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The next generation of tube bending robots transfluid makes advanced robots for bending tubes that are even more effective and easier to use
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obots that process tubes in an effective and flexible way have already being used for some time in transfluid’s
production cells. Since the beginning, these bending systems have been capable of taking isometrics data and use them to generate bending data, without the need for separate robot programming. The high- tech engineering company has now taken the development of its bending robots one step further and improved them again. “We wanted a solution that was even easier to use. This applies to the programming, which has been reduced or completely eliminated”, explains Stefanie Flaeper, transfluid director. “And at the same time, we have managed to make the robots even more flexible. It was a very big challenge to significantly improve bending robots that were already
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working extremely well. That is why I am even happier that our team of experts have been successful.”
Synchronized and clear identification Tried and tested transfluid bending units with two robots bend long
tubes from both sides. This way the tubes can be supplied already with forming or connection systems. However, it is much easier to process straight tubes in forming machines, when a bending machine can start from both sides. “The robots are synchronized when in use. Additional
fittings, like mounting and support devices, are automatically synchronized with the processing robots. The robots recognize the tubes thanks to the code on the components and they generate the bending sequence; they can also choose different radii and diameters”, says Stefanie Flaeper. It is possible to work with up to six different tube diameters without tool changing.
Expanded processing, greater output With the new and continued developments from transfluid, each manufacturing cell with two robots can do more than just bending tubes from both sides: each of these bending robots can also work on their own different geometry. The system can therefore be used in a very efficient way and the output
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