摘要 |
A method and apparatus for automatic shaping and/or decoration of longitudinal members in modular units of preset size, such as wire, tube, flat strip or linked pressings, from which ultimately to fashion articles of jewelry in precious metal or articles of costume jewelry, featuring the following steps: two-point support, tensioning and guiding of a longitudinal member through and along its own longitudinal axis; shaping/decoration of a stretch of the longitudinal member lying between the supports, at points located in opposition either side of a longitudinal median plane; and linear and/or rotational movement of the longitudinal member along and/or about its own longitudinal axis relative to means which carry out such shaping or decoration.
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