From a single source to an efficient solution in tube processing

transfluid® creates optimized processes for tube bending and forming

Simple, suitable for practice and highly efficient – that is the way solutions for tube processing are supposed to be. To achieve this, the transfluid® Maschinenbau GmbH develops free-of-interface automation systems from a single source for its customers and ensures the optimal set-up for the whole tube processing. The company from Schmallenberg presents its economic solutions also on this year's BLECHEXPO from June 6 to 9 in Stuttgart.

At the beginning of each transfluid® solutions there are specific custom requirements. “In this concrete case aluminium tubes of 17 x 1 mm diameter were to be bent in a bending radius of 10 mm (0.58 x D). The wall thinning on the exterior bend was permitted a maximum of 30 per cent”, says Gerd Nöker, one of transfluid®'s CEOs. “Additional requirements were the possibility for a bend sequence with various radii, end forming on both ends and a cycle time of maximal 15 seconds per component with up to six bends.”

To quicken up the tube bending process and at the same time reduce handling costs transfluid® developed a solution that forms one side of the aluminium tube before bending. After that, a 4-axle handling system takes over loading the fully electric transfluid® bending machine. The safe inward transfer of the 80 to 800 mm long tubes is guaranteed by loading from a step feeding system with a capacity up to 500 work pieces. To ensure optimal quality upon bending the length of every tube is exactly checked before feeding. After that, the bent tubes are removed by a robot and fed into a combined transfluid® forming machine. Here in one step the chipless cutting of overlenght takes place as well as the simultaneous axial forming. Subsequently, the robot feeds the single tubes to an optical measurement to completely control the forming geometries and surfaces. The integrated transfluid® automation system (t motion) can also process very short parts that, on customer request, are to be end-formed on both ends after bending. For this, the forming machine has been equipped with an automatic clamping jaw changer. This allows quick changing between two different form clamping pieces – according to requirements.

“Although it is daily business for transfluid® to create customer-suited and economic solutions we are always anew happy about the satisfaction and success of our customers”, concludes Gerd Nöker. At the BLECHEXPO, the international fair for sheet metal processing, visitors can convince themselves of the solutions of the global player from Schmallenberg in hall 7, stand 7220.

transfluid® Maschinenbau GmbH – the solution for tubes

Since 1988 transfluid® continually improved technologies in tube processing to meet customers’ demands, offering optimum, tailor-made solutions in machine and plant construction, that are used in the automobile, ship building and furniture industries as well as the construction of railings and conveyor technology. The Schmallenberg-based company has become a global brand with service offices in Europe and Asia.

transfluid®’s product portfolio offers perfect solutions in five different machine categories, that meet all the requirements in tube processing. t bend includes semi- and fully-automatic tube bending machines as well as large-diameter tube bending machines.. t form represents high-quality axial, rolling and combined tube forming machines. Automation systems with sophisticated concepts for bending and forming technology belong to the t motion category. With t cut, transfluid® offers tube cutting machines in different system variants und t clean is transfluid®’s range of tube cleaning machines for guaranteed cleanliness of work pieces and pipes.

www.transfluid.de
www.tube-processing-machines.com

transfluid®
Maschinenbau GmbH
Stefanie Flaeper
Hünegräben 20-22
57392 Schmallenberg
Germany
Tel.: +49 2972 97 15 - 0
Fax: +49 2972 97 15 - 11
info@transfluid.de
www.transfluid.de
www.tube-processing-machines.com

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