TPT July 2015

Precise pipe production IT is no longer possible to imagine life and work without a computer, and it is the right software that makes computers so valuable for daily use. Pipe production also requires systems that allow safe bending of the pipes and monitoring of the process. reliable pipe processing. It has a user- friendly structure and offers intuitive possible uses without intensive training. The software is based on the Windows operating system, which is always updated in accordance with the current version standard.

length in accordance with isometrics and material-specific data. In order to be able to carry out a simple, manual check on the bent part, the operator is provided with a measurement of the diagonal from the beginning to the end of the pipe. IGES and PCF software are some of the available interfaces. These interfaces are used to achieve the connection to CAD, measurement machines and/or Office programs. If the pipes are not drawn in CAD then the input of the geometry into the software is possible absolutely, relatively or via bending data. It then converts the data into the relevant bending data. The version ‘t project Professional’ offers the same basic configuration as the basic version. It can also carry out a collision test to determine whether the pipe will collide with the machine or the machine environment. transfluid Maschinenbau GmbH – Germany Email: info@transfluid.de Website: www.tube-processing-machines.com

The ‘t project’ software also allows the administration of process data for forming technology. Corresponding ‘nesting’ software is available for cut optimisation in the integration of separation lines. Three versions of the transfluid software are available for different requirements within pipe processing as single workplace or network versions. For reasons of sustainable production and data protection, transfluid has ensured that ‘t project’ is connected centrally to the internal company security system via networks. The version ‘t project Basic’ converts isometrics into bending data that the pipe-bending machine can utilise directly. Correction values and overbending values are calculated automatically. The software calculates the sawing

CAD systems are commonly used for the designs. Pipe isometrics are usually already determined in the design. These then need to be transferred to production with as few errors as possible. An optimum bending result is achieved by taking material-specific values into account. Manufacturers of pipe systems wish to and must document this. Other important factors are the repeat accuracy and the variety of different isometrics. This naturally overtaxes manual administration and that is why the use of powerful software is so important. Beyond pipe bending there is often also a need for different extension modules in order to document complete processes. transfluid Maschinenbau GmbH has developed a specialist software called ‘t project’ for the challenges of fast,

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