Order from China: Schwarze-Robitec
Develops a Compact CNC 25 E TB MR
With the new fully electric CNC 25 E TB MR Schwarze-Robitec delivered a high-quality,
compact tube bending machine sporting the “made in Germany” seal to China.
The Cologne-based tube bending specialist thus
fulfils its client’s requirement for outstanding
quality, high production speed and machine
availability. For the first time, Changzhou
Liangxu Vehicle Accessories Co., Ltd., is now
able to bend smaller tube diameters extremely
fast and as part of a fully electric process –
thanks to the NxG control system.
Chinese automotive industry supplier Changzhou
Liangxu Vehicle Accessories Co., Ltd. manufactures
injection tubes and radiator outlet pipes for cars
and trucks and is the main supplier of tube systems
for China’s third-biggest truck manufacturer. At
the company’s headquarters in Changzhou on the
Yangtze River in eastern China, Schwarze-Robitec
recently put a new CNC 25 E TB MR into operation.
The delivered machine version is capable of bending
steel tubes with a diameter of up to ca. 1 inch and
a wall thickness of ca. 0.08 inch as well as stainless
steel tubes with a diameter of up to ca. 0.8 inch and a
wall thickness of ca. 0.06 inch.
This means that, for smaller tube diameters,
Changzhou Liangxu Vehicle Accessories Co., Ltd., is
using a fully electric machine with NxG control for
the first time. It offers major benefits: depending
on the tube system, the NxG control system
enables up to 50 percent more output thanks to the
simultaneous operation of the axes. The company is
thus ideally preparing itself for the rise in demand
brought on by the prolonged boom in China’s
automotive industry.
Space-saving machine design
With the CNC 25 E TB MR, Schwarze-Robitec has
developed a new machine size for small tubes. It
is available in both left/right bending versions as
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well as in a rotary variant, with the bending head
capable of rotating 180 degrees. Tubes with complex
geometries can thus be bent in one process step.
The machine also features a space-saving design
and state-of-the-art safety technology. Thanks to
intelligent scanners and a slim machine bonnet, the
machine can be operated without any additional
safety fences, allowing for the available space to
be optimally used. As the electrical technology is
integrated into the machine body, the machine
requires no additional control cabinet and can
therefore be easily moved around the production
area if necessary. In addition, the CNC 25 E TB MR
is equipped with a freely stored bend former: The
bending table and bend former can be operated
independently of each other – a particular highlight
of all of Schwarze-Robitec’s machines. This feature
gives the user much more freedom when bending
tubes and thus simplifies the entire bending process.
In Changzhou, the new CNC 25 E TB MR impressed
the client with its extremely high production speed
thanks to NxG control. Therefore, while delivering
the new product to Changzhou, Schwarze-Robitec
also modified two additional machines and
integrated the latest control system.
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