TPT July 2020

T E CHNOLOG Y

Bending tubes using robots from transfluid ENGINEERING company transfluid, based in Schmallenberg, Germany, has been producing a ‘mobile bender’ for the past 30 years. compact tube processing”, claimed Ms Flaeper.

The bending radii are 2-2.5xD on average. Occasionally, a 3xD radius is achieved with tubes with thin walls. Another advantage is that the machine has a very compact bending head and that the tubes move in an empty space, so there are no collision points with the machine. The bending angle adjustment on the transfluid MB 642 bending machine makes it possible to produce bends with precise bending angles. It is not necessary to have a straight area between the bends, which means the complete bending geometry can be extremely compact. These tubes do not have a swivelling range either, so that very long tubes can also be processed in very tight spaces without any problems. Everything is very compact, making the machine ideal for mobile use. Trimming and cutting can also be performed directly using the machine. The burring unit can also prepare the tubes for further processing. As the tubes are usually supplied with the corresponding connections, the mobile bending machine also has an integrated tool for cutting ring pre- assembly that can fit all the standard

This universal tube bending machine produces strong results and has a quality that, in particular in the field of hydraulics tubing, can process tubes with diameters from 6 to 42mm. “What is special about our mobile bender is that it offers all the functions you need for hydraulics tubing and it only needs a very small production area of just one square metre”, explained Stefanie Flaeper, sales managing director at transfluid. The transfluid MB 642 mobile bending machine has a bending system and either a circular saw or a deburring unit can be added. Accessories for cutting ring pre- assembly and flaring complete the range of possibilities. All tubes that are used in hydraulics can be bent with this machine, like those with thin tube walls or pressure pipes with thick walls. For instance, it can also process tubes up to 42mm and wall thickness up to 4mm without any problems or even a 38x6mm tube. “With this machine you can produce extremely compact tube configurations. No other machine can achieve the same

cutting rings on the market. If it is necessary to use a flaring device instead of the cutting ring one, it is possible to switch them by hand with one single operation, making it possible to process the different types of connections without any problems. The simplicity of the transfluid bending machine means that is requires no specific training.

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