Special Euroblech – Tracto Technik
PIPE BENDING SYSTEMS: The system for tube and pipe production
The perfect coordination between machine, measuring technique and software allows savings up to 70%. Sophisticated bending of tubes and pipes in sheet an metal forming the industry leads to a high quality level and sustained creation of value.
SCOPELINK and ROBOFIX: measuring, welding, assembling – perfect
Successful economic tube and pipe production is increasingly characterised by efficient software and growing digitisation – from design to production. Pipe bending machines and pipe processing equipment as well as system and software components – especially tailored to meet the demands of sheet and metal working indusries – from the PIPE BENDING SYSTEMS (PBS) division of TRACTO-TECHNIK provide intelligent solutions. Cost-efficient production with significantly superior quality of miles of complex tube geometries becomes possible, not to forget the globally unique PBS method to manufacture adapter pipes.
Directly after the transfer of the design and engineering data from the CAD system the PIPEFAB software controls the entire stages of production – from the material procurement to the shipment of the finished pipes. Not only the generation of work schedules and production batches as well as the calculation of production times and production costs are based on the stored pipe geometry data; the warehouse management, withdrawal of material, pipe preparation, cutting to length, bending, deburring, welding and quality assurance operations (x-ray inspection, pressure test, etc.) are also derived from this information. No matter whether the tube segments are manufactured in series or individually: each single piece fits at the first attempt.
Adapter pipes: Software supported efficiently by smart isometry application
A worldwide unique solution has been developed by the PPS research engineers: the SCOPELINK software allows generating the layout for the numerous adapter pipe connections in pipework automatically, especially for maritime environments. Using SCOPELINK reduces the generally time and cost intensive manufacturing of adapter pipes considerably: within only a few minutes the isometry data of the pipe layout can be measured and stored. To save time, prefabricated pipe segments can be tailored to meet the particular conditions of the installation on board. After the data transfer to the workshop or the SCOPELINK software the adapter pipe can be manufactured immediately. Indeed, nearly all players in the sector agree that there is no way to avoid adaptor pipe manufacturing: the economic and quality related advantages of this production step are too important.
Congruent pipework – absolutely corresponding to the specified pipe connection layout
Measuring includes precise gathering and documentation of the adapter pipe isometry as well as the position of the flanges and their hole patterns. Making of wire or basket models is not required any longer. Based on the pipe isometry the adapter pipe is bent or assembled of segments. For the workshop the TRACTO-TECHNIK development section has designed another advantageous tool: the automated positioning unit ROBOFIX. This component allows to fix two flanges with their hole patterns in the same position as they will assume after their final assembly. With the adapter pipe between the flanges tack welding can be carried out. Following the steps – measuring – welding – assembling – the reliable production of tension-free connections with exact dimensions takes place.