t bend CNC bending machines | For the highest demands

Fully automatic CNC tube bending machines: Meet the most complex requirements.

Highly efficient CNC bending technology for simple and complicated bending tasks with maximum precision.

Our fully automated solutions enable optimal cycle times and high quantities. The outstanding flexibility of our advanced CNC tube bending machines ensures economical bending processes and meets the highest demands.

• Highest bending quality: Precise, repeatable results – even with complex tubes and profiles

• Flexible programming: Fast changeovers and easy operation thanks to intelligent software

• Efficient production: Short setup times, consistent throughput times, optimal quantities

• Robust machine construction solution: Durability, stability, and minimal maintenance

• Wide range of applications: From standard to special tubes – a solution for every industry

Tube forming machines for maximum flexibility.

We develop tube forming machines for short production times and outstanding results.

• High-quality tube forming: Precise, repeatable forming even for complex forming tasks

• Flexible process integration: Can be automated and is compatible with all types of production cells

• High productivity: Short cycle times, high quantities, robust machines for continuous operation

• Gentle on materials: Optimized forming paths for high component quality and low scrap rates

• Wide range of applications: Ideal for automotive, hydraulics, energy, and heating technology

With the two latest versions of the t project software by transfluid the tube manufacturing process is safer.
The idea behind the t project software is a systematic approach to controlled tube manufacturing. What is complex becomes simple. To do this, it is possible to connect it to CAD, BDE or ERP systems, tube bending machines or bending robots. All the most common interfaces can be used. The processes can be visualized and validated. Two versions of the software have been developed, which play a key role in different areas of tube processing and custom solutions. They can be used depending of the requirements of the specific process.

Safe planning of complex geometries and bending sequences
A strong feature of the software is that it reduces the number of steps necessary to manufacture a finished component and this makes the production cheaper. For that reason, it is an effective solution for bending machines and it can be used together with all the usual CAD system. The software will eliminate any possible collisions with the equipment, the tools and the environment before the actual bending process starts. It tests the feasibility of the tube geometry. The necessary tool and machine parameters are delivered online through the CAD system. If a robot is used for the bending, the software will process the data, without an expensive reprogramming of the robot. To do this, it is possible to load data in the same way as for a standard bending machine. The pre-installed software will calculate all the necessary movements for the robot. The automatic product-specific adjustment of the bending speed for all transfluid machines makes it possible to process long tube safely and without oscillations.

Cutting that saves raw materials and exact identification for networked processes
The software solution also helps with the economical cutting of tubes. With integrated cutting systems the transfluid software will optimize the cutting pattern. The cutting lengths are calculated with precision and fewer raw materials are used. This is particularly effective with transfluid’s t cut equipment for orbital chipless cutting. A cutting sequence is prepared at the same time as the manufacturing process.  The cutting is automatically improved and the semi-finished tubes can be used with as little waste as possible. With the individual marking, linked to the data for the connections or bending sequences, the component can be tracked at all stages of the process. The data transfer happens via an interface with CAD, ERP and other programs.

One software program, two solutions for isolated or networked options
t project is based on the Windows operating system and the use is intuitive. The software takes into account the specific data for the material that is used, to give accurate bending results safely. Various additional modules contain all the details of whole processes, in order to have better control over the process and manage the process data of the forming techniques. The t project software can be connected directly to the company’s internal network (intranet) to have better data safety. The two versions of the software are available as isolated or networked options. The first option, t project Basic, offers the almost complete digital basic package. This makes it possible to transform isometries into bending data directly and also to calculate the correction and over-bending values automatically.  And by entering the diagonal data for the space, it is possible for the operator to control the bent component in an easy and manual manner. If the tubes have not been designed in the CAD system it is also possible to enter the geometry manually.

The t project Professional version has the same functions and some more. Any necessary extensions are calculated automatically. Additional production safety comes from the collision tests mentioned earlier. If a potential collision is found, the software will find an alternative by itself. The Import module has 30 interfaces for almost all the most common programs, such as IGES, STEP, JT or PCF, to connect them to CAD, measuring equipment and Office programs. The system has 10 export interfaces to export data, for instance as IGES files. 

The option to run simulations on the tubes is helpful for the practical applications that include flanges or forming. In order to calculate a whole package of tube geometries and to test that there are no collisions, the software has a Multitest function. It tests all the geometries by running calculations in the background and it filters out the process sequences that are not possible. If necessary, the geometry will be adjusted. The transfluid software offers the right solution for the most diverse requirements.

transfluid makes advanced robots for bending tubes that are even more effective and easier to use
Robots that process tubes in an effective and flexible way have already being used for some time in transfluid’s production cells. Since the beginning, these bending systems have been capable of taking isometrics data and use them to generate bending data, without the need for separate robot programming. The high-tech engineering company has now taken the development of its bending robots one step further and improved them again. “We wanted a solution that was even easier to use. This applies to the programming, which has been reduced or completely eliminated”, explains Stefanie Flaeper, transfluid director. “And at the same time, we have managed to make the robots even more flexible. It was a very big challenge to significantly improve bending robots that were already working extremely well. That is why I am even happier that our team of experts have been successful.”

Synchronized and clear identification
Tried and tested transfluid bending units with two robots bend long tubes from both sides. This way the tubes can be supplied already with forming or connection systems. However, it is much easier to process straight tubes in forming machines, when a bending machine can start from both sides. “The robots are synchronized when in use. Additional fittings, like mounting and support devices, are automatically synchronized with the processing robots. The robots recognize the tubes thanks to the code on the components and they generate the bending sequence; they can also choose different radii and diameters”, says Stefanie Flaeper. It is possible to work with up to six different tube diameters without tool changing.

Expanded processing, greater output
With the new and continued developments from transfluid, each manufacturing cell with two robots can do more than just bending tubes from both sides: each of these bending robots can also work on their own different geometry. The system can therefore be used in a very efficient way and the output is significantly greater. “With the software we have developed we have set ourselves a new goal, which is to make the processes much simpler. The bending data will be generated automatically from the coordinates, without the need to program the robots”, sums up Stefanie Flaeper.

Bending and Handling, without costly and time-consuming programming
The latest generation of bending robots also offers safer handling. The position where the robot grabs the tube in the magazine and the position where it grabs the tube to remove and deposit it can be retrieved from pre-programmed settings. This means that the operator has to do almost no programming of the bending program or the handling process. It is simply retrieved from stored data. It is also possible to process components that have been bent and put aside by the robots without any problems, even if there are potential collisions, because of the long segments. This is because the last bend can be done on the “floating” tube, just above the unloading position. The whole system is managed through the bending machine controls. This has the advantage that you can work with x, y and z data, but also with lengths and bending angles, just like with the standard bending machines. It is not necessary to have special knowledge of how to program a robot. To keep the set-up time as short as possible, the robots have preloaded settings that include the additional axes. This makes it possible for the operator to complete any tool changes in a very short time. The robots can be positioned next to each other in specific positions. By pressing a button, the system will return to the start position. With the latest generation of tube bending robots, transfluid has once more advanced and made more efficient the possibilities of tube processing.