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BPERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING B21Mechanical metalworking B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING METAL B21D7/00Bending rods, profiles, or tubes

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Medical bending system
- Patent number 12,186,027
- Issue date Jan 7, 2025
- AESCULAP AG
- Lukas Boehler
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Method for controlling a bending process for bending a bending body
- Patent number 12,030,109
- Issue date Jul 9, 2024
- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Nikolas Beulich
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Surgical rod bending method
- Patent number 11,944,363
- Issue date Apr 2, 2024
- Dignity Health
- Neil R. Crawford
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Method of bending a conduit
- Patent number 11,858,028
- Issue date Jan 2, 2024
- GREENLEE TOOLS, INC.
- Jeffrey J. Plummer
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Grant
Automatic metal wire bending (AMWB) apparatus to manufacture shape...
- Patent number 11,752,534
- Issue date Sep 12, 2023
- NDSU--Research Foundation
- Bashir Khoda
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Grant
Automatic machine and method for producing reinforcement blanks
- Patent number 11,712,728
- Issue date Aug 1, 2023
- Valentin Todorov Kirov
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Shaper for vertebral fixation rods
- Patent number 11,696,788
- Issue date Jul 11, 2023
- Mazor Robotics Ltd.
- Edo Zucker
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Grant
Bending device having workpiece guidance by a multi-articulated arm...
- Patent number 11,697,146
- Issue date Jul 11, 2023
- Wafios Aktiengesellschaft
- Uwe-Peter Weigmann
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Apparatus for and method of manufacturing roll-formed component
- Patent number 11,660,650
- Issue date May 30, 2023
- Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Hideki Okada
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Plate bender for mandibular implants and bending process
- Patent number 11,653,964
- Issue date May 23, 2023
- TECHFIT DIGITAL SURGERY INC.
- Mauricio Toro Restrepo
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Processing device, and method for controlling processing device
- Patent number 11,559,835
- Issue date Jan 24, 2023
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Atsushi Sugai
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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Bender having a sensor configured to sense a workpiece
- Patent number 11,440,069
- Issue date Sep 13, 2022
- GREENLEE TOOLS, INC.
- Sean Daugherty
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Systems and methods for producing hot induction pipe bends with hom...
- Patent number 11,414,723
- Issue date Aug 16, 2022
- Welspun Corp Limited
- Balkrishan Goenka
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Machine and method for bending oblong elements, preferably metal, s...
- Patent number 11,407,017
- Issue date Aug 9, 2022
- M.E.P. Macchine Elettroniche Piegatrici SpA
- Giorgio Del Fabro
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Circuit for conduit bender
- Patent number 11,400,503
- Issue date Aug 2, 2022
- GREENLEE TOOLS, INC.
- Jeffrey J. Plummer
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Surgical rod bending system and method
- Patent number 11,376,053
- Issue date Jul 5, 2022
- Dignity Health
- Neil R. Crawford
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Systems and methods for arc and node design and manufacture
- Patent number 11,192,168
- Issue date Dec 7, 2021
- Divergent Technologies, Inc.
- Broc William TenHouten
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Apparatus for and method of manufacturing roll- formed component
- Patent number 11,040,386
- Issue date Jun 22, 2021
- Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Hideki Okada
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Method and apparatus for auto-calibration of a wire bending machine
- Patent number 11,027,323
- Issue date Jun 8, 2021
- ADVANCED ORTHODONTIC SOLUTIONS
- Constantine Grapsas
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Method for forming a metal beam or stringer
- Patent number 11,014,135
- Issue date May 25, 2021
- NWI NASHVILLE, LLC
- Harold M. Brewer
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Winding wire manufacturing device and control method for the same
- Patent number 11,007,560
- Issue date May 18, 2021
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Tsuyoshi Matsuo
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Method and device for bending pipe
- Patent number 10,953,448
- Issue date Mar 23, 2021
- Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Guang Ping Lan
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Fin-assembled tube
- Patent number 10,955,198
- Issue date Mar 23, 2021
- MARELLI CABIN COMFORT JAPAN CORPORATION
- Hiroyuki Oono
- F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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Tubing bender
- Patent number 10,919,080
- Issue date Feb 16, 2021
- Brochman Innovations, LLC
- Todd Brochman
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Follower bar assembly for a bender
- Patent number 10,792,718
- Issue date Oct 6, 2020
- GREENLEE TOOLS, INC
- Sean Daugherty
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
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Devices, systems and methods for automated wire bending
- Patent number 10,792,727
- Issue date Oct 6, 2020
- AIM, Inc.
- Tom J. Christofilis
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Shaper for vertebral fixation rods
- Patent number 10,631,907
- Issue date Apr 28, 2020
- Mazor Robotics Ltd.
- Edo Zucker
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
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Apparatus and method for bending a pipe and testing accuracy of a b...
- Patent number 10,625,320
- Issue date Apr 21, 2020
- USUI CO., LTD.
- Vishal Shah
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Manufacturing method for bent member and hot-bending apparatus for...
- Patent number 10,543,519
- Issue date Jan 28, 2020
- Nippon Steel Corporation
- Nobuhiro Okada
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Bending apparatus
- Patent number 10,537,926
- Issue date Jan 21, 2020
- OPTON CO., LTD
- Teruaki Yogo
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
TUBE BENDING SYSTEM
- Publication number 20250010349
- Publication date Jan 9, 2025
- SANOH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
- Yuichi Kotaki
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
STEEL PIPE OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS PREDICTION MODEL GENERATION METHOD, STE...
- Publication number 20240362372
- Publication date Oct 31, 2024
- JFE STEEL CORPORATION
- Kosuke HINATA
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF BENDING AND BENDING MACHINE FOR THE EXECUTION OF A METHOD...
- Publication number 20240286184
- Publication date Aug 29, 2024
- BLM S.P.A.
- Fabrizio Caprotti
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
BENDING MACHINE, AND WIRE-PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING A BENDING MAC...
- Publication number 20230372991
- Publication date Nov 23, 2023
- WAFIOS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Uwe-Peter Weigmann
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONNECTING ROD FOR ATTACHMENT ELEMENTS S...
- Publication number 20230347400
- Publication date Nov 2, 2023
- CLARIANCE
- Thierry MANCEAU
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
SHAPER FOR VERTEBRAL FIXATION RODS
- Publication number 20230293215
- Publication date Sep 21, 2023
- Mazor Robotics Ltd.
- Edo Zucker
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
AUTOMATIC MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING REINFORCEMENT BLANKS
- Publication number 20220362828
- Publication date Nov 17, 2022
- Valentin Todorov Kirov
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF BENDING A CONDUIT
- Publication number 20220331853
- Publication date Oct 20, 2022
- Greenlee Tools, Inc.
- Jeffrey J. Plummer
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
SURGICAL ROD BENDING SYSTEM AND METHOD
- Publication number 20220313333
- Publication date Oct 6, 2022
- DIGNITY HEALTH
- Neil R. Crawford
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
CNC-PARAMETER GENERATING METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATED TUBE BENDING SYSTEM
- Publication number 20220137594
- Publication date May 5, 2022
- VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS
- Lars Erik WIK
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
Method for Controlling a Bending Process for Bending a Bending Body
- Publication number 20220126347
- Publication date Apr 28, 2022
- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Nikolas BEULICH
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Application
AUTOMATIC BENDING APPARATUS FOR COPPER PIPE CONNECTOR
- Publication number 20220118497
- Publication date Apr 21, 2022
- TAESUNG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
- Dong Hoon Shin
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROD BENDING
- Publication number 20220087729
- Publication date Mar 24, 2022
- KB MEDICAL SA
- Szymon Kostrzewski
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROLL-FORMED COMPONENT
- Publication number 20210276063
- Publication date Sep 9, 2021
- KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Hideki OKADA
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
BENDING DEVICE HAVING WORKPIECE GUIDANCE BY A MULTI-ARTICULATED ARM...
- Publication number 20210162484
- Publication date Jun 3, 2021
- WAFIOS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Uwe-Peter Weigmann
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PROCESS FOR CURVING ELONGATE...
- Publication number 20210101198
- Publication date Apr 8, 2021
- PROMAU S.R.L.
- Orazio Maria DAVI
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
BENDER HAVING A SENSOR CONFIGURED TO SENSE A WORKPIECE
- Publication number 20210016337
- Publication date Jan 21, 2021
- Greenlee Tools, Inc.
- Sean Daugherty
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM THAT PRODUCES BENT PARTS FROM INSULATED FLAT MATE...
- Publication number 20200384521
- Publication date Dec 10, 2020
- WAFIOS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Robin Sautter
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
MACHINE AND METHOD FOR BENDING OBLONG ELEMENTS, PREFERABLY METAL, S...
- Publication number 20200222964
- Publication date Jul 16, 2020
- M.E.P. Macchine Elettroniche Piegatrici S.P.A.
- Giorgio Del Fabro
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
AUTOMATIC METAL WIRE BENDING (AMWB) APPARATUS TO MANUFACTURE SHAPE...
- Publication number 20200180004
- Publication date Jun 11, 2020
- NDSU Research Foundation
- Bashir KHODA
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
SHAPER FOR VERTEBRAL FIXATION RODS
- Publication number 20200129217
- Publication date Apr 30, 2020
- Mazor Robotics Ltd.
- Edo Zucker
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
MACHINE FOR THE WORKING OF TUBES PROVIDED WITH AN OPTICAL SENSOR FO...
- Publication number 20200070229
- Publication date Mar 5, 2020
- BLM S.p.A.
- Roberto Gemignani
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
CIRCUIT FOR CONDUIT BENDER
- Publication number 20200070230
- Publication date Mar 5, 2020
- Greenlee Tools, Inc.
- Jeffrey J. Plummer
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR MONITORING OPERATION OF HIGH FRE...
- Publication number 20200038929
- Publication date Feb 6, 2020
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
- Noboru HASEGAWA
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROLL-FORMED COMPONENT
- Publication number 20190201959
- Publication date Jul 4, 2019
- KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Hideki Okada
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Information Patent Application
SURGICAL ROD BENDING SYSTEM AND METHOD
- Publication number 20190167329
- Publication date Jun 6, 2019
- DIGNITY HEALTH
- Neil R. Crawford
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
EXTRUDED ARC STRUCTURES FOR USE WITH NODES
- Publication number 20190160515
- Publication date May 30, 2019
- DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Broc William TenHOUTEN
- B62 - LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARC AND NODE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE
- Publication number 20190047037
- Publication date Feb 14, 2019
- DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Broc William TenHOUTEN
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODEL-BASED PIPE BENDING INSTRUCTIONS
- Publication number 20180318899
- Publication date Nov 8, 2018
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Miller Glenn Byrd
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SURGICAL IMPLANT BENDING SYSTEM AND METHOD
- Publication number 20180289491
- Publication date Oct 11, 2018
- WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
- Thomas V. McGahan
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...

with programme control

Industry

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Medical bending system

Method for controlling a bending process for bending a bending body

Surgical rod bending method

Method of bending a conduit

Automatic metal wire bending (AMWB) apparatus to manufacture shape...

Automatic machine and method for producing reinforcement blanks

Shaper for vertebral fixation rods

Bending device having workpiece guidance by a multi-articulated arm...

Apparatus for and method of manufacturing roll-formed component

Plate bender for mandibular implants and bending process

Processing device, and method for controlling processing device

Bender having a sensor configured to sense a workpiece

Systems and methods for producing hot induction pipe bends with hom...

Machine and method for bending oblong elements, preferably metal, s...

Circuit for conduit bender

Surgical rod bending system and method

Systems and methods for arc and node design and manufacture

Apparatus for and method of manufacturing roll- formed component

Method and apparatus for auto-calibration of a wire bending machine

Method for forming a metal beam or stringer

Winding wire manufacturing device and control method for the same

Method and device for bending pipe

Fin-assembled tube

Tubing bender

Follower bar assembly for a bender

Devices, systems and methods for automated wire bending

Shaper for vertebral fixation rods

Apparatus and method for bending a pipe and testing accuracy of a b...

Manufacturing method for bent member and hot-bending apparatus for...

Bending apparatus

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

TUBE BENDING SYSTEM

STEEL PIPE OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS PREDICTION MODEL GENERATION METHOD, STE...

METHOD OF BENDING AND BENDING MACHINE FOR THE EXECUTION OF A METHOD...

BENDING MACHINE, AND WIRE-PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING A BENDING MAC...

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONNECTING ROD FOR ATTACHMENT ELEMENTS S...

SHAPER FOR VERTEBRAL FIXATION RODS

AUTOMATIC MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING REINFORCEMENT BLANKS

METHOD OF BENDING A CONDUIT

SURGICAL ROD BENDING SYSTEM AND METHOD

CNC-PARAMETER GENERATING METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATED TUBE BENDING SYSTEM

Method for Controlling a Bending Process for Bending a Bending Body

AUTOMATIC BENDING APPARATUS FOR COPPER PIPE CONNECTOR

ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROD BENDING

APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROLL-FORMED COMPONENT

BENDING DEVICE HAVING WORKPIECE GUIDANCE BY A MULTI-ARTICULATED ARM...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PROCESS FOR CURVING ELONGATE...

BENDER HAVING A SENSOR CONFIGURED TO SENSE A WORKPIECE

METHOD AND SYSTEM THAT PRODUCES BENT PARTS FROM INSULATED FLAT MATE...

MACHINE AND METHOD FOR BENDING OBLONG ELEMENTS, PREFERABLY METAL, S...

AUTOMATIC METAL WIRE BENDING (AMWB) APPARATUS TO MANUFACTURE SHAPE...

SHAPER FOR VERTEBRAL FIXATION RODS

MACHINE FOR THE WORKING OF TUBES PROVIDED WITH AN OPTICAL SENSOR FO...

CIRCUIT FOR CONDUIT BENDER

APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR MONITORING OPERATION OF HIGH FRE...

APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROLL-FORMED COMPONENT

SURGICAL ROD BENDING SYSTEM AND METHOD

EXTRUDED ARC STRUCTURES FOR USE WITH NODES

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARC AND NODE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODEL-BASED PIPE BENDING INSTRUCTIONS

SURGICAL IMPLANT BENDING SYSTEM AND METHOD