TPT March 2019

T E CHNOLOG Y

High-speed double end finisher from Haven HAVEN Manufacturing, known for its double end finishing equipment, was recently appoached by a metal bushing manufacturer with a productivity challenge. Standard feeds and speeds for a given material and size usually dictate a machine’s cycle rate: generally, two to three seconds. However, in this case standard cycle rates were not fast enough. Haven’s double end finishing machine

In order to compete with offshore competition, the cycle time had to be reduced to between 1 and 1.5 seconds. Haven engineers worked with the customer to design a tool set and feeding sequence that would obtain a stable process at those speeds. The result was an average of 1.2 seconds. The combination of servo spindle feed control and a custom-designed part-clamping system produced precision-finished parts with no tool chatter.

Haven Manufacturing – USA Website: www.havencut.com Software for improved tube processing

manufacturing data to be processed without having to program the robot. The software can adjust the bending speed on all transfluid machines for the specific product, in order to be able to process tubes safely and without oscillations, which is particularly important for long, small-diameter tubes. A software module captures the status of the production process and provides the central systems with the production-related information about the status and the quality of the production (C pk ). This is how the networked transfluid software delivers an efficient production process. transfluid Maschinenbau GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 2972 9715 11

for chipless cutting. The software generates a list with the details of the cuts, which improves the cutting and the use of the half-finished product, with as little waste as possible. A unique marking is generated with all of the important data – such as that associated with the bending process or connecting systems – to ensure that the component is identifiable throughout the process. The required data transfer can be performed via an interface with CAD, ERP or other programs that deliver the data relevant to the process. The software prevents collisions with the machine, the tools and the surrounding area before initiating the bending process. The CAD program delivers the necessary machine and tool parameters online. In cases where a robot is assigned a bending task, it is possible for the necessary

FOR several years, transfluid has provided smooth tube bending with its t project software, for instance through digital collision tests. The increasing digitalisation and networking of processes in tube production requires more advanced solutions. The engineers at transfluid have developed the software further, both for networked use and to be integrated in the production process. It can also be used to process production data. The data from production and the various steps can easily be retrieved online through one of the available ERP systems. The software solutions contribute to the economical processing of tube, starting with the determination of the cutting length for various cutting machines, and in particular for the orbital transfluid t cut machine

Email: sales@transfluid.de Website: www.transfluid.net

It is possible for manufacturing data to be processed without having to program the robot

The software prevents collisions with the machine, the tools and the surrounding area

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