TPT November 2009

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Tube forming performance for safety parts TUBE and Pipe bending and forming machinery expert FELSS Burger GmbH, Germany, recently delivered another FU01-50 tube-forming machine to a customer in the USA. The turnkey solution has 16 NC controlled stations feeding six metre tubes Ø 22x2mm, cuts pieces to 200mm length, chamfers, forms, stamps, punches, checks, measures and sorts. The system produces a highly safety critical tube element for use in seat belt restrainers. With a patented process the wall of the tube is first partly thickened. This allows the tube to be widened and the resulting part maintains a wall thickness of 2mm throughout the product. The tube widening is done in several steps as the tube diameter is increased and then formed to a characteristic asymmetric nose. Keeping the wall thickness constant is key for this product due to the fact that in case of a car accident an explosive propellant will discharge a pressure of well above 300 bar (4,500 PSI), which activates the seat belt restrainer without destroying the tube. The installed machine’s robust and controlled processes allow more uptime and more output. This highly productive unit achieves output capacity up to 20 parts per minute in a 7/7 mode. All processes are precisely controlled and run with little operator attention allowing cost effective multi-machine operations. FELSS Burger has installed its online machinery access, which allows software to be updated, 24 hour/day trouble shooting as well as visual check capabilities via webcam. In combination with FELSS Burger’s tube bending units, such as FB61-21, tubes can also be precisely bent three dimensionally. Additionally, in case of dynamically changing pressures in a tube, Autofrettage unit FA02-83 can be added and the company says it significantly increases the fatigue strength of a tube. FELSS Burger GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 8361 920610 Website: www.felss-burger.com

DIARY OF TUBE EVENTS

2009 NOVEMBER

Pipe & Tube Istanbul 09 Istanbul, Turkey Technical Conference

 Email : info@itatube.org Website : www.itatube.org

2-3

Tolexpo 2009 Paris, France Exhibition

 Email : mbazin@tolexpo.com Website : www.tolexpo.com

13-16

Fabtech / AWS Welding Show Chicago, USA Exhibition

 Email : information@fmafabtech.com Website : www.fabtechexpo.com

15-18

2010 FEBRUARY

Tube India 2010 Mumbai, India Exhibition

 Email : dughl@md-india.com Website : www.tube-india.com

10-12

MARCH

Boru 2010 Istanbul, Turkey Exhibition

 Email : info@ihlasfuar.com Website : www.borufuari.com

4-7

APRIL

Tube / wire Düsseldorf 2010 Düsseldorf, Germany Exhibition

 Email : infoservice@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.tube.de www.messe-duesseldorf.de

12-16

MAY

Tube Russia 2010 Moscow, Russia Exhibition

 Email : ryfischd @messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.metallurgy-tube-russia.com

24-27

SEPTEMBER

Tube / wire China 2010 Shanghai, China Exhibition

 Email : tube@mdc.com.cn Website : www.mdc.com.cn

21-24

OCTOBER

EuroBlech Hannover, Germany Exhibition

 Email : info@euroblech.com Website : www.euroblech.com

26-30

NOVEMBER

Fabtech / AWS Welding Show Atlanta, USA Exhibition

 Email : information@fmafabtech.com Website : www.fabtechexpo.com

2-4

2011 JANUARY

Tekno / Tube Arabia 2011 Dubai, UAE Exhibition

 Email : alfajer@emirates.net.ae Website : www.tekno7.info

8-11

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