Provided herein are an apparatus and method for bending wire. The apparatus includes a feeding system with at least one feed roller pair and a controllable feed motor, at least one control platform axis, and at least one bending unit. The method includes i) providing the apparatus of claim 1; ii) advancing a wire with the feeding system; iii) engaging the wire with the at least one bending unit; iv) bending the wire with the at least one bending unit; v) retracting the at least one bending unit; and optionally repeating steps ii-v to form a desired structure. Also provided herein are algorithms for feeding, engaging, and bending the wire.

Provided herein are an apparatus and method for bending wire. The apparatus includes a feeding system with at least one feed roller pair and a controllable feed motor, at least one control platform axis, and at least one bending unit. The method includes i) providing the apparatus of claim 1; ii) advancing a wire with the feeding system; iii) engaging the wire with the at least one bending unit; iv) bending the wire with the at least one bending unit; v) retracting the at least one bending unit; and optionally repeating steps ii-v to form a desired structure. Also provided herein are algorithms for feeding, engaging, and bending the wire.

Provided is a plate bender for mandibular implants and the method employing it, which is intended for improving the bending process of mandibular plates or implants, reducing the number of folds (bents) until obtaining the desired geometry, further reducing fatigue failures, costs and streamlining the process, by providing a high-precision, semiautomatic bender, with modular and transportable assembly.

Provided is a plate bender for mandibular implants and the method employing it, which is intended for improving the bending process of mandibular plates or implants, reducing the number of folds (bents) until obtaining the desired geometry, further reducing fatigue failures, costs and streamlining the process, by providing a high-precision, semiautomatic bender, with modular and transportable assembly.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a connecting rod between attachment elements secured to the spine of a patient, the method including:—planning the manufacturing of a first virtual rod based on the patient's anatomical data,—positioning and securing the attachment elements on the patient's body,—intraoperatively acquiring the position of the attachment elements for the purpose of creating a second virtual rod,—analyzing the first and second virtual rods for the purpose of creating a third virtual rod,—intraoperatively manufacturing a real rod from the third virtual rod by a bending device. Also disclosed are the device and the connecting rod allowing the method to be carried out.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a connecting rod between attachment elements secured to the spine of a patient, the method including:—planning the manufacturing of a first virtual rod based on the patient's anatomical data,—positioning and securing the attachment elements on the patient's body,—intraoperatively acquiring the position of the attachment elements for the purpose of creating a second virtual rod,—analyzing the first and second virtual rods for the purpose of creating a third virtual rod,—intraoperatively manufacturing a real rod from the third virtual rod by a bending device. Also disclosed are the device and the connecting rod allowing the method to be carried out.

A bending machine that produces complex bent parts from straight wire rods includes computer-numerical control unit; a transport system that transports successive wire rods along a transport path, wherein the transport system has a plurality of workpiece-receiving devices each for receiving a single wire rod; a plurality of workstations arranged along the transport path, wherein at least two of the workstations are configured as bending stations, wherein at least one bending station comprises a bending unit configured as a rotary draw bending unit.

A bending machine that produces complex bent parts from straight wire rods includes computer-numerical control unit; a transport system that transports successive wire rods along a transport path, wherein the transport system has a plurality of workpiece-receiving devices each for receiving a single wire rod; a plurality of workstations arranged along the transport path, wherein at least two of the workstations are configured as bending stations, wherein at least one bending station comprises a bending unit configured as a rotary draw bending unit.

One aspect of the present disclosure is a manufacturing device for a bent pipe by which the bent pipe is obtained by bending a double pipe. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe includes an inner core metal, an intermediate core metal, a bending mold, and a controller. The controller executes a first bending process, a second bending process, and a re-bending process. In the first bending process, a first pipe and a second pipe are bend in a first direction in a first area. In the second bending process, the first pipe and the second pipe are bent in a second direction in a second area. The second area has more distance from a coupling portion than the first area does. In the re-bending process, the second pipe is bent in the same direction as the second direction in the second area.

A method of bending a conduit is disclosed. An engagement member is displaced via contact with the conduit and engages a switch. A signal is sent to a microprocessor indicative of a characteristic of the conduit to be bent, in response to engagement of the switch. The microprocessor provides a motor control signal to the motor to control a rotation of the shoe, wherein rotation of the shoe bends the conduit.