Tube bending apparatus and method

Details Tube bending apparatus and method Tube bending apparatus and method

1994-04-07

1995-04-18

Larson, Lowell A.

Metal deforming

By deflecting successively-presented portions of work during...

By use of work-contacting wiper and moving, work-holding form

72428, 72369, 414 18, B21D 900, B21D 901, B21D 903

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054068215

ABSTRACT:
A tube loading assembly for use in loading a tube on a flexible mandrel of a tube bending machine; said assembly comprising mandrel receiving means for receiving said mandrel; mandrel alignment means for aligning said received mandrel to be co-axial with said tube; and means for feeding said tube on said co-axially aligned mandrel. The assembly is of use with tubes to be bent for use in automotive exhaust systems, heat exchangers and aircraft hydraulic systems, and provides for improved automatic loading speeds.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2541534 (1951-02-01), Muir
patent: 3473361 (1969-10-01), Cwik
patent: 4481803 (1984-11-01), Dieser
patent: 5195343 (1993-03-01), Malarz

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