Networked Tube Bending and Greater Time Benefits in Shipbuilding
The transfluid software improves mobile processes and high-performance bending machine for large tubes offer up to 60 % time savings
Digital solutions are required by the international shipbuilding and off-shore industry for efficient planning of their resources and processes . To support that , the high-tech machine manufacturer transfluid combine their bending technologies for large diameter tubes with online networking aimed at practical applications , as with the ‘ t project ’ software calculating beforehand the exact orientation of the flanges , when bending straight tubes with welded flanges . Mobile measuring tools acquire data on-site , for instance in order to measure template tubes accurately . In addition to that , transfluid offers the option of tube end-forming processes with the rotary tube forming UMR ‘ t form ’ machine . For instance , it is possible to introduce flared flanges economically and subsequently bend the tube .
Bending tubes with a diameter of up to 400mm faster
“ Saving time and money are aspects that we make possible for this industry , when it comes to tube processing ”, says transfluid Maschinenbau GmbH director Stefanie Flaeper . “ Our ‘ t bend ’ CNC bending machine has replaced the need to weld bends onto large tubes a long time ago , as it lowers the production costs .” In addition to that , the bending systems save up to 60 % of the production time for tubes with a diameter up to 400mm . The fast settingup of the machine , at times in less than 10 minutes , also plays a crucial role . Equipped with a fully
As the mobile version , ' t project Draft ' contributes to more time-efficient and more flexible tube manufacturing .
automated CNC control system , the transfluid units can process tubes with thin and thick walls and made of any material , even with radii of 1.5 x tube diameter or more . These tight bending radii are achieved with unrivalled minimal thinning of the tube walls . This leads to benefits also in terms of space on board the ship .
Better bending of tubes with flanges with the transfluid software
It is possible to achieve much simpler and much cheaper tube processing , when the flanges are welded onto the straight tube beforehand , because the welding process is considerably faster at that stage . With the internal connection to the CAD programs , the ‘ t project ’ bending software can process the
16 TUBE NEWS EVENTS August 2018