Patent · US Expired

Rotary compression bending machine

US4524599A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 1982
Grant dateJun 25, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 27, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21D9/03
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary compression bending machine comprises a radius die, a wiper die, and a flexible ball mandrel. Hydraulic cylinders are provided to simultaneously drive the wiper die around the radius die and to draw the ball mandrel through the tubing in order to reform the tubing while bending. The reformed tube will be wrinkle and distortion free around the bend radius.

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