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Title:
TUBE STRAIGHTENING APPARATUS, TUBE DRIVE MECHANISM, TUBE STRAIGHTENING MECHANISM AND TUBE CUTTING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001353524
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To quickly cope with a dimensional change in a tube and to improve a precision in a tube cutting length.

A tube drive mechanism 10 inclusive of a pair of conveyer belts 43, 62 opposing each other is used for the purpose of transporting continuous thin walled tubes T1, T2. The tube is elongated with a tube straightening mechanism 70 having a pair of rollers 86, 102 to be straightened to be straight. These are appropriately adjustable to an interval of the pair and are quickly coped with a change in tube size. The tube is cut by a tube cutting apparatus 150, at this time, the tube is accurately positioned with the optical measurement by a tube length adjustment means 120.


Inventors:
SMALL DERRICK S
NEILSON ERICK
GIVENS E ARTHUR
PETERSON SHAWN
SAGAASHII L DOUGLAS
Application Number:
JP2001125835A
Publication Date:
December 25, 2001
Filing Date:
April 24, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
BURR OAK TOOL & GAUGE
International Classes:
B21D3/02; B21D3/05; B23D36/00; B23D21/00; (IPC1-7): B21D3/02; B23D21/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Minoru Kinoshita (2 outside)