A three-dimensionally shaped round metallic wire having a cross-section non-circular portion in a predetermined portion without performing additional processing and having specified dimensional accuracy and accuracy of form. In an intermediate step in which the round metallic wire is processed in a predetermined three-dimensional shape, a cross-section non-circular portion forming machine 20 which forms the cross-section non-circular portion having a non-circular cross-sectional shape in at least one position is included. At the time of bending, the cross-section non-circular portion is held by a wire holding portion of a bending machine 30, and the bending is performed in the predetermined three-dimensional shape. Holding the cross-section non-circular portion causes relative rotation between the cross-section non-circular portion and the wire holding portion to be suppressed as compared with a case of the cross-section circular shape. Accordingly, bending accuracy in the three-dimensional shape for the round metallic wire is improved.

A method and a system for handling slender bodies in a semi-finished production plant includes a cutting station separating slender bodies from a continuous wire, a finishing station of the head ends of the slender bodies, a dimensional verification station downstream of the finishing station, and transporting equipment transporting the slender bodies between stations. At or upstream of the cutting station a marking unit applies a reference marking on the slender bodies, which working identifies an original attitude including angular position. The transporting equipment includes gripping and locking assembly, locking at least the angular position of the reference mark to a relative reference system of the transport equipment. Upstream of the finishing station is a detecting and storing unit for data of the angular position to the relative reference system. A unit determines the original attitude of the slender bodies using the data in the dimensional verification station.

Accuracy of feedforward control for a wire straightener is improved. A feedback operation amount to a straightener is determined by a feedback control means based on an error between a target curvature and a straightening curvature. A feedforward compensation means determines a feedforward compensation value from a measurement value of the straightener using a prediction model. A learning means performs machine learning on the prediction model using teaching data. The learning means adds at least one combination including the measurement value and a manipulated variable when an absolute value of an error is smaller than a reference value to the teaching data.

A forming machine that produces formed parts of a complex design from straight workpieces from wire or tube includes a computerized numerical control unit; a plurality of workstations including a loading station, a first machining station downstream of the loading station, and at least one second machining station downstream of the first machining station, wherein at least two of the machining stations are forming stations; and a transport system that transports successive workpieces from the loading station to downstream workstations while under control by the control unit.

A wire processing apparatus comprises a frame, a clamping device mounted on the frame and adapted to clamp a wire to be processed, and a straightening and cutting device mounted on the frame. The straightening and cutting device is adapted to press a conductor of the wire into a straight shape and cut the conductor to a predetermined length after pressing.

A bending and molding production line includes an unwinding mechanism, a feeding and straightening device, a cutting-off mechanism, a bending and molding device and a material loading mechanism, wherein the bending and molding device includes a base, the base is provided with two transverse sliding bases, the base is provided with a transverse driving device driving the transverse sliding bases, the base is provided with a central clamping device between the two transverse sliding bases, the transverse sliding bases are provided with a longitudinal sliding base in a sliding manner and are provided with a longitudinal driving device driving the longitudinal sliding base to slide, the longitudinal sliding base is provided with a bending and molding device, the transverse sliding base at the left side is provided with a left clamping device, and the transverse sliding base at the right side is provided with a right clamping device.

A method and a system for handling slender bodies in a semi-finished production plant includes a cutting station separating slender bodies from a continuous wire, a finishing station of the head ends of the slender bodies, a dimensional verification station downstream of the finishing station, and transporting equipment transporting the slender bodies between stations. At or upstream of the cutting station a marking unit applies a reference marking on the slender bodies, which working identifies an original attitude including angular position. The transporting equipment includes gripping and locking assembly, locking at least the angular position of the reference mark to a relative reference system of the transport equipment. Upstream of the finishing station is a detecting and storing unit for data of the angular position to the relative reference system. A unit determines the original attitude of the slender bodies using the data in the dimensional verification station.

The present invention relates to machines, systems and processes for feeding longitudinal wires (2) for mesh (6) production. Welding of longitudinal wires (2) with transverse wires (4) at welding unit (57) produces mesh (6). Longitudinal wires (2) are controllably rotated around their longitudinal axes to selected angles, and restrained until their welding with transverse wires (4), thus negating effects of residual curvature from roller straightener (36) and resulting in mesh (6) produced planar with distortion stresses effectively neutralized. A wire collector (79) releases a first longitudinal wire (2) for guided travel laterally to a receptacle (45). A rotator unit (71) simultaneously controllably rotates this wire, while the collector (79) simultaneously receives the length of the next longitudinal wire. Particular rotator units (71) facilitate such operation. In some versions an advancement roller assembly (120) proximate to the welding unit (57) may advance longitudinal wires (2) through the welding unit, freeing a longitudinal wires carrier (31) to return to the longitudinal storage (32) and to receive a next set of longitudinal wires.

A method and a device for straightening wire or strip material using a straightening device comprising aligning rollers which act on opposite sides of the material being passed through in an offset manner and some of which are automatically set on the basis of a model, which has been ascertained using input data of the material, such that the requirements for straightness are satisfied. The position of at least one aligning roller is continuously adapted on the basis of the aforementioned data which is detected while the material passes through the straightening device and which represents the target straightness, wherein the deflection of the material in the Y and Z direction after passing through the assembly of aligning rollers is measured by three sensors arranged along the X axis, and the obtained measurement values are input into the model which controls the setting of the aligning rollers which can be set.

A wire processing apparatus comprises a frame, a clamping device mounted on the frame and adapted to clamp a wire to be processed, and a straightening and cutting device mounted on the frame. The straightening and cutting device is adapted to press a conductor of the wire into a straight shape and cut the conductor to a predetermined length after pressing.