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Tracto-Technik GmbH & Co. KG
PIPE BENDING SYSTEMS: Trendsetter in the eld of digital transformation
Networked tube and pipe pro- duction – global data ow
Improved quality and high added value – PBS-Systems proof their economic ef ciency
The quick and easy manner to produce a ange tube
“In tune with the digital transfor- mation”, this slogan of the sched- uled International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition has been taken literally: Concern- ing the fourth industrial revolution “Industry 4.0”, the PIPE BENDING SYSTEMS (PBS) division of TRAC- TO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG in Lennestadt (Germany) presents itself as leader of the branch. As example the global player PBS introduces system solutions in the eld of pipe assembling which are based on a continuously accom- panying digital data ow from the draft stage up to the ship- ping of the nished tube; i.e. the standard “Industry 4.0” has been implemented in an exemplary way.
PBS had once been founded as a mechanical engineering company, but developed to offer intelligent solutions for all production steps of tube and pipe manufacturing and to get on top of the interna- tional league in terms of digital transformation. Today the modular extensible manufacturing system from PBS, composed of CAD inter- face and measuring technique as well as PIPEFAB software and pipe bending machines, is used around the world in many different elds of application to produce even
customised pipes at a cost and quality level which otherwise can only be reached by mass produc- tion. Food, beverage or pharma- ceutical industries, chemicals, bio-technique or air conditioning, at the shipyard, on a power plant construction site or if the assem- bly of hydraulic units has to be carried out: PBS systems stand for economical manufacturing, the perfect cooperation of the modular components offers poten- tial savings up to 70 percent.
Directly after the transfer of the design and engineering data from the CAD system the PIPEFAB soft- ware controls the entire stages of production – from the material procurement at the very begin- ning to the nal shipment of the nished pipes. Not only the gen- eration of work schedules and production batches as well as the calculation of production times and production costs are based on the stored pipe geometry data; the warehouse management, with- drawal of material, pipe prepara- tion, cutting to length, bending, deburring, welding and quality assurance operations (x-ray inspection, pressure test, etc.) are also derived from this infor- mation. No matter where around the world the measurements are taken, the design and engineering data is generated, the bending machine is situated, and whether the pipe segments are manufac- tured in series or individually: every single piece ts at the rst attempt.
Tracto-Technik GmbH & Co. KG
Hunold-Rump-Straße 76-80 57368 Lennestadt
Germany
Tel: +4927238080 Fax: +49272380180 christian.gerlach@tracto- technik.de www.tracto-technik.de
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