EP0343973A1 - Improvenments in helically formed tubing - Google Patents

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EP0343973A1
EP0343973A1 EP89305279A EP89305279A EP0343973A1 EP 0343973 A1 EP0343973 A1 EP 0343973A1 EP 89305279 A EP89305279 A EP 89305279A EP 89305279 A EP89305279 A EP 89305279A EP 0343973 A1 EP0343973 A1 EP 0343973A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C37/00—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape
    • B21C37/06—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape of tubes or metal hoses; Combined procedures for making tubes, e.g. for making multi-wall tubes
    • B21C37/12—Making tubes or metal hoses with helically arranged seams
    • B21C37/121—Making tubes or metal hoses with helically arranged seams with non-welded and non-soldered seams
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C37/00—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape
    • B21C37/06—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape of tubes or metal hoses; Combined procedures for making tubes, e.g. for making multi-wall tubes
    • B21C37/12—Making tubes or metal hoses with helically arranged seams
    • B21C37/124—Making tubes or metal hoses with helically arranged seams the tubes having a special shape, e.g. with corrugated wall, flexible tubes

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  • This invention concerns improvements in and relating to helically formed tubing.
  • Such helically formed lock-seam tubing has a variety of uses.
  • the tubing is usually of generally cylind­rical configuration, although for some purposes it is desired that the tubing be corrugated. Corrugation of lock-seam tubing requires additional manufacturing steps that correspondingly increase the cost of the tubing.
  • an object of the invention is to provide a simple means of forming corrugated, helically wound tubing.
  • this object is achieved by providing that a pair of rollers arranged to engage internal and external surfaces of the tubing during forming thereof, in order to effect finishing of the seam in the tubing,are further so shaped and arranged that they serve the additional function of forming a helical corrugation in the wall of the tubing, in the region of the finished seam.
  • the invention accordingly provides a novel tube forming process, a machine for carrying out such process, and an improved corrugated tube helically formed by such a process.
  • the single figure of the accompanying drawing is a sectional elevation of the forming head of a machine for the production of helically wound lock-seam tubing, shown in the process of forming such tubing.
  • the reference numeral 1 illustrates the forming head of a machine for the production of helical lock-seam tubing.
  • the machine is of generally known type including means for feeding a metal strip into the forming head 1, and means for forming on the longitudinal edges of the metal strip flanges that are interlocked with one another in the finished tubing.
  • Such features of the machine will be familiar to one skilled in the art of the production of helically wound lock-seam tubing, and will therefore not be further described in detail.
  • the machine is provided with a pair of clinching rollers 2 and 3, of which the roller 2 is supported for rotation within the tubing at the point of formation of a closed helix of the metal strip, via a bracket 4 secured to the forming head 1.
  • the roller 3 is mounted externally of the tubing via a further bracket 5 secured to the frame of the machine in a manner not shown.
  • the external roller 3 has a circumferential groove 6 which, in cooperation with the circumference of roller 2 serves to effect closure and compression of the lock-seam of the tubing substantially in the manner of known machines.
  • the groove 6 of roller 3 is located within a recess defined by a further groove 7 of the clinching roller 3.
  • the roller 2 is of correspon­dingly larger diameter, or is displaced radially relatively to the axis of the formed tubing, so that it extends into the groove 7 of the clinching roller 3.
  • the invention provides for the production of helically corrugated lock-seam tubing wherein the lock-seam and the corrugation are formed simultan­eously in a simple manner without the requirement of additional post-forming steps as needed in hitherto known processes.

Abstract

Corrugated, helically formed lock-seam tubing is formed in a machine wherein clinching rollers (2,3) for closing the lock-seam (8) of the tubing are shaped so that the lock-seam (8) is displaced radially with respect to the circumference of helically wound strip defining the tubing, during the formation of the lock-seam (8), whereby the lock-seam is located at the crest of a helical corrugation (9) formed in the wall of the finished tubing.

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  • This invention concerns improvements in and relating to helically formed tubing.
  • It is known to form metal tubing by winding helically a strip of sheet metal and joining the marginal edges of adjacent helices of the metal strip by clinching together marginal flanges formed on the strip whereby the flanges are interlocked to form a seam.
  • Such helically formed lock-seam tubing has a variety of uses. The tubing is usually of generally cylind­rical configuration, although for some purposes it is desired that the tubing be corrugated. Corrugation of lock-seam tubing requires additional manufacturing steps that correspondingly increase the cost of the tubing.
  • Accordingly an object of the invention is to provide a simple means of forming corrugated, helically wound tubing.
  • In accordance with the invention this object is achieved by providing that a pair of rollers arranged to engage internal and external surfaces of the tubing during forming thereof, in order to effect finishing of the seam in the tubing,are further so shaped and arranged that they serve the additional function of forming a helical corrugation in the wall of the tubing, in the region of the finished seam. The invention accordingly provides a novel tube forming process, a machine for carrying out such process, and an improved corrugated tube helically formed by such a process.
  • Further preferred features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the accompanying description of one example of the invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing and any accompanying Claims.
  • The single figure of the accompanying drawing is a sectional elevation of the forming head of a machine for the production of helically wound lock-seam tubing, shown in the process of forming such tubing.
  • Referring to the drawing, the reference numeral 1 illustrates the forming head of a machine for the production of helical lock-seam tubing. The machine is of generally known type including means for feeding a metal strip into the forming head 1, and means for forming on the longitudinal edges of the metal strip flanges that are interlocked with one another in the finished tubing. Such features of the machine will be familiar to one skilled in the art of the production of helically wound lock-seam tubing, and will therefore not be further described in detail.
  • Suffice it to say that at the point in the machine at which the finished lock-seam is produced, the machine is provided with a pair of clinching rollers 2 and 3, of which the roller 2 is supported for rotation within the tubing at the point of formation of a closed helix of the metal strip, via a bracket 4 secured to the forming head 1. The roller 3 is mounted externally of the tubing via a further bracket 5 secured to the frame of the machine in a manner not shown.
  • The external roller 3 has a circumferential groove 6 which, in cooperation with the circumference of roller 2 serves to effect closure and compression of the lock-seam of the tubing substantially in the manner of known machines. However, unlike known machines the groove 6 of roller 3 is located within a recess defined by a further groove 7 of the clinching roller 3. The roller 2 is of correspon­dingly larger diameter, or is displaced radially relatively to the axis of the formed tubing, so that it extends into the groove 7 of the clinching roller 3.
  • As a result of the above described construction of rollers 2 and 3, a lock-seam 8 formed on the finished tubing is displaced outwardly so that it lies at the crest of a helical corrugation 9 formed in the finished tubing.
  • Accordingly, the invention provides for the production of helically corrugated lock-seam tubing wherein the lock-seam and the corrugation are formed simultan­eously in a simple manner without the requirement of additional post-forming steps as needed in hitherto known processes.

Claims (6)

1. A process for the formation of helically seamed tubing comprising the steps of forming marginal flanges on an elongate sheet metal strip, feeding said strip longitudinally to a forming head whereby said strip becomes wound helically to bring the opposite edges of the strip and the associated flanges into mating engagement, and clinching together the mating flanges of the strip to form a locked seam whereby the metal strip is held together in the form of a helically wound tube, characterised in that the mating flanges of the strip are clinched together by rollers so shaped and arranged that the rollers are effective simultaneously to form the locked seam and to displace the seam radially away from the plane of the metal strip thereby forming a helical corrugation in the finished tube.
2. A process according to Claim 1, characterised in that the locked seam is formed so that it projects on the external side of the wall of the tubing, and that the seam is radially displaced in an outward direction during clinching to form an outwardly projecting corrugat­ion in the finished tube.
3. A machine for the formation of helically wound tubing comprising a forming head (1) associated with means for feeding thereto an elongate metal strip having marginal flanges, whereby said strip is wound helically to bring said flanges into mating engangement, and clinching rollers (2,3) for clinching together said flanges to form a locked seam, characterised in that said clinching rollers (2,3) are so shaped and arranged that they effect radial dis­placement of said locked seam during clinching thereof whereby the finished tube has a helical corrugation in the region of said locked seam.
4. A machine according to Claim 3, characterised in that said clinching rollers comprise a clinching roller (3) having a groove (6) shaped in cross-section to corres­pond with the profile of the locked seam to be formed and a support roller (2), having a cylindrical support surface facing said groove (6) of the clinching roller (2), and that one of said rollers (3) has a further groove (7) into which the other roller (2) extends to effect said radial displacement of the locked seam.
5. A machine according to Claim 4, characterised in that the clinching roller (3) is located externally of the path of the helically wound strip defined by said forming head (1) and that said support roller is arranged internally thereof.
6. A machine according to Claim 4 or 5, characterised in that said further groove (7) is provided in the clinch­ing roller (3).
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DE57341C (en) * E. zimmermann in Berlin N., Uferstr. 6a 1 Tr Device for the production of tubes from a smooth sheet metal strip by winding it together in a helical manner
GB1599379A (en) * 1978-05-31 1981-09-30 Spiro Investment Sa Tube-forming machines
EP0273312A2 (en) * 1986-12-22 1988-07-06 Pacific Roller Die Co., Inc. Method for welding ribbed pipe

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DE57341C (en) * E. zimmermann in Berlin N., Uferstr. 6a 1 Tr Device for the production of tubes from a smooth sheet metal strip by winding it together in a helical manner
GB1599379A (en) * 1978-05-31 1981-09-30 Spiro Investment Sa Tube-forming machines
EP0273312A2 (en) * 1986-12-22 1988-07-06 Pacific Roller Die Co., Inc. Method for welding ribbed pipe

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