TPT March 2019

FOC US ON GERMANY

Faster processing of tube ends and better surfaces TIME-efficiency and high-quality results play a crucial role in the efficient and accurate forming of tube endings. To achieve this, machine manufacturer transfluid has complete- ly re-engineered its t form UMR forming machine. The ben- efits of the unit have been kept and new abilities added that aim to help to reduce the process time and achieve better surface results, irrespective of whether the customer is work- ing with seamless tubes or tubes with longitudinal welding seams. The transfluid solutions shape tubes either in a rolling or rotational process. For instance, the bead rolling machine uses a rolling process. This makes it possible to achieve various forming results on the extremity of the tube, with high-precision reduction over a long distance, and among other things it can create a thread with the rolling system. The rotational process is, on the other hand, able to carry out multiple flaring at the end of the tube, at an angle to the diameter between 20˚ and 90˚ or contoured, for instance ball- shaped. “In the past it was necessary to set stops and strokes manually for both machines, in order to achieve good geometries on the surface. The latest generation of machines, t form UMR 628, 642 and 2090, only require a simple tool substitution by the operator, which takes less than five minutes,” said transfluid managing director of sales and marketing Stefanie Flaeper. Now the equipment includes a complete selection of flaring- geometries to choose from electronically. The position of the stop, as well as all the strokes and operations, are controlled servo-electrically and can be retrieved via a touch panel. The material that is processed and the type of forming that is required are crucial for the exact timing of the process. The machine completes the process more or less independently, when it is possible to retrieve the size of the tube together with the required process parameters. In each case the clamping lengths for the production process are between 1x and 1.5x the diameter of the tube. This way the operator always has the option to carry out the forming after the bending steps. With this solution transfluid makes it possible to have a more economical production of complex forming geometries and flaring with polished sealing surfaces in a single forming step. transfluid operates worldwide as a partner for manufactur- ing tube bending machines and tube processing machines. It has been developing its technologies for tube machining since 1988, so that it can provide customer-orientated, tai- lor-made solutions for plant and machine construction, the automotive and energy industries, shipbuilding and medical device manufacturers.

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