Providing seemingly impossible solutions

Bending and forming technology

This is the brand promise of transfluid® Maschinenbau GmbH. A promise that the tube processing specialists from Schmallenberg have to honour every single day. Over the last 20 years, transfluid® has established itself as the leading manufacturer of pipe bending and end forming machines in the market. Once a medium-sized company, the transfluid® brand of today has become a future-oriented global player. Wherever tubes are bent, cut formed or cleaned in the world – transfluid® is never far away. We are proud to have supported transfluid® in this success story for more than 20 years, says Horst Watz, Managing Director of WATZ Hydraulik GmbH, based in Lollar near Giessen. The two companies have enjoyed close cooperation for all of these 20 years. WATZ mainly supplies hydraulic power units and differential cylinders (in special sizes). The products have been developed and improved on the basis of many years of experience. What is special in this is that WATZ manufactures many of these products especially for transfluid® in series and thus supplies customised equipment from series production. Nevertheless, some special power units and cylinders for the tube bending pilot projects are supplied custom-made. One example is the end customer Deutz. The specially designed and produced tube bending plant was assembled directly in the factory. The power units required were produced by WATZ in close cooperation with transfluid® and in accordance with the end customerÙs individual specifications. A further example is MJ Gerüst GmbH, a well-known German producer of scaffolding systems. The plant from transfluid® is installed as stationary equipment in the factory and performs work in the areas of clamping, bending and stamping.

An appropriate hydraulic system was designed and supplied by Watz for this. 14 devices (clamping and forming cylinders) are controlled and supplied with power via a system connection from a central power unit. The hydraulic power unit is equipped with all the extras required: reservoirs to reduce pressure peaks and absorption of fluctuation in pressure and volume flows. Daisy-chained mounting subplates favoured by Watz ensure that valves can be replaced quickly and easily. transfluid® has good reason to rely on the quality supplied by Watz Hydraulik. Once more, long-standing and above all trusting customer relationships always pay dividends. transfluid® and WATZ Hydraulik have proven this in many projects – both nationally and internationally.

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BENDING AND FORMING TECHNOLOGY