FREDERICK W WISE
Engineers in Bittersville, PA

5315522, May 24, 1994

Nov 6, 1992

7/972942

Kenneth A. Kauffman - York PA
Stephen C. Davis - Wrightsville PA
Frederick W. Wise - Windsor PA

G06F 1546, B21D 712

36447407

A table bender controller employing a computerized display screen with the computer therefor being programmed to take keyed-in entry of customer provided bar shape specifications, whether entered by the machine operator at the machine location or from corresponding specification input data downloaded from a remote location input terminal, which specifications are in terms of a finished dimension of the bent bar profile along with the diameter of the bar to be bent and the bend degrees and directions of bend to produce the required shape, all of which either after key-in or downloading is called up in graphical display on the screen in a visual profile corresponding to that to be bent with appropriate machine and bar set instructions for producing such shape, including bending sequence, dimensions, gage marks, pin sizes and ram location for each of the component bends in the sequence.