A short history of the bending machine – Part 2
From mechanical sheet metal processing in the 18th century to the fully automated double bending machine of the digital age. The history of the bending machine continues.
Rolling mill for mechanical plate production | © Morphart – stock.adobe.com
Manually operated brake, end of the 19th century | Illustration from: Otto Lueger, Lexikon der gesamten Technik, 1904
69-MH-4/1 series manual bending machine with machine frame, one of the first machines from Jorns, around 1973 | © Jorns AG
82-NC series hydraulic bending machine, 4 m long, one of the first NC-controlled bending machines from Jorns, around 1985 | © Jorns AG
Fully automated Jorns double bending machine JDB, 12.2 m long, bending capacity 3 mm steel sheet, 2021 | © Jorns AG
The Industrial Revolution: mechanical metalworking in grand style
One thing had not changed in metalworking by the middle of the 18th century: it was still very hard manual labour. But come the Industrial Revolution, more and more
