FOCUS ON TUBE FORMING
COMAC machinery for tube and profile bending .
COMAC Srl offers machine tools for bending sections . Comac-Italy has successfully installed more than 8,000 machines worldwide and offers a wide range of bending rolls with 22 models , all customisable and equipped with programmable NC or managed by CNC control .
COMESA Srl is an Italian manufacturer , specialising in the manufacture of steel rolls and wear-parts and providing a complete inhouse production service . Its main products and services are : rolls and back-ups for hot and cold heavy plate levellers ; levelling rolls ; flattening rolls for metal coils and sheets ; straightening rolls for rolled sections , pipes and tubes ; slitting shafts and mandrels ; refurbishing of levelling rolls and refurbishing of levelling cassettes .
Data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH produces its software packages , COPRA ® RF and COPRA ® FEA RF , for design and simulation . It has also introduced numerous innovations towards intelligent sensor technology and measuring devices – an important element for digitalisation in roll forming .
DeeTee Industries Pvt Ltd is a leading manufacturer and exporter of tube / section mill rolls ; bar / wire rod mill rolls ; slitting line tooling ; back up rolls ; skin pass mill rolls ; flattener rolls ; deflector rolls ; slitting line arbours ; shafts and leveller rolls . It exports tools to more than 65 countries such as USA , UK , Canada , Germany , Australia etc .
Firmac Ltd . designs and builds duct forming equipment and HVAC machinery and specialises in cold roll forming technology . The fully automated Pro-Duct DRS CGF3 utilises progressive technology and innovative robotics . Other designs include the Nu-Loc duct seamer for closing straight ducts , the Attenuator “ POD ” Line for ductwork noise reduction and the compact STR-750 , Square to Round Duct Former .
Gräbener Maschinentechnik GmbH & Co . KG offers diverse solutions for the production of ship decks and LSAW pipes / special pipes .
“ Our Graebener ® seam milling machines
guarantee a quicker and better weld seam preparation at plate edges / pipes / vessels than ever before – with cost advantages of up to 50 %. The combination of RadiiPro ® by fabforce ® and Graebener ® pipe bending presses now delivers faster results , with the electronic radius measurement system ,” said the company .
Harco Metal Products , Inc . uses a variety of tube forming processes to meet a range of applications , with over 14 different end forming machines to produce most shapes ( from simple to extremely complex ). It provides tubular fabrication processes to form almost any shape including : CNC rotary arm bending ( mandrel-supported ), ram or compression bending , roll bending and more .
Hypertherm ’ s Rotary Tube Pro™ software is designed to make it ‘ fast and easy for anyone to design and cut tube and pipe parts ’. Designed for mechanised rotary cutting , it supports stand-alone units and cutting table add-ons , including plasma , laser , waterjet and oxyfuel machines .
The family-owned JustLaser GmbH , in Austria , specialises in laser systems for cutting and engraving various materials , especially metals ( also pipes ).
Established in 1987 , Kayseri Metal Center serves as a steel service center in Gebze and a profile manufacturer in its Izmir facility ( Meko Metal ).
“ We mainly focus on the greenhouse , automotive , solar , construction and HVAC industries . We have our own R & D department and long experience in profiling . Besides standard tubes and hollow sections , we specialise in special profiles for any kind of industry worldwide ( starting from 0.50mm thickness up to 8.00mm , with a total of 26 rollforming lines ).”
Polish manufacturer , Kimla , offers a hybrid laser for tube and sheet cutting . Its Flashcut linear laser , with linear drives , can cut sheet and tube ( 6m or 12m ). The system automatically unloads the tubes . The new Kimla combination flat sheet-tube laser incorporates a new tube laser cutting system which , says the company , ‘ is totally smart in its extraction of the cut part ’.
Software specialist , Lantek , includes the Lantek Flex3d Tubes as a CAD / CAM software system for designing , nesting and cutting parts of tubes and pipes , in its portfolio . The 2020 update also includes collision avoidance solutions in Lantek Expert and Lantek Flex3d modules that can avoid up to 80 per cent of downtime .
Through its new partnership with TRUMPF , a major industrial group in the machine tool sector , it now has the necessary resources to pursue new investments . It wishes to increase commitment to research and development by 70 % and grow its workforce by 50 %.
LVD has added a new tube cutting machine , TL 8525 , to its product portfolio to process larger diameter tubes . With a large 8500mm infeed length , the TL 8525 can process tubes of up to 250mm ( round or square ). Standard machine features include a 45-degree 3D tiltaxis cutting head for bevelling , 6-position front loader and a wide X-axis cutting head range of 1190mm to maximize material usage . A substantial 400mm Z-axis enables the cutting of larger profiles . It is equipped with a 2kW IPG fiber laser source ; a 4kW laser source is optional .
Its TL 2665-FL tube laser cutting machine processes round , rectangular , square or other standard tube profiles , up to 7925mm long , in a range of materials using a 2kW fibre laser . It is equipped with a standard seven-position , magazine-type automatic tube loader , automatic set-up and run , bow detection and twist compensation features which are designed to minimise downtime and increase tube cutting output . It features automated nesting ; a seam detection system and CADMAN-T embedded advanced programming software . The system can cut a maximum tube length of 7315mm ( 24 ’) and 127mm diameter round .
A profile from Kayseri .
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