A short history of bending machines – Part 1
From the beginnings of sheet metal processing to the first bending devices in the Middle Ages. The history of bending machines actual starts way back in ancient times.
Antique helmet – made by forging a thick circular sheet of metal | © dcw25 – stock.adobe.com
Historic hammer forge in Tyrol | © hubert – stock.adobe.com
Old wooden workbench with integrated vices | © juriskraulis – stock.adobe.com
A gunsmith's workshop around 1500, reproduction of a woodcut by Hans Burgkmair. © Sunny Celeste / Alamy Stock Foto
But first, a definition – what is a bending machine?
“Bending machine, a machine tool to shape spatial workpieces from flat or rod-shaped initial material without cutting: metal plates, strips, rods, tubes etc.”
From: Meyers
