Production System for Thin-walled Tube Bending

In the bending of thin-walled tube, wrinkles occur easily and it is difficult to maintain precision of shape. We focused on a hydro-bending (water mandrel) method in which both ends of the tube are tightly sealed with reusable pressure-resistant plugs, and filled with water, and bent while water pressure high. The result is a high-quality bending method capable of producing quality products in one process with the thin-walled tubes (external diameter 38.1mm, wall thickness 0.85mm, bend radius 60mm) that had been considered difficult to mass-produce in the past.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2787
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of SAE International.
• Authors:
  • Tashiro, Yoji
  • Yoshino, Tamio
• Conference:
  • International Body Engineering Conference & Exposition
  • Location: Detroit Michigan, United States
  • Date: 1998-9-29 to 1998-10-1
• Publication Date: 1998-2-23

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Pressure; Production; Securing and joining equipment; Water
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01803329
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: SAE International
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2003-01-2787
• Files: TRIS, SAE
• Created Date: Dec 9 2021 10:24AM