EMO Hannover and German machine tool industry

In the first three months of 2011, orders in the German machine tool industry rose by 130 per cent comparing to the preceding year's equivalent period. Domestic and export demand increased almost identically: order bookings from the domestic market were up by 127 per cent, demand from abroad by 132 per cent.

This growth will be one of the reasons that will make this years' EMO 2011 trade fair in Hannover a very exciting and interesting one; with the main focus on cutting and forming machine tools, manufacturing systems, precision tools, automated materials flows, computer technology, industrial electronics and accessories, EMO is considered amongst the most impostant trade fairs in the world for metalworking technology.

Further insights:
http://www.emo-hannover.de/
http://www.emo-hannover.de/19379?pm=emo11-015-e

BENDING MACHINES AND ANGLE ROLLS

Bending machine is versatile, it is easy to operate and is well suited for bending pipe, tube, aluminum extrusions and other sections.

Standard features include double pinch hydraulic forming rolls, hardened precision threaded shafts, and dual adjustable lateral guides.

The design is the result of years of experience and is aimed at providing the highest level of performance, accuracy and consistency throughout the life of the bending machine with the additional advantage of being virtually maintenance free.

The lateral guide rolls are hydraulically powered and can be adjusted to work very closely to the bending rolls, minimizing the distortion of non-symmetrical profiles. Moreover, the guide rolls are equipped with the tooling to bend angle leg-in.

Angle rolls machines are used for bending tube, angle, or shapes into coils, circles or large arcs using a wide variety of materials. By simply adjusting the third roll you change the size of the arc or circle. Tube bending sizes require specific rolls. There are rolls for any application including CNC bender controlled.

Profile rolls often called angle rolls. We used the same technology as our 3 and 4 roll plate bending rolls which results in a stronger and higher quality machine than most other manufacturers but still at a very competitive price.

The rolls can bend almost every profile and section in steel, stainless and aluminum and are virtually maintenance-free.

The components are:

• Heavy steel manufactured frame, machined on CNC machining centers for the best accuracy
• 3 direct driven rolls, with hydraulic planetary motor to eliminate gear boxes, connecting arms synchro devices and clutches
• 2 forming rolls for reduction of flat ends
• double roll spherical bearings SFK or equal = maintenance-free and maximum rigidity
• hydraulic motors attached directly to each planetary drive, eliminating the loss of torque
• Modular tooling which can be configured to roll most standard sections. Special tooling can be ordered for rolling pipe, tubing or channels the hard way.

Teknomec

The TEKNO-MEC, NATIONAL Fair, with the partecipation of a big number of Foreigner Companies, present itself to the operators with its 7th edition 2011 from May 20th to 22nd in Lanciano (CH).

After receiving the prestigious award of National Fair, Teknomec is ready to the award of International Fair, completely supported by the presence of foreign exhibitors, demonstrating the good work done in these years and the growing satisfaction and interest both exhibiting companies and operators.

TEKNOMEC has made it selfknow as a reference for the Centre-South of Italy in supporting a good contest between supply and demand, capturing the attention of about 6.500 visitors about the edition 2009.

A great opportunity to make a display of machine-tools, robotics, welding systems, sub-supplies and garanteed second-hand machinery.

From www.teknomec.it it is possible to find more information about the event.

Bending a spiral

Hi, i recently found this nice article about how to make a spiral staircase using a tube bending machine.

For stair handrails it is advised to use a box section, for instance a semi-circular profile.

Start by setting up the machine measuring the radius of your staircase: the machine uses a series of drive rollers that are set out to achieve a degree of pipe bend required.

The pipe is pulled through these angle rolls and then made into an arc.

Here you can find more about his article:
http://www.mustknowhow.com/index.php/mustknowhow/how-to-bend-handrails-for-spiral-staircase

A tubin benders blog

I found another nice blog about tubing Benders, Pipe Benders, Tube Benders, Piping Benders, Pipe bending and tube bending!

Check it out: http://tubingbender.blogspot.com/

Timtos 2011 Machine Tool Show

The Taipei International Machine Tool Show is featured out as a leading machinery fairs and is titled as vigorous machine tools fair in India.
Organized by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), the event is held at Taipei World Trade Center(TWTC), Taipei, Taiwan.
It is worldwide preferable event for sourcing machine tools, welding & cutting equipment, metal forming machinery, industrial robots, etc.

Comparing bending machines prices

I found this interesting site were you can see a wide selection of products and can easily compare prices and features, which is a good way of evaluating the right choice before making a purchase.
Obviously, we focused on bending machines value, as you can see in this page: See bending equipment prices.