FOCUS ON TUBE FORMING systems for combining different working processes. Its fully hydraulic mandrel bending machine has SPS control for preselection and storage of bending angles via a touch panel.“ With our‘ t bend’ fully automated CNC tube bending machines, tools for bending on multiple levels with automated tool change makes it possible to achieve various radii and the most extreme geometries on tubes. With our clockwise / counterclockwise bending machines( also available with push bending function), very complex bends can be made,” it explained.
“ Our robotic bending technology features a robotic head equipped with a clockwise and counterclockwise bending head, so that bending can happen in both directions, once clamped. The eight synchronised and fully electric axes give maximum versatility when processing tubes,” it added.
For more than five decades, PIPE BENDING SYSTEMS, a business unit of TRACTO- TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG, has been a partner for pipe processing. It offers a range of pipe bending machines and PIPEFAB pipebending software. Its new modular TUBOMAT generation for hydraulic pipe machining offers sawing, deburring, bending, cutting ring preassembly and flanging operations.
Its TUBOCONTROL pipe measuring table enables users to flexibly measure lengths, angles and bends on-site. The pipe is scanned with the help of magnetic tapes. The TUBOBEND is its range of semi-automatic pipe bending machines for single and smallbatch production, for maintenance works or as mobile bending machines on construction sites. The TUBOTRON is its range of CNC pipe bending machines.
Other products include the ROBOFIX positioning system for flange pipe / template pipe manufacturing; the TUBOGRAT pipeend deburring machines and a range of pipe measuring systems( TUBOSCAN, TUBOCONTROL and SCOPELINK).
The TruLaser Tube 7000 fibre from TRUMPF.
PIPEFAB BE pipe bending software from TRACTO-TECHNIK.
The modular TUBOMAT generation for hydraulic pipe machining.
Sheet metal specialist, TRUMPF, offers a range of tube cutting solutions such as the TruLaser Tube 3000 fiber, TruLaser Tube 5000 fiber and TruLaser Tube 7000 fiber. Its TruTops Tube software focuses on the programming of processes for tube and profile processing.
“ With the Trulaser Tube 7000 fiber, the solid-state laser has a broad processing spectrum. The solid-state laser represents fast and flexible processing. Thanks to RapidCut, the high feed rates of the laser come into their own even on smaller contours. Above all for thinner materials, this is a huge productivity advantage for production. The open machine concept gives the TruLaser Tube 7000 fiber optimal accessibility during loading and unloading. This means the machine is efficient from a batch size of one. Thanks to the Central Link interface, the machine is also optimally equipped for Industry 4.0,” said TRUMPF.
The bevel cutting option enables bevel cuts of up to 45 °. TruLaser Tube 7000 fiber can also optionally take over further process steps, such as tapping threads. With the new technology package for tapping, additional machining processes such as flow drilling, tapping and twist drilling are integrated into the machine. Automation is also offered, as well as‘ Programming Tube’ 3D software.
Italian manufacturer, TT Engineering, produces stand-alone machines, semiautomatic systems, fully automatic lines and solutions for the production of pipes. It offers a wide range of pipe-end forming machines for pipe ends / male and female profiling. Its 3D pipe cutting machines have been developed to laser-cut pipes with diameters of up to 820mm. TTE-Cutting is dedicated programming software for its machines.
Unison Ltd is a UK manufacturer of tube and pipe bending machines and continuously innovates in the tube and pipe-bending marketplace. Available in single-stack, multistack and right / left varieties, Unison machines are delivered to over 20 countries. Unison offers all-electric benders for tube diameters from 4-275mm. Its hybrid-electric, dualstack machines include 50mm and 80mm maximum tube diameter hybrid models. It also offers tube bending software to control its machines.
The company acquired Pneuform, a manufacturer of wire forming and small-bore tube bending machines, in autumn 2023. As standard, all Pneuform machines are equipped with Yaskawa drives and Unison’ s software for programming and operation.
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