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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2010
Jürgen Wolf, Wälddorfhäslach, DE;
Jürgen Wolf, Wälddorfhäslach, DE;
Wafios Aktiengesellschaft, Reutlingen, DE;
Abstract
In an arrangement for bending tubular workpieces, in which a workpiece is supplied to a bending head for bending and is supported from the inside during the bending process in the bending region by means of a mandrel introduced into the workpiece, with the mandrel comprising a mandrel element and a traveler, sitting movably in the workpiece and the traveler being longitudinally displaceable in the workpiece by means of a feed device (), the traveler is produced from a magnetizable material and the feed device comprises a magnetic device which is applied to a position corresponding to the position of the traveler outside of the workpiece, with a positive magnetic engagement being formed between the magnetic device and the traveler, with the traveler being displaceable in the workpiece via the magnetic device.