Abstract:
This invention relates to a tube-bending machine, which is so constructed that force detection means to detect a force acting in the axial direction of a mandrel under a tube-bending operation is disposed on the mandrel of tube-bending means so as to sense bending conditions such as a lubrication condition of an inner surface of a tube being bent and a mandrel position, and further that fluctuations from predetermined bending conditions, of the bending conditions during the tube-bending operation are detected and corrected.
Abstract:
A disclosed device and method are useful for monitoring a tube bending process. An example sensor detects a force associated with moving a mandrel in tubing during at least a portion of a tube bending process. The detected force is used to determine a quality of the tube bending process. For example, a detected pulling force provides an indication of whether a bent portion of a tube is within an acceptable range of a desired configuration. The detected pulling force is also useful to provide an indication of whether a condition of a mandrel or a machine used during the process is as expected.
Abstract:
A device for slipping a tube on the mandrel of a bending machine includes a support upon which a pair of slides are slidably mounted for movement in a direction parallel to the axis of the mandrel. A double arm lever is pivotally mounted to each slide, about axes parallel to the axis of the mandrel and a cylinder is mounted between the first ends of the levers. Gripping jaws are removably mounted to holders rotatably connected to the other ends of the levers, the gripping jaws being adapted to clamp a tube to be bent therebetween on opposite sides of the mandrel. A further cylinder is provided for moving the slides in a direction parallel to the axis of the mandrel.
Abstract:
A tube bending machine having the capability of releasing the tube from the carriage for longitudinal movement during bend formation, while maintaining a plane of bend reference. The end of the tube is connected with a rod extending through the carriage collet. The rod has a non-round cross-section and extends through a mating adapter on the carriage which permits relative longitudinal movement while preventing relative rotation between them.
Abstract:
A pipe bending system for pressure bending a pipe is disclosed. The pipe bending system includes a pipe having a first end and a second end; a housing including a bending configuration and configured to house the pipe; a flexible material placed within an interior space of the pipe; and a pressing device configured to press the flexible material housed inside the interior space of the pipe. The pressing device includes a first arm, a second arm, and a controller. The flexible material includes a plurality of pieces each having a different elasticity type.
Abstract:
A discharging furnace and a filling furnace are disposed in three dimensions in the upper and lower positions of a filling and discharging furnace. A reservoir is provided in an inclined surface protruding toward the lower filling furnace. The reservoir includes a valve operatively connected thereto. A hot blast heated by a duct heater through a duct is mainly fed into the discharging furnace for further heating, while a remaining small portion of the hot blast is fed into the filling furnace for keeping the filling furnace warm. Inside the discharging furnace, a filling material filled in a bent workpiece is molten and discharged into the reservoir and when the valve is opened, the gathered filling material is filled into the inside of the workpiece which is carried by a filling carrier. The filling carrier is divided into three portions of a filling pallet, a carrier body and a sealing pallet, wherein the filling pallet is provided with a nozzle and the sealing pallet is provided with a seal member. When the sealing pallet is moved upward, a slide deck is also moved up in a condition which the seal member is engaging with the lower end portion of the tubular workpiece, so that the tubular workpiece can engage at its top end portion with the nozzle. The filling material gathered within the filling pallet is then filled through the nozzle into the workpiece. In case the specification of the workpiece is changed, the nozzle and the seal member are replaced.
Abstract:
A tube loading assembly for use in loading a tube on a flexible mandrel of a tube bending machine; said assembly comprising mandrel receiving means for receiving said mandrel; mandrel alignment means for aligning said received mandrel to be co-axial with said tube; and means for feeding said tube on said co-axially aligned mandrel. The assembly is of use with tubes to be bent for use in automotive exhaust systems, heat exchangers and aircraft hydraulic systems, and provides for improved automatic loading speeds.
Abstract:
A mandrel support device includes a mandrel sleeve positionable on a mandrel to form a reservoir in fluid communication with a mandrel passage, and with. The sleeve may include a bore configured to receive a portion of the mandrel, a lubrication channel formed on the sleeve exterior, and a lubrication passage extending between the channel and the bore to permit fluid communication therebetween. A mandrel base may define a socket for interchangeably receiving the sleeve, and a lubrication bore may extend from the socket to the base to align with the lubrication channel when the sleeve is received in the socket. A fluid fitting mounted on the base in fluid communication with the lubrication bore and the lubrication channel of the sleeve such that fluid moving through the fluid fitting enters the bore, the channel and passage to reach the reservoir and mandrel passage at any rotational position of the sleeve with respect to the base.
Abstract:
A pipe bending system employing a sensing and indicating system that provides feedback to an operator regarding the position of components of the pipe bending system, such as the pin-up shoe and the stiffback. Apparatus for retrofitting a sensing and indicating system to existing pipe bending apparatus.
Abstract:
A disclosed device and method are useful for monitoring a tube bending process. An example sensor detects a force associated with moving a mandrel in tubing during at least a portion of a tube bending process. The detected force is used to determine a quality of the tube bending process. For example, a detected pulling force provides an indication of whether a bent portion of a tube is within an acceptable range of a desired configuration. The detected pulling force is also useful to provide an indication of whether a condition of a mandrel or a machine used during the process is as expected.