A system and method for bending a surgical rod using an automated bending system includes receiving an indication of a plurality of line segments defined on the rod and an indication of an angle measurement to be formed between at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of line segments. Bending parameters to perform on the rod to form the angle measurement between the at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of line segments are determined and operation of the automated bending system is controlled using the bending parameters to create an angle having the angle measurement between the at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of line segments.

A system and method for bending a surgical rod using an automated bending system includes receiving an indication of a plurality of line segments defined on the rod and an indication of an angle measurement to be formed between at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of line segments. Bending parameters to perform on the rod to form the angle measurement between the at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of line segments are determined and operation of the automated bending system is controlled using the bending parameters to create an angle having the angle measurement between the at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of line segments.

An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least one revolute joint defining at least one rotation axes and at least one prismatic joints defining at least one translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators.

An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least three revolute joints defining three rotation axes and at least three prismatic joints defining at least three translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators. The two manipulators are arranged to allow a relative movement in six degrees of freedom. A reduced complexity embodiment is also described having only one or two revolute joints.

A wire rod forming machine according to the present disclosure includes: a base plate including a vertical first basal surface on its front side; a quill projecting from the first basal surface; a wire rod guide hole penetrating through the quill; a wire rod feeding apparatus provided on a rear side of the base plate; a first XY table; an extending supporting part including a second basal surface perpendicular to the first basal surface; and a second XY table provided at the second basal surface of the extending supporting part. The first XY table includes a slide plate having a recessed part configured to receive the quill. The slide plate is provided with a plurality of apparatus fixing parts configured to fix a plurality of first tool shifting apparatuses arranged radially about the recessed part. The second XY table includes a second tool shifting apparatus.

To simplify a commissioning and parameter change in a 3D bending process of wires, a 3D bending device and a 3D bending method for bending a wire are provided. The wire is held by a first leg and a second leg and the legs are moved, via a first to third relative movement device, in a first to third relative movement with a first to third movement axis in order to change, in an adjustable manner independently of one another, torsion angles of the first and second legs and a distance between the central axes of the legs.

A simplified wire bending machine is provided comprising a bending head with an integrated wire cutoff mechanism. The bending head comprises an inner portion, wherein the inner portion includes a wire bending channel; and an outer portion, wherein the outer portion includes a cutting edge and one or more bending pins. The outer portion is rotatable about the inner portion such that a bending pin is capable of bending a wire around the inner portion. Further, the outer portion is movable from a first position to a second position in which the cutting edge is configured to engage and shear a wire.

A method of producing a bent part from insulated flat material having a flat electrically conducting carrier material sheathed by an electrically insulating insulation layer includes feeding the insulated flat material from a material supply to a bending machine; in the bending machine, forming a two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally bent part bent from insulated flat material; severing the bent part in a cutting operation from the fed insulated flat material; and removing part of the insulation layer in an insulation-stripping operation from the electrically conducting carrier material in at least one portion of the insulated flat material, wherein the insulation-stripping operation on the flat material guided in the bending machine by an insulation-stripping installation that is integrated in the bending machine is carried out by a continuous method on the flat material running through the insulation-stripping installation prior to severing the bent part from the fed flat material.

A system and a method is provided in which a CAD system receives a solid model and receives user input to select points on the surface of the solid model, to create a wire part program file based on the selected points, and to transmit the wire part program file to a bending machine. The wire part program files is configured such that the bending machine will manufacture a wire based on the wire part program file.

A method for manufacturing in space a rigid structure having a lattice is disclosed. The method includes creating of at least two framework elements from a coil of metal strip or wire, and creating of the lattice by cold-connecting the framework elements.