PIPEFAB B: Well planned is well bent !

When producing tube bending parts both in series production and individual production, the working times and costs
can considerably be reduced by using a tube bending software. Particularly when producing with batch size "1" it is
very important to avoid scrap. The first tube shape has to fit !
 
 

Planning at the PC ... for efficient bending

By means of our tube bending software PIPEFAB B it is quite easy to
generate isometrics and to calculate the corresponding bending data for
any kind of tube shape, including a bending collision check. Input of the
tube shape can be performed in several different ways: either as drawing
with dimensioning of length and angle values, via input of XYZ coordinates
or vector data. Moreover it is possible to directly transfer already existing
data from various CAD systems or 3D tube measuring systems via cor-
responding interfaces. The different types of displaying the data can be
conveyed into each other without any delay.


The result is precisely precalculated ...

According to the tube isometric and the used material PIPEFAB B calcu-
lates the cutting length of the tube as well as the bending data, which can
be printed or directly be transferred to the bending machine. Besides the
basic material data and the geoemtrical data the software also considers
the spring-back and dilation behaviour of the tube as well as the radius de-
flection when calculating the bending data. In this way the result perfectly
fits to the specifications.

To ensure, that the tube can be bent on the favoured bending machine,
PIPEFAB B performs a bending collision check, thereby considering the
geometrical dimensions of the bending machine and the tools in use.
Self-displaying text menus and a perfected window technique for working
with mouse or keyboard offer excellent and comfortable handling. Drawn
and saved once, the tube figures can be loaded, printed or modified at
any time.


Piping software solutions  -  from planning to maintenance

PIPEFAB B is applicable as powerful stand-alone and machine-oriented
tube bending software, but at the same time it is a completely integrated
feature of the PIPEFAB production management solution. This software
pack is a comprehensive business solution for planning and organising
efficient production processes and work-flow for the piping industry,
thus integrating engineering, production, assembly, operation and main-
tenance into a continuous digital process.


The following functions can be added on to PIPEFAB B optionally :

	Collision check of the observed tube with the bending machine or the bending tools, displayed in text (as a table) or graphic (simulation),
	Interface for online bending data transfer to the bending machine,
	Interface to 3D tube measuring systems for recording the geometric data of already existing tubes,
	Adding on screw fittings to the tube shape with automatic length reduction of the tube,
	Automatic speed reduction when bending long tube shapes.

Input of the pipe course as drawing incl.
dimensioning of lengths and angles.




Output of the calculated bending data.




Simulation of the bending process
with collision checking.