TPT March 2015

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are thus eliminated. All hydraulic components are installed directly on the machine where they are easy to service and maintain. It is also possible to retrofit the VSP technology in existing machines and plants. Modernisations in the form of increases in press force and/or shortening of cycle times can be easily carried out in a minimum of time.

friendliness is improved by the easily replaced modular components. The integrated monitoring of the pump parameters also enables preventive maintenance, allowing parts to be replaced in good time, when necessary. The use of standard hardware and the SMS software enables software adaptations or future modernisation steps to be carried out quickly, if required. The hydraulic systems with VSP require no central hydraulic station with large oil tank. The costs for housings or hydraulic cellar and long pipework In the area of modern inserted mandrels and wipers, Bend Tooling states that its inserted designs are favoured by production tube-bending operations in the automotive, sports vehicle, HVAC and hydroforming industries. They are also used by speciality tube-bending companies because of their consistency in specification, which facilitates frequent changes in set-up. Bend Tooling also

That enabled the necessary adapta- tions to the software to be planned and carried out quickly. As expected, the VSP drives ran within normal parameters, allowing the whole system to be tested under full load in a minimum of time. The advantages of a VSP drive compared with conventional hydraulic drives also come to bear when used in crimping presses: a smaller number of wear parts and less wear of the system increase the press availability compared with conventional hydraulic systems. A longer service life of the oil contributes to lower maintenance costs. The maintenance

SMS Meer GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 2161 350 1862 Email: info@sms-meer.com Website: www.sms-meer.com

Tube-bending tooling BEND Tooling Inc has supplied companies around the world with tube- bending tooling since 1986. It produces die sets, mandrels, and wipers for rotary-draw tube-bending machines, for most makes and models.

manufactures solid-body mandrels and wipers for those tube-bending jobs that require them. This primarily includes bending under extreme high pressures and bending non-round tube.

Bend Tooling Inc – USA Fax: +1 616 454 9958 Email: info@bendtooling.com Website: www.bendtooling.com

The company precision-machines every feature of its tooling, to eliminate hand-working and improve quality, and to shorten lead times.

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