TPT November 2011

b eNdiNg & T ube m aNipulaTioN

Loading and unloading manipulator APOLLO Srl has produced its first CNC Cartesian axis manipulator for loading tubes to be punched and unloading the punched tubes onto two pallets. Apollo Srl – Italy Fax: +39 0536 851 273 Email: info@apollosrl.com Website: www.apollosrl.com

Designed to be placed next to the company’s Twin punching line, it allows the quick change of size for the transfer of the tubes by means of a single magnetic gripper for all sizes, enabling the tubes to be precisely and rapidly positioned. The manipulator makes the punching line fully automatic, with safe positioning. The company exhibited the machine, along with others from its range, at EMO in Hanover, in September.

Two new models of bending machine THE CRM140 and CRM130 from Clomea are bending machines of high and medium power with three driving shafts, moving central roller with hydraulic positioning, fixed lower shafts for CRM130 and at variable position on the size CRM140. The machines are available in eight models, from the basic version fitted with CMP101P console, with programmable positioner of the central roller up to the most innovative control unit model CNW333 that works with the operative system with Windows XP Pro. The programming and interface with the user is very simple and intuitive. It can work in one step and is able to control up to six axes and to program curves up to 36 radii on the same bar. AutoCAD files in DXF format into the machine. It is possible to set up a network connection to the PC for data exchange and file storage as well as the network connection for remote assistance directly with the Clomea technical department. Particular attention has been reserved for the development and testing of the bending rolls and additional devices and equipment. This is to respond to and satisfy the special projects and inquiries with more complex curves, like bending in 3D (on different planes), spirals, coils for cooling systems and heat exchangers. Clomea – Italy Email: info@clomea.com Website: www.clomea.com

The CRM 130

CNW333 has an automatic control of more than 650 positioning speeds and can be coupled to hydraulic bending machines with standard engine, at rotations speeds, and at the versions fitted with the speed variator that enable an automatic calculation of 100 rotation speeds of the rollers. The automatic calculation of the positioning speed makes the execution of the connection between a radius and the other easier, keeping the geometry for the coupling between different curves. The machine is programmable just with two values of the curve to be realised; while the programming of the curves with more radii is simplified by pre-setting functions that help the operator to find values for the geometry required. The machine can work in multi-passage automatically on a single radius, importing

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