Method and apparatus for manufacturing a bent product

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9821357
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13091431

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A bent product having a three-dimensionally bent portion intermittently or continuously in the lengthwise direction is manufactured by supporting a steel pipe at a first position A while feeding it in the lengthwise direction, locally heating the steel pipe being fed at a second position B, cooling the heated portion of the steel pipe at a third position C, and varying the position of a gripping means, which grips the steel pipe in a region D downstream of the third position C, in a three-dimensional direction including the feed direction of the steel pipe in a workspace including a space on the upstream side of the third position C in the feed direction of the steel pipe to impart a bending moment to the heated portion of the steel pipe.

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  • NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION;SUMITOMO PIPE & TUBE CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Inoue, Saburo Tama, JP 17 119
Kuwayama, Shinjiro Osaka, JP 18 81
Shimada, Naoaki Osaka, JP 28 75
Tomizawa, Atsushi Minou, JP 42 219

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