Process
- Connection of the links to the tube by TEF (tube endforming)
Technologies
- Design and manufacture of special fixtures with poka yokes for the link positioning
- Tube positioning system by clamps
- Tube calibration and self-centering system
- AGME hydraulic presses for tube endforming
- Forming tools for creating the rings on both sides of each link
- Extraction device with sliders
- Tube lubrication system
- Process automation
- Control by Siemens plc
Advantages
- Deformation of both ends of the tube simultaneously
- Compact and robust machine of high quality
- Easy to operate and install
- Accuracy, efficiency and productivity