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US20040154366A1
US20040154366A1 US10/478,392 US47839204A US2004154366A1 US 20040154366 A1 US20040154366 A1 US 20040154366A1 US 47839204 A US47839204 A US 47839204A US 2004154366 A1 US2004154366 A1 US 2004154366A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D9/00Bending tubes using mandrels or the like
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D7/00Bending rods, profiles, or tubes
    • B21D7/02Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming member; by use of a swinging forming member or abutment
    • B21D7/024Bending rods, profiles, or tubes over a stationary forming member; by use of a swinging forming member or abutment by a swinging forming member
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D9/00Bending tubes using mandrels or the like
    • B21D9/05Bending tubes using mandrels or the like co-operating with forming members
    • B21D9/07Bending tubes using mandrels or the like co-operating with forming members with one or more swinging forming members engaging tube ends only
    • B21D9/073Bending tubes using mandrels or the like co-operating with forming members with one or more swinging forming members engaging tube ends only with one swinging forming member

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  • the present invention relates to a tool on tube or profile bending machines.
  • fold smoothing tool is used for reducing the fold formation.
  • This shaped piece can have different designs and is occasionally designated as a fold smoothing shell or fold smoothing shoe. It supports the tube on the inside of the forming zone in the direction of the part which has just been bent. During the bending, the tube is drawn with considerable pressure force via the fold smoothing tool, thereby resulting in considerable wear on the fold smoothing tool.
  • the fold smoothing tool To avoid the wear in the fold smoothing tool, it is protected with additional materials, such as, for example, aluminum bronze, beryllium bronze or other bronze materials. Nonetheless, the fold smoothing tool is impaired to a considerable extent and therefore has to be exchanged relatively frequently. Tests with lubricants, for example molybdenum lubricant or titanium nitrite or titanium carbon nitrite, were also unable to produce any substantial prolongation in service life.
  • the object of the present innovation is therefore to propose a means with which the service life of the tools on tube and profile bending machines can be prolonged.
  • a tool such as a fold smoothing tool, mandrel or guide rails, having the features of claim 1 .
  • a coating of molybdenum or of a molybdenum alloy is applied to that surface of a fold smoothing tool, a mandrel, rollers, guide aids, dies or guide rails which touches the tube.
  • This coating may be less than 0.1 mm and nonetheless produces a considerable prolongation in the service life.
  • the molybdenum is applied to the surface by means of a flame spray process, by electroplating or by vapor deposition.
  • FIG. 1 A mandrel bending machine for bending tubes is shown in FIG. 1.
  • the bending is effected by drawing the tube 1 by means of a clamp device 2 by rotating the die 3 .
  • a rail 4 and a fold smoothing tool 5 provide for the external guidance, and the displaceable mandrel 6 arranged in the interior prevents a change in the tube diameter.
  • Those surfaces of the rail 4 , of the fold smoothing tool 5 and of the mandrel 6 which come in contact with the tube are provided with a coating of molybdenum or molybdenum alloy.
  • FIG. 2 shows a fold smoothing tool 5 in which a protective coating 7 is applied to the surface 8 touching the tube.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Bending Of Plates, Rods, And Pipes (AREA)
  • Mounting, Exchange, And Manufacturing Of Dies (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Coating By Spraying Or Casting (AREA)
  • Other Surface Treatments For Metallic Materials (AREA)
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Abstract

The invention relates to a tool for tube or profile bending machines. At least the surface touching the tube (1) or profile is coated with a layer of molybdenum or molybdenum alloy, enabling the service life of said tool to be significantly improved.

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  • The present invention relates to a tool on tube or profile bending machines. [0001]
  • During the bending of tubes by means of tube bending machines, in which the tubes are clamped in place and bent by drawing at the free end, folds may be produced on the inside of the bend as a result of upsetting of the material. In order to avoid this, a tool, the fold smoothing tool, is used for reducing the fold formation. This shaped piece can have different designs and is occasionally designated as a fold smoothing shell or fold smoothing shoe. It supports the tube on the inside of the forming zone in the direction of the part which has just been bent. During the bending, the tube is drawn with considerable pressure force via the fold smoothing tool, thereby resulting in considerable wear on the fold smoothing tool. To avoid the wear in the fold smoothing tool, it is protected with additional materials, such as, for example, aluminum bronze, beryllium bronze or other bronze materials. Nonetheless, the fold smoothing tool is impaired to a considerable extent and therefore has to be exchanged relatively frequently. Tests with lubricants, for example molybdenum lubricant or titanium nitrite or titanium carbon nitrite, were also unable to produce any substantial prolongation in service life. [0002]
  • In addition, during bending, mandrels, rollers, guide aids, dies and guide rails are also required, which are likewise highly stressed and therefore also have to be exchanged, even if not so frequently.[0003]
  • The object of the present innovation is therefore to propose a means with which the service life of the tools on tube and profile bending machines can be prolonged. [0004]
  • This object is achieved according to the invention by a tool, such as a fold smoothing tool, mandrel or guide rails, having the features of [0005] claim 1.
  • Accordingly, a coating of molybdenum or of a molybdenum alloy is applied to that surface of a fold smoothing tool, a mandrel, rollers, guide aids, dies or guide rails which touches the tube. This coating may be less than 0.1 mm and nonetheless produces a considerable prolongation in the service life. The molybdenum is applied to the surface by means of a flame spray process, by electroplating or by vapor deposition. [0006]
  • A mandrel bending machine for bending tubes is shown in FIG. 1. Here, the bending is effected by drawing the [0007] tube 1 by means of a clamp device 2 by rotating the die 3. A rail 4 and a fold smoothing tool 5 provide for the external guidance, and the displaceable mandrel 6 arranged in the interior prevents a change in the tube diameter. Those surfaces of the rail 4, of the fold smoothing tool 5 and of the mandrel 6 which come in contact with the tube are provided with a coating of molybdenum or molybdenum alloy.
  • FIG. 2, by way of example, shows a [0008] fold smoothing tool 5 in which a protective coating 7 is applied to the surface 8 touching the tube.

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1. A tool for tube or profile bending machines, wherein a coating (7) of molybdenum or of a molybdenum alloy is applied to at least the surface (8) touching the tube or profile.
2. The tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coating thickness is less than 0.1 mm.
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