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3D-tactile process control in real time bending process

Summary

3D-Taktil-Pro is a flexible tactile measuring device (touch sensor) for free-form bending machines. 3D-Taktil-Pro is suitable for determining the geometry of pipes and profiles. This allows on the one hand to regulate and optimize bending processes and on the other to create digital images of given bent components, which can then be duplicated.

Technology Benefits

Fast quality analysis of bent parts
Setting of benders
Correction online without inter-ruption of the bending pro-cess (process control)
Suitable for circular and non- circular cross sections
Compensation of springback effects
Reduction of sample bends

Technology Application

3D-Taktil-Pro can be used as a stand- alone measuring device or retrofitted into existing bending machines. Applications are in the field of the automotive and bicycle industry as well as in the construction field. Due to the possibility of retrofitting it is also suitable for smaller series (for example furniture, lamps and wheelchairs)

Detailed Technology Description

3D-Taktil-Pro is a flexibel tactile measuring device (touch sensor) for free- form bending machines.The contour of 3D- bent pipes and profiles can thus be measured directly during the bending process. This allows not only the offline setting of the bending machine, but for the first time also an online correction of the currrent bending process. the use of 3D- Taktil- Pro can increase the accurancy of the bending process and minimize the influence of springback as well as batch differences in the material. 3D-Taktil-Pro is suitable for tubes and profiles with circular and non- circular cross- sections with concave and/ or convex elements.

Type of Cooperation

Licensing

Application Date

31/10/2016 00:00:00

Application No.

DE20161013144 20161031

Classes

- international:
G01B5/207
- cooperative:
B21C51/00; B21D7/14; G01B5/213

Others

Patent application

ID No.

4857

Country/Region

Germany