Available feeding methods according to manufacturing conditions:

• Front feed
• Side feed
• Offset feed
• Rear feed
• Robot feed

Typical methods include:

• Arm method
• Robot method

Typical types include:

• Bucket type
• Alignment type
• Conveyor type
• Parts-feeder type
• Vertical type

• Disk cut
• Metal-saw cut
• Chip-saw cut

• Swaging (shrinking)
• Flaring (expanding)
• Spooling

Fully automated robot systems require safety fences to enclose the equipment. Based on extensive experience, we propose the optimal safety fence for customers.

Can be used for tubes, such as mirror-finish material, where exterior detection is impossible.

• Detects seam color, protrusion, and ovality using a color sensor, distance sensor, and linear sensor.
• General-purpose laser sensors often struggle to detect seam location on plated surfaces. To solve this issue, Opton developed a dedicated seam sensor—absolutely necessary for high-precision tube bending—applying their 3D optical technology.
• If the exterior cannot be detected due to plating, the inner seam is detected by the sensor.
• Rotates once in approximately 2–3 seconds; seam position is detected from one to three or more rotations’ worth of data using statistical algorithms.
• To minimize rotational vibration, the tube ends are supported by three rubber rollers.