Those who want to accurately bend steel or stainless steel tubes and tube systems must accept long auxiliary processing times for the generally unavoidable measuring and adjusting process. This is because the rebound behaviour of the materials can differ widely - even if the tubes come from a single batch. The production of prototypes and individual items is similarly time and labour-intensive. The Springmatic optical measuring system provides a remedy here: the new development from Schwarze-Robitec, which is integrated into the bending tool, measures the bent tubes directly whilst tensioned on the bending machine and immediately starts the required further bending process if desired or saves the required correction value for subsequent bends.

Instead of removing the tube after the bending process, checking it on an external measuring system then retensioning it for subsequent bending, tube processing companies can bend, measure and adjust in a single stage with the aid of Springmatic. Immediately after the bending of a tube, the new optical measuring system that Schwarze-Robitec is integrating into its bending tools records the rebound value, from which the CNC control of the tube bending machine calculates the required subsequent bending angle. Subsequent bending is carried out immediately afterwards - either fully automatically if desired or after clearance by the machine operator.

When developing the measuring system, the tube bending specialists from Cologne placed particular emphasis on a very broad range of applications: Springmatic reliably checks both thick and thin-walled tubes in the broadest range of materials and diameters. The system can be integrated into almost any bending tool and combined with almost all tube bending machines from Schwarze-Robitec.

Having been founded in 1903, Schwarze-Robitec is among the international leading experts in the area of tube bending machines. As early as in 1977, Schwarze-Robitec produced the world's first CNC tube bending machine. Over 2,300 machines have been sold to date, many of which have been in unrestricted use in production for over 30 years. In addition to tube bending machines and bending tools, the range supplied by Schwarze-Robitec also includes tube perforating machines, measuring systems and solutions in special engineering.

The company is represented worldwide through long-standing partners. Email: sales@schwarze-robitec.com