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38 MARCH 2017
T E CHNOLOG Y
Pipe bending systems –
more than just a pipe
bending machine
TRACTO-Technik, an
expert in integrated
customised piping and
pipe prefabrication, has
revised its Tubobend
line of semi-automatic
pipe bending machines,
and presented two new
developments during the
Euroblech fair in Hanover,
Germany.
The new machine
types available are
characterised by a
new modular structure
and modern industrial
design and are optionally
available as a right-
hand bender or left-hand
bender to suit different
users. With a compact
and exposed bending
head that allows for
large bending space,
the Tubobend machines
are able to bend highly
complex pipe figures.
Thebending capabilities
of the new machine types
have been adapted to
market requirements.
The Tubobend 16 is for
bending steel pipes up to
Ø 16x2mm, while the Tubobend 42 can
bend pipes up to Ø 42x3mm. Further
Tubobend machine types are also
planned.
Increased efficiency is not only
achieved by more automation or
improved axis speeds in machine
technology. It is also important to
integrate related quality assurance
measures and to ensure smooth and
continuous information flow for the
whole production. These aspects are
implemented within Tracto-Technik’s
Pipe Bending Systems strategy by
means of the Pipefab integrating
software solution.
The software acts as a central
component of the ‘networked pipe
fabrication’, providing seamless
interaction between machinery and
measuring technology, and supplying
all manufacture-relevant information
and data to the individual workstations.
Various combinations and expansion
stages of the involved components
(machinery, measuring and software)
allow each user to find the optimum
pipe bending system.
Tracto-Technik’s product range
covers all-electric and electro-hydraulic
CNC tube bending machines, semi-
automatic tube bending machines,
machines for pipe end processing
and hydraulic joining technology,
tube measuring systems, and special
solutions and software solutions for
pipe processing.
Tracto-Technik GmbH & Co KG –
Germany
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Website:
Tubomat for customised
piping in hydraulic tasks
The Tubobend 42 semi-automatic pipe bending machine is
available as a right- or left-hand bender