Abstract:
A pipe bend die unit comprises a clamp member having a first groove part of half-circular cross section on an outer peripheral surface thereof with a fitting recess extending in a peripheral direction by a first predetermined length on a planar surface perpendicular to a rotary axis, and a counter pressure member having a second groove part of half-circular cross section formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof, and a fitting protrusion extending in a peripheral direction by a second predetermined length from a tip end portion of the second groove part. The fitting protrusion is positioned in the fitting recess so that the first and second groove parts are combined to form a pipe-receiving groove of half-circular cross section. The counter pressure member and the clamp member are hingedly connected to one another so as to be rotatable relative to each other about the rotary axis.
Abstract:
Provided is a mandrel which is inserted into a pipe material when the pipe material is bent, the mandrel including: a core member having a rod-shaped main body portion and a small-diameter portion which is provided on one end side of the main body portion and which is thinner than the main body portion; and a front end member which is provided on one end side of the core member and which is formed integrally with the core member so as to cover the small-diameter portion.
Abstract:
A tie bar tensioning system that allows a bending machine operator to removably couple an upper end of a bend die post of the bending machine to a base of the bending machine via a tie bar, and to lock the tie bar in a tensioned position. The tensioning system includes a stationary member and a rotatable member, each with aligned tie bar passages for receiving the one end of the tie bar. Both the stationary member and the rotatable member include respective engagement surfaces, with the rotatable member engagement surface being rotatable relative to the stationary member engagement surface between a released position and a tensioned position whereat the rotatable member is selectively lockable. The rotation of the rotatable member with the stationary engagement surface in engagement with the stationary engagement surface longitudinally displacing the rotatable member relative to the stationary member.
Abstract:
A method urges a blank along an axial direction between a movable bending tool and a stationary counter-tool and, while the blank is being moved forwards, of moving the bending tool from a neutral position, in which the blank is not bent, to a working position, in which the blank is bent to the desired bending centerline radius, the working position being rotated with respect to the neutral position by a given angle of rotation depending on the desired bending centerline radius. The method further includes urging the blank between a pair of shoes upstream of the bending tool so as to make the deformation of the blank easier, and the step of moving the bending tool from the neutral position to the working position is carried out by controlling at least two degrees of freedom of the movement of the bending tool in the plane defined by the axial direction and by a transverse direction perpendicular to the axial direction. By virtue of the initial deformation of axial and radial compression of the blank due to the passage between the shoes, the following bending step by the bending tool is made easier and allows for obtaining bending centerline radiuses significantly smaller than the smallest ones obtainable with the traditional variable-radius bending methods.
Abstract:
A pipe bending machine with bending mandrel having a load bearing structure which is particularly resistant to working stresses, comprises an extractor (2) which is fixed in a rear portion of the pipe bending machine, and mandrel rod (13) which extends with its longitudinal axis (g), from the extractor beyond a front portion of the machine, where a bending head (7) which is provided with a die (8) stresses a pipe (T) to be bent, which is inserted in a mandrel (12), by a traction resultant force that is transmitted along the mandrel rod (13) to the extractor (2) that counteracts with a resultant restraining reaction. The pipe bending machine comprises a load bearing structure (1) having a profile such that it contains inside the longitudinal axis (g) of the mandrel rod (13), in such a way that the load bearing structure (1) is subjected mainly to compression stresses.
Abstract:
A method where an inside mandrel is inserted into the inner pipe of the multi-layered pipe, a tubular outside mandrel is inserted into the annular space between the inner pipe and outer pipe, the multi-layered pipe is clamped to a bending die by a clamping die, the multi-layered pipe is held at the rear of a bending portion of the multi-layered pipe by a pressure die and a crease-removing die, and the multi-layered pipe is bent by causing the clamping die to revolve around the bending die. An annular outside mandrel having at least three slits formed in the distal end thereof along generating lines is used as the outside mandrel, and the clamping die is caused to revolve around the bending die with the outside mandrel and inside mandrel protruding toward the distal end of the mutli-layered pipe from a bending start point.
Abstract:
A core bar for bending of a pipe and a method of bending of a pipe are provided whereby collapse of the pipe can be prevented and bending can be automated at low cost. Ends of the respective core bar portions are formed such that, when the ends of the two cylindrical core bar portions are engaged telescopically, and one core bar portion is bent at a desired angle with respect to the other core bar portion, the outside circumferential surface of the bending region that is formed by these core bar portions becomes a curved surface along the generating line.
Abstract:
A lifting mechanism for a head member of a pipe bender includes a connecting block and an oil cylinder. The connecting block is fixedly connected to the head member. The oil cylinder is horizontally fitted to the main body of the pipe bender. The connecting block is equipped with a propped block on the bottom. The propped block has several spaced horizontal propped surfaces on the bottom thereof which are formed at different heights with slopes formed in between. Wheels are fitted to an outer end of the piston rod of the cylinder to prop up the propped block. Therefore, when die cylinder operates for the wheels to move relative to the propped block, the head member can be adjusted in height together with the connecting block. The piston rod stops moving when the wheels are positioned under a selected one of the horizontal propped surfaces.
Abstract:
A mandrel assembly is provided for use with a tube bender including a mandrel rod, a mandrel ball, and a coupler. The coupler is configured to couple the mandrel ball to the mandrel rod and includes a link, a first connector member, a second connector member, and a retainer. The link includes a body and a collar. The first and second connector members are positioned to lie over the second end of the body and cooperate to define a groove sized to receive the collar of the link and a socket sized to retain a projection of the mandrel ball. The retainer is positioned to lie over the first and second connector members and the link to secure the first and second connector members to the link.
Abstract:
Apparatus for draw-bending metal tubes and other elongated workpieces of hollow section, in which a mandrel, supported on a bar within the tube, bears against the inner wall of the tube in the region of the bend and helps to prevent the tube section from collapsing or distorting. Vibration transducers are attached to the bar to set up a standing wave of resonant vibration within the mandrel and bar which has the effect of reducing friction between the mandrel and the tube. A special coupling device may be used to attach the transducers to the bar and may also serve to connect the bar to the fixed structure of the apparatus, and the invention includes the complete apparatus when tuned so as to generate a displacement antinode of vibration at the mandrel tip, a displacement node at the point of attachment of the coupling device to the structure, and generally so as to minimize waste of the vibratory energy.