Description

Application of ultrasounds to bend polymeric tubes. Ultrasonic energy is capable to heat and bend regions of polymeric tubes without the necessity to heat all the tube.

Advantages

  • Faster process than hot-air bending
  • Reduction in energy consumption

Applications

  • Automotive industries

Financed by the Spanish Center for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), ULTRABEND project. This technology is patented by Xavier Gomez Casanova (2018). US Patent No.2018178440 (A1).

Technology commercialized by Farrier S.L.