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Precise pipe production
IT is no longer possible to imagine life
and work without a computer, and it is
the right software that makes computers
so valuable for daily use. Pipe production
also requires systems that allow safe
bending of the pipes and monitoring of
the process.
CAD systems are commonly used for
the designs. Pipe isometrics are usually
already determined in the design.
These then need to be transferred
to production with as few errors as
possible. An optimum bending result
is achieved by taking material-specific
values into account. Manufacturers
of pipe systems wish to and must
document this. Other important factors
are the repeat accuracy and the variety
of different isometrics. This naturally
overtaxes manual administration and
that is why the use of powerful software
is so important.
Beyond pipe bending there is often
also a need for different extension
modules in order to document complete
processes.
transfluid Maschinenbau GmbH has
developed a specialist software called
‘t project’ for the challenges of fast,
reliable pipe processing. It has a user-
friendly structure and offers intuitive
possible uses without intensive training.
The software is based on the Windows
operating system, which is always
updated in accordance with the current
version standard.
The ‘t project’ software also allows
the administration of process data for
forming technology. Corresponding
‘nesting’ software is available for
cut optimisation in the integration of
separation lines.
Three versions of the transfluid
software are available for different
requirements within pipe processing as
single workplace or network versions.
For reasons of sustainable production
and data protection, transfluid has
ensured that ‘t project’ is connected
centrally to the internal company
security system via networks.
The version ‘t project Basic’ converts
isometrics into bending data that the
pipe-bending machine can utilise
directly.
Correction values and overbending
values are calculated automatically.
The software calculates the sawing
length in accordance with isometrics
and material-specific data. In order to
be able to carry out a simple, manual
check on the bent part, the operator is
provided with a measurement of the
diagonal from the beginning to the end
of the pipe. IGES and PCF software are
some of the available interfaces.
These interfaces are used to achieve
the connection to CAD, measurement
machines and/or Office programs. If the
pipes are not drawn in CAD then the
input of the geometry into the software
is possible absolutely, relatively or via
bending data. It then converts the data
into the relevant bending data.
The version ‘t project Professional’
offers the same basic configuration as
the basic version.
It can also carry out a collision test
to determine whether the pipe will
collide with the machine or the machine
environment.
transfluid Maschinenbau GmbH –
Germany
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