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Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a metal pipe. At present, accurately measured, thick-walled pipes to be used as rolls must be manufactured in a plurality of working steps. The manufacture of pipes of accurate diameters is complicated e.g. due to inner stresses in pipe blanks which results in deformations in internal or external machining of pipes. An object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art. According to the invention a metal sheet is bent into the shape of a pipe by applying to said sheet a bending force perpendicularly to the sheet along a longitudinal line of action (a) in the sheet by means of a bending tool (2), said sheet being supported on a support tool (3) along two support lines (b, c) parallel to said line of action which lies between said support lines, the sheet being laterally displaced, so that the bending line and support lines move along the sheet in its lateral direction, and that the edges of said sheet are bent against each other and welded together. Said sheet (1) may be bent by means of a bending roll (4) against two support rolls (5, 5'). The apparatus of the invention consists of a bending tool (2) e.g. comprising a bending roll (4), and a support tool (3), e.g. two parallel rotatable support rolls (5, 5') supported at a distance from each other, wherein bending roll is parallel to said support rolls and can be moved towards the support rolls by means of an actuator (11).

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