TPT March 2017

T E CHNOLOG Y

Pipe bending systems – more than just a pipe bending machine TRACTO-Technik, an expert in integrated

customised piping and pipe prefabrication, has revised its Tubobend line of semi-automatic pipe bending machines, and presented two new developments during the Euroblech fair in Hanover, Germany. The new machine types available are characterised by a new modular structure and modern industrial design and are optionally available as a right- hand bender or left-hand bender to suit different users. With a compact and exposed bending head that allows for large bending space, the Tubobend machines are able to bend highly complex pipe figures. Thebending capabilities of the new machine types have been adapted to market requirements. The Tubobend 16 is for bending steel pipes up to

The Tubobend 42 semi-automatic pipe bending machine is available as a right- or left-hand bender

Tubomat for customised piping in hydraulic tasks

all manufacture-relevant information and data to the individual workstations. Various combinations and expansion stages of the involved components (machinery, measuring and software) allow each user to find the optimum pipe bending system. Tracto-Technik’s product range covers all-electric and electro-hydraulic CNC tube bending machines, semi- automatic tube bending machines, machines for pipe end processing and hydraulic joining technology, tube measuring systems, and special solutions and software solutions for pipe processing. Tracto-Technik GmbH & Co KG – Germany Email: pbs@tracto-technik.de Website: www.tracto-technik.com

Ø 16x2mm, while the Tubobend 42 can bend pipes up to Ø 42x3mm. Further Tubobend machine types are also planned. Increased efficiency is not only achieved by more automation or improved axis speeds in machine technology. It is also important to integrate related quality assurance measures and to ensure smooth and continuous information flow for the whole production. These aspects are implemented within Tracto-Technik’s Pipe Bending Systems strategy by means of the Pipefab integrating software solution. The software acts as a central component of the ‘networked pipe fabrication’, providing seamless interaction between machinery and measuring technology, and supplying

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