EP2752256A1 - Device for corrugating a pipe - Google Patents

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EP2752256A1
EP2752256A1 EP13305005.4A EP13305005A EP2752256A1 EP 2752256 A1 EP2752256 A1 EP 2752256A1 EP 13305005 A EP13305005 A EP 13305005A EP 2752256 A1 EP2752256 A1 EP 2752256A1
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Nico Lange
Christian Reiter
Holger Schulz
Christian Dr. Frohne
Michael Meyer
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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
    • B21C37/124—Making tubes or metal hoses with helically arranged seams the tubes having a special shape, e.g. with corrugated wall, flexible tubes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D15/00—Corrugating tubes
    • B21D15/04—Corrugating tubes transversely, e.g. helically
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D15/00—Corrugating tubes
    • B21D15/04—Corrugating tubes transversely, e.g. helically
    • B21D15/06—Corrugating tubes transversely, e.g. helically annularly

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  • the invention relates to a device for impressing a corrugation into a smooth metal tube, which extends transversely to the longitudinal direction of the tube with circumferentially extending wave crests and troughs, which corrugation with a circulating in working position in the circumferential direction, the corrugation having generating projection, and in which in front of the shaft means a guide bush for guiding the moving in its longitudinal direction, smooth tube is mounted ( EP 1 084 774 B1 ).
  • Such a device is used for producing well bendable metal pipes; which consist for example of steel, copper or aluminum.
  • Such pipes can be used for example in the construction of electrical or optical cables or as electrical conductors of high-frequency cables or for the transport of flowable media.
  • the corrugation can be helical or annular. The degree of bendability depends essentially on the depth of the corrugation, d. H. from the radial difference between the wave crests and the troughs.
  • a tube is formed from a longitudinally-starting metal strip which is welded to a longitudinal slot.
  • the smooth tube thus obtained is then corrugated in a shaft means transverse to its longitudinal direction.
  • a Weller disk shaft means designated as a shaft bush guide bushing is mounted, whose inner diameter is almost equal to the outer diameter of the smooth tube.
  • the corrugated tube emerging from the shaft means is moved by an elongate hollow shaft connected to the shaft means and connected to an electric motor.
  • the hollow shaft surrounds the corrugated tube at a distance.
  • the invention has for its object to make the above-described device so that the dimensions of the corrugated tube can be maintained especially with a relatively deep corrugation with increased dimensional accuracy or roundness.
  • This object is according to the invention solved in that immediately behind the shaft means a support bush is arranged, which closely surrounds the shaft means in the withdrawal direction leaving corrugated pipe, without affecting the movement thereof in its longitudinal direction.
  • the arranged behind the shaft means support bush which can be kept axially short, provides for the pipe already during the Wellvorgangs, in which the same is significantly burdened in the radial direction, a kind of fixed point.
  • the support sleeve ensures that the tube already at the waves, but especially after leaving the shaft means in the radial direction can not get out of its desired central position.
  • the shaft leaving the device and moved in the withdrawal direction tube has characterized over its entire length a uniform or constant curl and equally uniform or consistent dimensions. Because of the very precise guidance of the tube through the support sleeve during and after the waves, thin-walled tubes can be corrugated with particular advantage and it is also possible to produce a deeper corrugation, which is of importance for highly flexible tubes.
  • the tightly fitting to the corrugated tube support bush has the further advantage that the mounted in front of the shaft guide bushing does not have to be tight against the smooth tube, but as a pure guide element quite well over the outer diameter of the smooth tube larger inside width can have.
  • a smooth tube 1 made of metal to be provided with a transverse to its longitudinal direction corrugation is irrelevant here. It may for example consist of steel or copper or aluminum.
  • the corrugation to be generated in a shaft device 2 can be annular or helical.
  • the tube 1 is moved, for example, by means of an only schematically indicated withdrawal device 3 in the direction of the arrow 4 and thereby pushed in the illustrated embodiment by the shaft means 2. Seen in the withdrawal direction, a guide bush 5 is arranged in front of the shaft device 2, through which the smooth tube 1 is passed. The emerging in the withdrawal direction from the shaft means 2, corrugated tube 6 is guided by a support sleeve 7, which is arranged immediately behind the shaft means 2. The corrugated tube 6 can be wound on a spool 8.
  • the shaft device 2 used in the device is known in principle. Therefore, only the parts necessary for understanding the invention will be explained.
  • To the shaft means 2 includes a corrugated head 9, which is designed as an annular disk with a central opening.
  • a Welleremia 10 is rotatably mounted, for example by means of a ball bearing 11.
  • the Welleremia 10 has a radially inwardly facing projection 12 through which the corrugation is pressed into the smooth tube 1 during operation of the device.
  • the Wellerlism 10 is corresponding Fig. 2 arranged eccentrically to the axis A of the tube 1 and the corrugated tube 6.
  • the axes of Weller disk 10 and pipe 1 and 6 thus run at a distance parallel to each other.
  • the corrugated head 9 and the same entrained Welleremia 10 in Circumferentially turned around the tube 1.
  • the projection 12 of the Wellerusion 10 presses the corrugation in the tube 1, which is pushed simultaneously in the direction of the arrow 4 by the shaft means 2.
  • the support bushing 7 is disposed immediately adjacent to or in the withdrawal direction behind the shaft means 2, centric to the axis A of the tube 1 and 6, for example, they can also be connected to the corrugated head 9, either fixed so that they with the same is rotated, or rotatable about a bearing so that it is not rotated with the shaft head 9.
  • the support sleeve 7 may also be attached without attachment to the corrugated head 9. It may for example consist of a plastic, such as polyethylene or polyamide, or of metal, such as a bronze alloy.
  • the support sleeve 7 surrounds the corrugated tube 6 as closely as possible, but without so tightly abut the same that the movement of the corrugated tube 6 is impaired in its longitudinal direction. It is for the corrugated tube 6 already during the corrugating process a kind of fixed point, because it is held during the shafting and also thereafter by the support sleeve 7 in a central position. Because of this function of the support sleeve 7, the guide bushing 5 no longer needs to be tight against the smooth tube 1. Is in Fig. 2 indicated by an air gap between the tube 1 and guide bush 5. The guide bush 5 does not rotate with the shaft device 2. It is accordingly supported via a pivot bearing 13 relative to the same.
  • the support bush 7 is advantageously made relatively short in the axial direction. It may, for example, have a width which, in the case of an annular corrugation, corresponds approximately to the distance of two successive wave crests or, in the case of a helical corrugation, to approximately twice the wave pitch.

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The device has a corrugation unit (2) that is rotated in a working position to a circumferential direction for forming a projection. A guide bush (5) is provided for guiding the movement of a smooth pipe (1) positioned in front of the corrugation unit to a longitudinal direction. A supporting sleeve (7) is arranged behind the corrugation unit, and tightly surrounds a ring-shaped corrugated pipe (6) in a withdrawal direction of the corrugated unit without affecting the movement in the longitudinal direction.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Vorrichtung zum Einprägen einer Wellung in ein aus Metall bestehendes, glattes Rohr, die sich quer zur Längsrichtung des Rohres mit in Umfangsrichtung desselben verlaufenden Wellenbergen und Wellentälern erstreckt, welche eine Welleinrichtung mit einem in Arbeitsposition in Umfangsrichtung umlaufenden, die Wellung erzeugenden Vorsprung aufweist, und bei welcher vor der Welleinrichtung eine Führungsbuchse zur Führung des in seiner Längsrichtung bewegten, glatten Rohres angebracht ist ( EP 1 084 774 B1 ).The invention relates to a device for impressing a corrugation into a smooth metal tube, which extends transversely to the longitudinal direction of the tube with circumferentially extending wave crests and troughs, which corrugation with a circulating in working position in the circumferential direction, the corrugation having generating projection, and in which in front of the shaft means a guide bush for guiding the moving in its longitudinal direction, smooth tube is mounted ( EP 1 084 774 B1 ).

Eine solche Vorrichtung wird zur Herstellung gut biegbarer Rohre aus Metall eingesetzt; die beispielsweise aus Stahl, Kupfer oder Aluminium bestehen. Solche Rohre können beispielsweise im Aufbau von elektrischen oder optischen Kabeln oder als elektrische Leiter von Hochfrequenz-Kabeln oder zum Transport von fließfähigen Medien eingesetzt werden. Die Wellung kann wendelförmig oder ringförmig ausgeführt sein. Das Maß der Biegbarkeit hängt wesentlich von der Tiefe der Wellung ab, d. h. von der radialen Differenz zwischen den Wellenbergen und den Wellentälern.Such a device is used for producing well bendable metal pipes; which consist for example of steel, copper or aluminum. Such pipes can be used for example in the construction of electrical or optical cables or as electrical conductors of high-frequency cables or for the transport of flowable media. The corrugation can be helical or annular. The degree of bendability depends essentially on the depth of the corrugation, d. H. from the radial difference between the wave crests and the troughs.

Bei der bekannten Vorrichtung nach der eingangs erwähnten EP 1 084 774 B1 wird ein Rohr aus einem längseinlaufenden Metallband geformt, das an einem Längsschlitz verschweißt wird. Das dadurch erhaltene, glatte Rohr wird anschließend in einer Welleinrichtung quer zu seiner Längsrichtung gewellt. Unmittelbar vor der mit einer Wellerscheibe ausgerüsteten Welleinrichtung ist eine als Wellerbuchse bezeichnete Führungsbuchse angebracht, deren Innendurchmesser nahezu gleich dem Außendurchmesser des glatten Rohres ist. Das aus der Welleinrichtung austretende gewellte Rohr wird durch eine mit der Welleinrichtung verbundene, langgestreckte Hohlwelle bewegt, die mit einem Elektromotor verbunden ist. Die Hohlwelle umgibt das gewellte Rohr mit Abstand.In the known device according to the above-mentioned EP 1 084 774 B1 For example, a tube is formed from a longitudinally-starting metal strip which is welded to a longitudinal slot. The smooth tube thus obtained is then corrugated in a shaft means transverse to its longitudinal direction. Immediately before the equipped with a Weller disk shaft means designated as a shaft bush guide bushing is mounted, whose inner diameter is almost equal to the outer diameter of the smooth tube. The corrugated tube emerging from the shaft means is moved by an elongate hollow shaft connected to the shaft means and connected to an electric motor. The hollow shaft surrounds the corrugated tube at a distance.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, die eingangs geschilderte Vorrichtung so zu gestalten, daß die Abmessungen des gewellten Rohres insbesondere auch bei einer relativ tiefen Wellung mit erhöhter Formgenauigkeit bzw. Rundheit eingehalten werden können.The invention has for its object to make the above-described device so that the dimensions of the corrugated tube can be maintained especially with a relatively deep corrugation with increased dimensional accuracy or roundness.

Diese Aufgabe wird gemäß der Erfindung dadurch gelöst, daß unmittelbar hinter der Welleinrichtung eine Stützbuchse angeordnet ist, welche das die Welleinrichtung in Abzugsrichtung verlassende gewellte Rohr, ohne Beeinträchtigung der Bewegung desselben in seiner Längsrichtung, eng umschließt.This object is according to the invention solved in that immediately behind the shaft means a support bush is arranged, which closely surrounds the shaft means in the withdrawal direction leaving corrugated pipe, without affecting the movement thereof in its longitudinal direction.

Die hinter der Welleinrichtung angeordnete Stützbuchse, die axial kurz gehalten werden kann, stellt für das Rohr bereits während des Wellvorgangs, bei welchem dasselbe in radialer Richtung erheblich belastet wird, eine Art Festpunkt dar. Die Stützbuchse stellt sicher, daß das Rohr schon beim Wellen, aber insbesondere nach dem Verlassen der Welleinrichtung in radialer Richtung nicht aus seiner gewünschten zentralen Position herausgelangen kann. Das die Welleinrichtung verlassende und in Abzugsrichtung bewegte Rohr hat dadurch auf seiner ganzen Länge eine gleichmäßige bzw. gleichbleibende Wellung und ebenso gleichmäßige bzw. gleichbleibende Abmessungen. Wegen der sehr genauen Führung des Rohres durch die Stützbuchse beim und nach dem Wellen, können mit besonderem Vorteil dünnwandige Rohre gewellt werden und es ist auch möglich, eine tiefere Wellung zu erzeugen, die für hochflexible Rohre von Bedeutung ist. Die eng am gewellten Rohr anliegende Stützbuchse hat den weiteren Vorteil, daß die vor der Welleinrichtung angebrachte Führungsbuchse nicht dicht am glatten Rohr anliegen muß, sondern als reines Führungselement durchaus auch eine gegenüber dem Außendurchmesser des glatten Rohres größere lichte Weite haben kann.The arranged behind the shaft means support bush, which can be kept axially short, provides for the pipe already during the Wellvorgangs, in which the same is significantly burdened in the radial direction, a kind of fixed point. The support sleeve ensures that the tube already at the waves, but especially after leaving the shaft means in the radial direction can not get out of its desired central position. The shaft leaving the device and moved in the withdrawal direction tube has characterized over its entire length a uniform or constant curl and equally uniform or consistent dimensions. Because of the very precise guidance of the tube through the support sleeve during and after the waves, thin-walled tubes can be corrugated with particular advantage and it is also possible to produce a deeper corrugation, which is of importance for highly flexible tubes. The tightly fitting to the corrugated tube support bush has the further advantage that the mounted in front of the shaft guide bushing does not have to be tight against the smooth tube, but as a pure guide element quite well over the outer diameter of the smooth tube larger inside width can have.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel des Erfindungsgegenstandes ist in den Zeichnungen dargestellt.An embodiment of the subject invention is shown in the drawings.

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  • Fig. 1 schematisch eine Anordnung zur Herstellung eines gewellten Rohres.
  • Fig. 2 eine in der Anordnung nach Fig. 1 einsetzbare Vorrichtung nach der Erfindung in vergrößerter Darstellung.
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  • Fig. 1 schematically an arrangement for producing a corrugated pipe.
  • Fig. 2 one in the arrangement Fig. 1 usable device according to the invention in an enlarged view.

Mit einer Anordnung nach Fig. 1 soll ein glattes Rohr 1 aus Metall mit einer quer zu seiner Längsrichtung verlaufenden Wellung versehen werden. Auf welche Art und Weise das Rohr 1 hergestellt wurde, ist hier unerheblich. Es kann beispielsweise aus Stahl oder Kupfer oder Aluminium bestehen. Die in einer Welleinrichtung 2 zu erzeugende Wellung kann ringförmig oder wendelförmig ausgeführt sein.With an arrangement after Fig. 1 If a smooth tube 1 made of metal to be provided with a transverse to its longitudinal direction corrugation. The way in which the tube 1 was made, is irrelevant here. It may for example consist of steel or copper or aluminum. The corrugation to be generated in a shaft device 2 can be annular or helical.

Das Rohr 1 wird beispielsweise mittels einer nur schematisch angedeuteten Abzugseinrichtung 3 in Richtung des Pfeiles 4 bewegt und dadurch im dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel durch die Welleinrichtung 2 geschoben. In Abzugsrichtung gesehen, ist vor der Welleinrichtung 2 eine Führungsbuchse 5 angeordnet, durch welche das glatte Rohr 1 hindurchgeführt ist. Das in Abzugsrichtung aus der Welleinrichtung 2 austretende, gewellte Rohr 6 ist durch eine Stützbuchse 7 geführt, die unmittelbar hinter der Welleinrichtung 2 angeordnet ist. Das gewellte Rohr 6 kann auf eine Spule 8 aufgewickelt werden.The tube 1 is moved, for example, by means of an only schematically indicated withdrawal device 3 in the direction of the arrow 4 and thereby pushed in the illustrated embodiment by the shaft means 2. Seen in the withdrawal direction, a guide bush 5 is arranged in front of the shaft device 2, through which the smooth tube 1 is passed. The emerging in the withdrawal direction from the shaft means 2, corrugated tube 6 is guided by a support sleeve 7, which is arranged immediately behind the shaft means 2. The corrugated tube 6 can be wound on a spool 8.

Die Vorrichtung nach der Erfindung wird im Folgenden anhand von Fig. 2 näher erläutert:The device according to the invention is described below with reference to Fig. 2 explained in more detail:

Die in der Vorrichtung eingesetzte Welleinrichtung 2 ist grundsätzlich bekannt. Es werden daher nur die für das Verständnis der Erfindung erforderlichen Teile derselben erläutert. Zu der Welleinrichtung 2 gehört ein Wellerkopf 9, der als Ringscheibe mit einer zentralen Öffnung ausgeführt ist. In der zentralen Öffnung ist eine Wellerscheibe 10 drehbar gelagert, beispielsweise mittels eines Kugellagers 11. Die Wellerscheibe 10 hat einen radial nach innen weisenden Vorsprung 12, durch welchen beim Betrieb der Vorrichtung die Wellung in das glatte Rohr 1 gedrückt wird.The shaft device 2 used in the device is known in principle. Therefore, only the parts necessary for understanding the invention will be explained. To the shaft means 2 includes a corrugated head 9, which is designed as an annular disk with a central opening. In the central opening a Wellerscheibe 10 is rotatably mounted, for example by means of a ball bearing 11. The Wellerscheibe 10 has a radially inwardly facing projection 12 through which the corrugation is pressed into the smooth tube 1 during operation of the device.

Die Wellerscheibe 10 ist entsprechend Fig. 2 exzentrisch zur Achse A des Rohres 1 bzw. des gewellten Rohres 6 angeordnet. Die Achsen von Wellerscheibe 10 und Rohr 1 bzw. 6 verlaufen also mit Abstand parallel zueinander. Beim Betrieb der Vorrichtung werden der Wellerkopf 9 und die von demselben mitgenommene Wellerscheibe 10 in Umfangsrichtung um das Rohr 1 herumgedreht. Dabei drückt der Vorsprung 12 der Wellerscheibe 10 die Wellung in das Rohr 1, das gleichzeitig in Richtung des Pfeiles 4 durch die Welleinrichtung 2 geschoben wird.The Wellerscheibe 10 is corresponding Fig. 2 arranged eccentrically to the axis A of the tube 1 and the corrugated tube 6. The axes of Weller disk 10 and pipe 1 and 6 thus run at a distance parallel to each other. When operating the device, the corrugated head 9 and the same entrained Wellerscheibe 10 in Circumferentially turned around the tube 1. In this case, the projection 12 of the Wellerscheibe 10 presses the corrugation in the tube 1, which is pushed simultaneously in the direction of the arrow 4 by the shaft means 2.

Die Stützbuchse 7 ist unmittelbar neben bzw. in Abzugsrichtung hinter der Welleinrichtung 2 angeordnet, und zwar zentrisch zur Achse A des Rohres 1 bzw. 6. Sie kann beispielsweise auch mit dem Wellerkopf 9 verbunden sein, und zwar entweder fest, so daß sie mit demselben mitgedreht wird, oder über ein Lager drehbar, so daß sie nicht mit dem Wellerkopf 9 mitgedreht wird. Die Stützbuchse 7 kann aber auch ohne Befestigung am Wellerkopf 9 angebracht sein. Sie kann beispielsweise aus einem Kunststoff, wie Polyethylen oder Polyamid, oder auch aus Metall, beispielsweise einer Bronzelegierung, bestehen.The support bushing 7 is disposed immediately adjacent to or in the withdrawal direction behind the shaft means 2, centric to the axis A of the tube 1 and 6, for example, they can also be connected to the corrugated head 9, either fixed so that they with the same is rotated, or rotatable about a bearing so that it is not rotated with the shaft head 9. The support sleeve 7 may also be attached without attachment to the corrugated head 9. It may for example consist of a plastic, such as polyethylene or polyamide, or of metal, such as a bronze alloy.

Die Stützbuchse 7 umgibt das gewellte Rohr 6 möglichst eng, ohne allerdings so eng an demselben anzuliegen, daß die Bewegung des gewellten Rohres 6 in seiner Längsrichtung beeinträchtigt wird. Sie ist für das gewellte Rohr 6 bereits während des Wellvorgangs eine Art Festpunkt, weil dasselbe während des Wellens und auch danach durch die Stützbuchse 7 in einer zentrischen Lage gehalten wird. Wegen dieser Funktion der Stützbuchse 7 braucht die Führungsbuchse 5 nicht mehr dicht am glatten Rohr 1 anzuliegen. Das ist in Fig. 2 durch einen Luftspalt zwischen Rohr 1 und Führungsbuchse 5 angedeutet. Die Führungsbuchse 5 dreht nicht mit der Welleinrichtung 2 mit. Sie ist dementsprechend über ein Drehlager 13 gegenüber derselben abgestützt.The support sleeve 7 surrounds the corrugated tube 6 as closely as possible, but without so tightly abut the same that the movement of the corrugated tube 6 is impaired in its longitudinal direction. It is for the corrugated tube 6 already during the corrugating process a kind of fixed point, because it is held during the shafting and also thereafter by the support sleeve 7 in a central position. Because of this function of the support sleeve 7, the guide bushing 5 no longer needs to be tight against the smooth tube 1. Is in Fig. 2 indicated by an air gap between the tube 1 and guide bush 5. The guide bush 5 does not rotate with the shaft device 2. It is accordingly supported via a pivot bearing 13 relative to the same.

Die Stützbuchse 7 ist mit Vorteil in axialer Richtung relativ kurz ausgeführt. Sie kann beispielsweise eine Breite haben, die bei einer ringförmigen Wellung etwa dem Abstand von zwei hintereinander folgenden Wellenbergen oder bei einer wendelförmigen Wellung etwa dem Doppelten der Wellsteigung entspricht.The support bush 7 is advantageously made relatively short in the axial direction. It may, for example, have a width which, in the case of an annular corrugation, corresponds approximately to the distance of two successive wave crests or, in the case of a helical corrugation, to approximately twice the wave pitch.

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Vorrichtung zum Einprägen einer Wellung in ein aus Metall bestehendes, glattes Rohr, die sich quer zur Längsrichtung des Rohres mit in Umfangsrichtung desselben verlaufenden Wellenbergen und Wellentälern erstreckt, welche eine Welleinrichtung mit einem in Arbeitsposition in Umfangsrichtung umlaufenden, die Wellung erzeugenden Vorsprung aufweist, und bei welcher vor der Welleinrichtung eine Führungsbuchse zur Führung des in seiner Längsrichtung bewegten, glatten Rohres angebracht ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß unmittelbar hinter der Welleinrichtung (2) eine Stützbuchse (7) angeordnet ist, welche das die Welleinrichtung (2) in Abzugsrichtung verlassende gewellte Rohr (6), ohne Beeinträchtigung der Bewegung desselben in seiner Längsrichtung, eng umschließt.A device for impressing a corrugation into a smooth metal tube, which extends transversely to the longitudinal direction of the tube with circumferentially extending wave crests and troughs, which has a shaft means with a circulating in the working position in the circumferential direction, the corrugation-generating projection, and at which is mounted in front of the shaft means a guide bush for guiding the moving in its longitudinal direction, smooth tube, characterized in that immediately behind the shaft means (2) a support bush (7) is arranged, which the shaft means (2) leaving in the withdrawal direction corrugated tube (6), without interfering with the movement of the same in its longitudinal direction, tightly encloses. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die axiale Breite der Stützbuchse (7) bei einem ringförmig gewellten Rohr (6) etwa dem Abstand von zwei hintereinander folgenden Wellenbergen voneinander entspricht.Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the axial width of the support sleeve (7) in an annular corrugated tube (6) corresponds approximately to the distance of two successive wave crests from each other. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die axiale Breite der Stützbuchse (7) bei einem wendelförmig gewellten Rohr (6) etwa dem Doppelten der Wellsteigung entspricht.Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the axial width of the support bushing (7) in a helically corrugated pipe (6) corresponds approximately to twice the wave pitch. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Stützbuchse (7) fest mit einem um seine Achse drehbaren Wellerkopf (9) der Welleinrichtung (2) verbunden ist.Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the supporting bush (7) is fixedly connected to a shaft head (9) of the shaft device (2) which is rotatable about its axis. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Stützbuchse (7) unter Zwischenschaltung eines Drehlagers mit einem um seine Achse drehbaren Wellerkopf (9) der Welleinrichtung (2) verbunden ist.Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the support bush (7) is connected with the interposition of a pivot bearing with a shaft head rotatable about its axis (9) of the shaft means (2).
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US14/147,853 US20140305178A1 (en) 2013-01-07 2014-01-06 Device for undulating a pipe
KR1020140001393A KR20140090101A (en) 2013-01-07 2014-01-06 Apparatus for corrugating a pipe
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