decides intraoperatively on a different trajectory or even to skip screws on one vertebra, in which case, the robot will be commanded to perform the alternative procedure, with commensurate instructions relayed to the control system of the rod-bending machine. The system is also able to thin down the rod at predetermined locations along its length, adapted to be at selected intervertebral locations, for maintaining limited flexibility between vertebrae, instead of fixating them.

A system for rod bending for use in robotic spinal surgery, enabling the correct bending of a fusion rod to match the shape required to accurately pass through the heads of the pedicle screws. The system uses data generated by information provided to the robot by the surgeon's preoperative plan, optionally augmented by feedback from the robot control system of deviations encountered intraoperatively. Such deviations could occur, for example, when the surgeon decides intraoperatively on a different trajectory or even to skip screws on one vertebra, in which case, the robot will be commanded to perform the alternative procedure, with commensurate instructions relayed to the control system of the rod-bending machine. The system is also able to thin down the rod at predetermined locations along its length, adapted to be at selected intervertebral locations, for maintaining limited flexibility between vertebrae, instead of fixating them.