DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TUBES
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Abstract
A device for production of tubes, includes a plurality of mandrel assemblies, each comprising multiple mandrels on which the tubes can be produced in steps at a plurality of work stations, wherein the mandrel assemblies can be transported from work station to work station using transport means. The mandrels of at least one of the mandrel assemblies are distributed into a first and at least a second mandrel group, and in at least one of the work stations the first mandrel group can be moved from a processing position associated with the work station, in which the work station can interact with the first mandrel group to a park position associated with the work station, and the second mandrel group can be moved from a park position associated with the work station to a processing position associated with the work station.
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- 16. A device for producing tubes comprising a plurality of mandrel arrangements, each said mandrel arrangement comprising a plurality of mandrels, on which the tubes can be produced in steps at a plurality of work stations, wherein the mandrel arrangements can be transported from work station to work station with the help of transport means, and wherein the mandrels of at least one of the mandrel arrangements are divided into a first and into at least a second mandrel group and that the first mandrel group can be adjusted from a processing position, which is assigned to the work station, in which the work station can interact with the first mandrel group into a stand-by position, which is assigned to the work station, relative to the transport means in the case of at least one of the work stations, and the second mandrel group can be adjusted from a stand-by position, which is assigned to the work station, into a processing position, which is assigned to the work station, relative to the transport means.
- 26. A method for producing tubes using a device, wherein provision is made for a plurality of mandrel arrangements, each said mandrel arrangement comprising a plurality of mandrels, on which the tubes can be produced in steps at a plurality of work stations, wherein the mandrel arrangements can be transported from work station to work station, said method comprising dividing the mandrels of the mandrel arrangements into a first mandrel group and a second mandrel group, adjusting the first mandrel group from a processing position, which is assigned to the work station, in which the work station can interact with the first mandrel group into a stand-by position, which is assigned to the work station, relative to the transport means in the case of at least one of the work stations, and adjusting the second mandrel group from a stand-by position, which is assigned to the work station, into a processing position, which is assigned to the work station, relative to the transport means.
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