Manufacturing device for bent pipe and method of manufacturing bent pipe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11534814-B2
Application number	US-202117522166-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2021
Priority date	Nov 16, 2020
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

One aspect of the present disclosure is a manufacturing device for a bent pipe by which the bent pipe is obtained by bending a double pipe. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe includes an inner core metal, an intermediate core metal, a bending mold, and a controller. The controller executes a first bending process, a second bending process, and a re-bending process. In the first bending process, a first pipe and a second pipe are bend in a first direction in a first area. In the second bending process, the first pipe and the second pipe are bent in a second direction in a second area. The second area has more distance from a coupling portion than the first area does. In the re-bending process, the second pipe is bent in the same direction as the second direction in the second area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing device for a bent pipe by which the bent pipe is obtained by bending a double pipe provided with a first pipe, a second pipe containing the first pipe therein, and a coupling portion coupling the first pipe and the second pipe to each other, the manufacturing device comprising:
an inner core metal configured to be placed inside the first pipe;
an intermediate core metal configured to be placed between the first pipe and the second pipe;
a bending mold configured to bend the double pipe; and
a controller configured to execute:
a first bending process in which the first pipe and the second pipe are bent in a first direction with the bending mold in a first area of the double pipe where the inner core metal and the intermediate core metal are placed;
a second bending process in which the first pipe and the second pipe are bent in a second direction with the bending mold after the first bending process, the second bending process being applied to a second area of the double pipe where the inner core metal and the intermediate core metal are placed, the second area having more distance from the coupling portion than the first area does; and
a re-bending process in which the second pipe is bent in the same direction as the second direction in the second area after the second bending process.

2. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to execute a supplemental re-bending process in which the second pipe is bent in the same direction as the first direction in the first area after the first bending process.

3. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to execute the supplemental re-bending process after the second bending process.

4. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe according to claim 3 , further comprising a re-bending mold configured to rotate the second pipe about a fulcrum included in the second area, to thereby bend the second pipe,
wherein the controller is configured to bend the second pipe with the re-bending mold in the re-bending process.

5. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to execute the supplemental re-bending process with the bending mold before the second bending process.

6. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction and the second direction are the same direction.

7. A method of manufacturing a bent pipe by which the bent pipe is obtained by bending a double pipe provided with a first pipe, a second pipe containing the first pipe therein, and a coupling portion coupling the first pipe and the second pipe to each other, the method comprising:
placing an inner core metal inside the first pipe and placing an intermediate core metal between the first pipe and the second pipe;
bending the first pipe and the second pipe in a first direction with a bending mold in a first area of the double pipe where the inner core metal and the intermediate core metal are placed;
bending the first pipe and the second pipe in a second direction with the bending mold after the bending in the first direction, the bending in the second direction being applied to a second area of the double pipe where the inner core metal and the intermediate core metal are placed, the second area having more distance from the coupling portion than the first area does; and
re-bending the second pipe in the same direction as the second direction in the second area after the bending in the second direction.

Assignees

• Futaba Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamamoto Koichiro

Classifications

• B21D9/073 Primary

  with one swinging forming member · CPC title

• B21D7/12

  with program control · CPC title

• B21D9/04 Primary

  the mandrel being rigid · CPC title

• B21D9/03

  and built-up from loose elements, e.g. series of balls · CPC title