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transfluid Maschinenbau GmbH - Booth 5 G34
Flexible Production Cell Featuring
Bending Robots and Encoding
transfluid develops an efficient bending system
for short and long pipes
When the requirements are complex, a solution
is required that provides dynamic and diverse
results. And sometimes, this can also lead to several
results, like in the case of transfluid Maschinenbau
GmbH’s current project. In this case, the special
developed automation system bends 6 m long
pipes with small diameters at a consistently high
speed. Simultaneously, the transfluid production
unit is capable of producing shorter pipelines of 500
mm featuring diverse bending geometry in large
quantities. Handling the coated pipes during the
process is also demanding. Because of the sensitive
surfaces, special care and treatment are required
during processing.
Chain conveyor and clever encoding
different magazines. One magazine is a so-called
“chain conveyor”. It guides long pipes to the bending
robot. According to the markings placed on the pipes
by the encoding beforehand, the robots are able to
detect which geometries need to be produced. In this
case, they are capable of bending a long pipe from
one side to the centre. Following processing, the
workpiece is placed on a slide.
The bending cell also possesses a separate step
conveyor. This feeds in short pipe lengths, including
two different pipes if this is required. Depending on
the case at hand, each robot processes a different
geometry or pipes with another diameter. This
enables a large series of short components to
be processed efficiently at the same time.. Long
components can be processed just as effectively
For high versatility
To ensure that production can be implemented safely, “An additional challenge for the development of
our solution was that all the pipes have previously
quickly, and thoroughly, transfluid has equipped
end formed ends on both sides or they already
two robots that are used as bending machines with
have cutting rings mounted ,” explains Stefanie
30 TUBE NEWS
April 2018