The objective of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for manufacturing an elbow-shaped duct, comprising: a main body obliquely provided at the upper part thereof; a duct movement guiding part provided to rotate and vertically move; a duct vane forming part including forming jigs symmetrically formed and respectively slid in the opposite directions to be coupled to and separated from each other; a duct vane coupling part including a duct fixing member for guiding the fixing of a duct and a duct vane pressing member for coupling upper and lower vanes of the duct; and a rotary driving part rotatably provided inside the main body, and including an eccentric rotary roller having, at the upper part thereof, a cutting roller for cutting the duct and a forming roller for forming the upper and lower vanes of the duct, thereby enabling the duct to be manufactured, by loading the cylindrical duct on the movement guiding part, as is, and simultaneously performing cutting and forming to correspond to an elbow shape, and thus remarkably reduces manufacturing time.

A roller hemming apparatus for robot-supported roller hemming with a manipulator, as well as with a roller hemming apparatus, is described. The apparatus includes a frame, a first roller and a second roller which, when in operation, contact two opposite sides of a workpiece, and at least one first actuator mechanically coupled to the frame and to at least one of the first and the second rollers and controlled so that opposing process forces that are applied over the first and the second rollers and that lie approximately along one effective line of force are applied to the workpiece at opposite sides.

A roller hemming apparatus for robot-supported roller hemming with a manipulator, as well as with a roller hemming apparatus, is described. The apparatus includes a frame, a first roller and a second roller which, when in operation, contact two opposite sides of a workpiece, and at least one first actuator mechanically coupled to the frame and to at least one of the first and the second rollers and controlled so that opposing process forces that are applied over the first and the second rollers and that lie approximately along one effective line of force are applied to the workpiece at opposite sides.

A method and apparatus for forming and trimming an associated corner region formed from a flat plate. A die and a knife assembly includes a die that is movable in opposed reciprocating directions within a first plane. A support assembly for the corner region holds the corner region at oblique angle with respect to the plane.

A roller assembly includes a workbench, a roller module located above the workbench, and a locking assembly coupled to the roller module and configured to position the roller module above the workbench. The roller module includes a driving device and a pressure roller. The driving device is coupled to the pressure roller through a crank assembly. The crank assembly drives the pressure roller to move along a track to roll on a work-piece positioned on the workbench.

The invention relates to a method for forming a fastening collar. A fastening collar is formed to the end of the tubular piece by shaping the end of the tubular piece in a first step by means of a first rotatable shaping head and a counter-surface to a first angle, and in a second step by means of a second rotatable shaping head and a counter-surface to a second angle. The outermost end of a flange part shaped in the first step is shaped in the second step in such a manner that only part of the flange part formed in the first step is shaped into a support surface that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tubular piece.

A mobile flanging machine for pipes has a portable frame on which a drive is mounted, which drives a roller via a transmission, and an adjustment mechanism fixed to the frame, on which a counter-pressure roller is movably held, wherein a bent flange can be produced on the pipe end by inserting a pipe end into a gap between the roller and the counterpressure roller. A method for assembling the mobile flanging machine involves transporting and setting up a frame with a rotatably mounted roller and an adjustment mechanism on which a counterpressure roller is movably held, transporting a drive with a first coupling part to the frame, connecting the first coupling part to a second coupling part for driving the roller, and fixing the drive to the frame.

workpiece bending method and a workpiece bending apparatus that allow setting of a trajectory of a bending implement based upon a pre-processed shape of a workpiece and an intended post-processed shape of the workpiece. The workpiece bending method bends a flange of a workpiece via a processing roller, and includes a step for obtaining a pre-processed angle of the flange before processing and a flange length of the portion of the flange to be bent; a trajectory determination step for determining a path (trajectory) of the processing roller based upon the pre-processed angle, an intended angle after processing, and the flange length; and a processing step for moving the processing roller in a prescribed direction in accordance with the path determined in the trajectory determination step and then bending the flange until the intended angle is achieved.

workpiece bending method and a workpiece bending apparatus that allow setting of a trajectory of a bending implement based upon a pre-processed shape of a workpiece and an intended post-processed shape of the workpiece. The workpiece bending method bends a flange of a workpiece via a processing roller, and includes a step for obtaining a pre-processed angle of the flange before processing and a flange length of the portion of the flange to be bent; a trajectory determination step for determining a path (trajectory) of the processing roller based upon the pre-processed angle, an intended angle after processing, and the flange length; and a processing step for moving the processing roller in a prescribed direction in accordance with the path determined in the trajectory determination step and then bending the flange until the intended angle is achieved.

A method of forming a vehicle panel includes deforming a sheet metal workpiece between stamping tools to form a first and second edges that converge at a corner of the workpiece's main surface. The first edge is defined by a junction of the main surface and a first flange. The second edge is defined the main surface and a second flange. Forming the first and second edges includes deforming the workpiece so that the second flange has a first region bent to a first angle relative to the main surface and an unwinding region bent to an angle that unwinds from the first region as the second flange approaches the corner. The method includes deforming the workpiece between a second set of stamping tools that deform the first flange and the unwinding region of the second flange until the first and second flanges are bent greater than 90?.