To make production of these complex curve contours with the smallest bending radii easier as well as more time and cost effective, German tube bending machine manufacturer Schwarze-Robitec has developed the fully electric CNC 40 Rotary. Moreover, this machine is also excellently suited to the tubular steel furniture industry. At this year’s FABTECH, which takes place from 18^th to 21^st November in Chicago, the company will present the machine together with North American distributor Trilogy Machinery, Inc. on Stand S 3938.

In just one operation, the CNC 40 Rotary tube cold bending machine processes tubes in all current materials, such as aluminium, titanium, copper, steel and stainless steel with a diameter from six to 40 millimetres. Even tubes with preformed contours on the straight tube can be bent flexibly to the right and left. “With the bend former return integrated as standard, complex bend contours can be removed from the interfering contour areas with no problem after bending,” Bert Zorn explains. The result is a reduced cycle time with no loss of bending freedom and avoidance of damage to the tube surface. The machine works with up to 13 CNC axes. “In the development, we have been more mindful of ergonomic design and a high level of user friendliness,” Bert Zorn clarifies. Thanks to the intuitive operator guidance of the cold bending machine, initial training generally takes only one day. The machine requires only one bending head and is therefore exceptionally economical. “We were able to reduce the investment volume for the CNC 40 Rotary by around 20 percent compared with conventional solutions,” reports Hartmut Stöhr, who is also a Managing Director at Schwarze-Robitec GmbH. Moreover, the machine is also ideally geared for all requirements with respect to partially and fully automated production. Schwarze-Robitec offers a broad range of solutions for this. Interested parties can obtain detailed information about the extended range of products and services from Schwarze-Robitec either on the trade fair stand or in advance at www.schwarze-robitec.com.