A press brake assembly including a gauge system and press brake machine for processing a workpiece. The gauge system having gauge with a clamp configured to handle the workpiece. The gauge is also capable of changing the tool of the press brake machine. A tool rack is disposed at the ends of a gauge rail for storage of the tools. The control system of the press brake machine may control the gauge, to allow an autonomous unmanned operation

A press brake assembly including a crane system and press brake machine for processing a workpiece. The crane system having a workpiece handling mechanism configured to pick and store the workpiece. The crane system allows the crane to move along a plane via longitudinal and lateral rails. The crane also includes multiple swivel points to allow mobility to handle workpieces efficiently. The control system of the press brake machine may control the crane, allowing a single control system to control the press brake assembly.

A first plate-like member on a bottom surface side is disposed in a horizontal direction. A second plate-like member is disposed in a vertical direction. A first position restricting mechanism is engaged with a first end portion including a first side that opposes the first plate-like member in a workpiece in a state where the workpiece stands while a front surface and a rear surface of the plate-like workpiece are along a vertical direction, and restricts the position of the first end portion in a plate thickness direction. A second position restricting mechanism is engaged with a second end portion including a second side that opposes the second plate-like member in the workpiece, and restricts the position of the second end portion in the plate thickness direction.

A press brake for bending a workpiece that includes a movable ram and a support beam. The press brake includes a backgauge that has an arm with a plurality of fingers for grasping the workpiece. The arm is mounted to an arm support that is mounted on a carriage that is mounted on a backgauge support frame. The arm is configured to swing relative to the arm support in a plane perpendicular to the carriage from a position projecting away from one side of the carriage to a position projecting away from the other side of the carriage. The carriage is configured to rotate 180 degrees so that opposite sides of the workpiece may be positioned under the ram to thereby allow for bending operations to be performed on opposite sides of the workpiece without removing the workpiece from the backgauge.

A machine tool apparatus for a press brake, folding press or punch press system includes a tool holder body having a receiving portion configured for selective engagement with a coupling end of a machine tool. The apparatus also includes a magnetic coupling assembly comprising one or more magnetic elements configured to generate a magnetic coupling adapted for the selective engagement of the tool holder body with the coupling end of the machine tool. In some embodiments, the apparatus may further include an actuator configured to manipulate at least one of the magnetic elements to modulate the strength of the magnetic coupling for selective engagement and disengagement of the tool holder body with the coupling end of the machine tool.

Provided is an auxiliary bending robot capable of processing two workpieces simultaneously, including a linear base slide rail, a slider, a movable major arm, a movable minor arm, a front arm, a swing link, and an additional seventh axis. The slider is slidably connected to the linear base slide rail, and a first axis is formed between the slider and the linear base slide rail. A top portion of the slider is directly or indirectly hinged to a rear end of the movable major arm through a second axis, a front end of the movable major arm is hinged to a rear end of the movable minor arm through a third axis, a front end of the movable minor arm is hinged to a rear end of the front arm through a fourth axis, and a front end of the front arm is rotatably connected to a middle portion of the swing link through a fifth axis. There are two additional seventh axes, the two additional seventh axes are symmetrically disposed on the swing link on two sides of the fifth axis, and each of the additional seventh axes is rotatably connected to the swing link. The present invention can bend two sheet metal plate parts at the same time, so that the efficiency is multiplied and the efficiency problem of automatic bending processing is practically resolved.

A workpiece supply device for supplying a plate-shaped workpiece to a press brake, including: a slider movable along a Y-axis-direction guide member that is provided on a base frame movable in X-, Y-, and Z-axis directions relative to a press brake, the slider being capable of being positioned at an end of the guide member; and a workpiece holder provided on the slider and capable of holding a workpiece, wherein a part of the workpiece holder is capable of protruding from the end of the guide member.

A first plate-like member on a bottom surface side is disposed in a horizontal direction. A second plate-like member is disposed in a vertical direction. A first position restricting mechanism is engaged with a first end portion including a first side that opposes the first plate-like member in a workpiece in a state where the workpiece stands while a front surface and a rear surface of the plate-like workpiece are along a vertical direction, and restricts the position of the first end portion in a plate thickness direction. A second position restricting mechanism is engaged with a second end portion including a second side that opposes the second plate-like member in the workpiece, and restricts the position of the second end portion in the plate thickness direction.

A production installation for producing workpieces from sheet metal by reshaping includes a bending machine, a support table defining a support plane, and a manipulation device having a support arrangement and a holding arrangement. The holding arrangement has interacting upper and lower holding units. The support arrangement has a separate upper support unit and a separate lower support unit, wherein the upper holding unit is arranged on the upper support unit, and the lower holding unit is arranged on the lower support unit. In an open insertion position of the manipulation device for the sheet metal to be accommodated therein, and in a loading region in front of the bending machine, the upper support unit, together with the upper holding unit, is arranged entirely above the support plane, and the lower support unit, together with the lower holding unit, is arranged entirely below the support plane.

A workpiece placement platform device including: an X-axis direction positioning member provided on one side of a placement platform on which to place a plate-shaped workpiece and configured to position one side edge of the workpiece in an X-axis direction by contacting the one side edge; a Y-axis direction positioning member provided on another side of the placement platform and configured to position another side edge of the workpiece in a Y-axis direction by contacting the another side edge; and a workpiece positioning member that is movable in and out relative to a workpiece placement surface of the placement platform and configured to partition the workpiece placement surface into sections in the X-axis direction and enable simultaneous positioning at the sections on the workpiece placement surface.