Wire bending apparatus.

摘要

A wire bending apparatus is described comprising a robot (11) provided with a device (111) for gripping and rotating a wire, and a suitable number of program-controlled benders (12; 13). The robot (11) grips a wire and supplies a portion of the wire to be bent to the program-controlled benders (12; 13) to bend the wire. The robot (11) is rotated through a predetermined angle while gripping the wire according to a bending direction of a next portion to be bent, after which the wire is supplied to the program-controlled bender (12; 13) to bend the wire, whereby the wire is bent into a predetermined shape. <IMAGE>