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Patent Issued for Bending system and method for using the same (USPTO 12025299)
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This patent was filed on May 14, 2021 and was published online on July 2, 2024.From the background information supplied by the inventors, news correspondents o btained the followingquote: “BACKGROUND ART“In recent years, bending systems have become widespread in the field of sheet m etal processing.Hereinafter, the configuration and the like of the bending syst em will be briefly described (see PatentLiterature 1).“The bending system includes a press brake that bends a workpiece. A bending rob ot that assistsin bending the workpiece is provided between the press brake and a predetermined setting area that isarranged in front of the press brake. The bending robot includes a robot hand that holds the workpieceon a pallet set in the predetermined setting area. Further, above the predetermined setting area, a cameraas an image pickup unit that picks up an image of the workpiece on the p allet from a vertically upperdirection is provided. A first illumination unit t hat irradiates an image pickup area of the camera with anillumination beam is p rovided in the vicinity of the left side of the predetermined setting area. A se condillumination unit that irradiates the image pickup area of the camera with an illumination beam is providedin the vicinity of the right side of the predet ermined setting area.