US Patent Issued to BLM on Sept. 29 for "Method of bending and bending machine for the execution of a method of bending" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,590, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to BLM S.P.A. (Cantu', Italy).

"Method of bending and bending machine for the execution of a method of bending" was invented by Fabrizio Caprotti (Cantu', Italy), Andrea Baraldo (Cantu', Italy), Angelo Ponti (Cantu', Italy), Luca Bascetta (Milan) and Gianni Ferretti (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the bending of a tubular metal article comprising at least the following steps a) determining a bending sequence of the tubular metal article by means of a calculating unit, and b) bending the tubular metal article according to the bending sequence determined during the execution of ...