Schwarze-Robitec, one of the world's leading manufacturers of tube cold-bending machines, presents its broad spectrum of solutions at EuroBLECH in Hall 11, Stand C06. This ranges from tube bending machines and fully equipped, automatic tube bending production lines through measuring devices and bending tools to tube perforating and special machines. Particular emphasis is placed on energy-efficient solutions as well as machines for bending new, high-strength materials.

Schwarze-Robitec presents its extended portfolio of bending machines for processing tubes with diameters between 4 and 420 mm to specialist visitors at EuroBLECH. Tailored to the individual requirements of the automotive, shipbuilding and offshore industry, power plant construction, the chemical industry and the aerospace industry, the bending specialists offer a range of machines and accessories that can be configured in modules. One major focus is on the comprehensive advisory competence for the different production concepts. "Together with our customers, we always produce an individual solution that is tailored precisely to the needs of the user," reports Managing Director Bert Zorn. "This might be a newly developed bending tool, a bending machine that can be specifically configured, or even a complete, fully automated bending line - from tube separation through production process to continuous quality control of the bent parts."

One significant topic on the Schwarze-Robitec trade fair stand is the energy efficiency of tube bending machines. Here, different energy-saving concepts guarantee optimum handling of valuable resources. As such, an improved energy balance is achieved in the case of electrical drives, including by the use of innovative feed-in and recovery modules. Hydraulic tube bending machines save energy, e.g. with adjustable pump drives. Hybrid drives also achieve convincing results. "The purchase of energy-efficient machines pays off not only in the light of high energy prices, stricter international legislation and increasing energy awareness," Bert Zorn emphasises. "Investments of this nature are subsidised in many cases - with certain restrictions - by one's own state or by the EU through energy efficiency programmes, or they are promoted through reduced interest on borrowing."

The processing of new, high-strength materials is a second central focal point of the trade fair for the tube bending specialists; the cold reshaping of harder materials requires significantly greater bending forces. At the same time, the materials react more sensitively. On this issue, Managing Director Zorn says: "we have invested a great deal of effort and time in our research and development in order to adequately address these present challenges. The special bending machines, which optimally meet the high expectations - particularly from the aerospace industry and from power plant and boiler construction - are the result."

Interested parties can obtain detailed information about the extended range of products and services from Schwarze-Robitec at EuroBLECH or in advance at www.schwarze-robitec.de.