One-stop Bending Solutions For Wires, Tubes And Pipes
One-stop Bending Solutions For Wires, Tubes And Pipes
1.Advanced Technology of automated tube bending machines
In the advanced application of automated tube bending machines, “bending different pipe shapes with the same set of dies” is a key technological direction for reducing production costs. The core of this design lies in reducing investment in specialized process equipment, decreasing the R&D and manufacturing of bending dies, while not affecting the production needs of diverse pipe fittings, thus achieving a balance between efficiency and cost.
2.Technical Principles of automated tube bending machines
In actual production, if only a single bending radius is used for pipes of the same diameter, it is often difficult to adapt to complex assembly scenarios. Therefore, the industry generally adopts a standardized solution of “2-4 bending radii to adapt to pipes of the same specification”: based on the outer diameter D of the pipe, common radius selections include 2D, 2.5D, 3D, and 4D (e.g., when D=6.35 mm, a radius of 19.05 mm is a 3D specification). It should be noted that the ratio of bending radius is not a fixed value and needs to be flexibly adjusted according to the structural characteristics of end products such as aircraft and engines. The radius should not be too large (to avoid affecting the rigidity of the pipe and the assembly accuracy), and the number of specifications should not be too many (otherwise it will offset the cost advantage of “multiple pipes in one mold”).
3.Core Advantages of automated tube bending machineTechnology
The current core trend in conduit design is the combination of “one pipe, one bending radius” and “standardized radius for the same specification”: a single pipe uses the same bending radius throughout its entire length, and pipes of the same diameter focus on 2-4 standard radii. This is both an inevitable result of mechanization and automation replacing manual labor, and a manifestation of the mutual adaptation and promotion between design and advanced processing technology.
4.Significant Advantages of ANTISHI automated tube bending machines
Taking the ANTISHI CNC tube bending machine as an example, it demonstrates significant advantages in processing complex conduits: except for a few conduits required by the special structure of engines, over 90% of conduits adopt a “one pipe, one radius” design, and pipes of the same diameter use only 2-4 bending radii. In a certain engine model, a duct with a diameter of 6.35 mm and a radius of 19.05 mm, although corresponding to over 50 part numbers, requires only one bending module. The entire engine’s duct production also requires only about 20 bending modules, and over 70% of the pipe components can be efficiently processed using a CNC pipe bending machine—an efficiency far exceeding traditional production methods.
The value of this standardized design is significant: firstly, the cost savings from reducing mold manufacturing far outweigh the initial investment in CNC equipment; secondly, new engine ducts can be quickly adapted to existing modules, greatly shortening the production preparation cycle and accelerating product prototyping and iteration, perfectly meeting the practical needs of modern aircraft and engine multi-model modifications and parallel production of multiple engine types.
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