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Technical information

Bending Technology

Technical information

Bending Technology

Edition: 05/2007

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Before You proceed...

Contents

This Technical information brochure "Bending Technology"

provides a quick overview of the essentials of bending.

After a brief outline of the TruBend Series 5000, the individual sub-

assemblies of the press brake are described in greater detail. This

is followed by explanations on the technology of bending (bending

methods and calculations) and of the TRUMPF tooling system;

attention is also paid to the ACB ® angle sensor. Information

concerning materials and tips and tricks from daily practice round

off the topics discussed.

A list of key words provided at the end of this document makes it

easier to find specific information more quickly.

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