INSPIREDFORTUBE November 2015 - Number 21 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES FLEXIBILITY OFFERED BY LASER CUTTING OF BENT TUBES INNOVATION CHASSIS AND FRAME OF A FUTURISTIC CAR: INTERESTING AND FASCINATING STRUCTURAL STEEL LASERTUBE IN EXPO 2015

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COMMERCIAL VEHICLES FLEXIBILITY OFFERED BY LASER CUTTING OF BENT TUBES VDL BELGIUM VDL Belgium is part of the VDL Group from Holland that is made of 87 different companies. VDL Belgium manufactures high quality mechanical components for the automotive industry. It supplies to some of the group companies and also to some prestigious Customers outside the group. Tube processing is one of the important activities of VDL and with LT-FREE they have solved the problem of laser cutting of tubes after bending.

VDL Belgium became a member of VDL Group in 1986. At that time it was known as AED Denies and was an automotive seat supplier to Volvo and Peugeot. In 1988 they moved to Aalst near Brussels and over here we met the Managing Director Mr. Marco Van Tongeren, his future successor Mr. Danny Dee Rouck and the Technical Director Mr. Salvatore Abraini. Van Tongeren told us about the fire accident in 2000 that almost destroyed the factory and how at one point of time the company was thinking of abandoning the whole activity rather than restarting from zero. Fortunately they decided to restart and specialize...

COST SAVINGS “Our production process has changed with LT-FREE and it is more efficient. In some cases we were able to save up to 50% on costs compared to the past.“ Everyone in VDL appreciates LT-FREE’s capability of cutting almost any type of component and the flexibility it offers. “LT-FREE has drastically reduced our set-up time and this is a very strong point for LT-FREE, even compared with other similar systems on the market”. They show us another component which earlier required seven different manufacturing steps; now those are reduced to three: cut to length, bend and cutting on LT-FREE...

BREAKING YOUR OWN RECORDS - DAY AFTER DAY NATHOR INDÚSTRIA DE BICICLETAS Specialized in the production of tricycles and bicycles for children of the age group from eighteen months to eight years, Nathor Industria de Bicicletas had The company was established in 1985 by Vergos himself. “After finishing university at the age of 23, I won a scholarship to go to Japan where I learnt about a special type of plastic. On return, I started a company in São Paulo to manufacture and sell plastic automotive components”. As a result of the recession, in 1989 Vargos decided to change sector and started focusing...

BLM AS PARTNER Mr. Vargos told us about his experience with BLM GROUP: “A representative first mentioned the Lasertube systems to me twelve years ago. At that time, we were too small for such an investment, but when we started growing we purchased the first machine (it was an LT5) and then a second, followed by a SMART tube bender and a TC720 sawing machine. And I do not think we have finished yet!” Antonio Nicolas Vargos probably is unaware that cutting tubes for bicycles was the first application for the Lasertube systems when ADIGE invented them and confirms once again that this area of application...

Dupont Medical was established in 1847 as “Lit Dupont” and manufactured hospital beds. Since then, many events have marked the history of this company based near the beautiful city of Nancy in France including the recent acquisition by the US group, Drive Medical. 14 MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LASER CUTTING AND BENDING: MADE FOR EACH OTHER DUPONT MEDICAL Dupont Medical has over 150 years of experience in medical equipment manufacturing. It was probably the first French company to install a Lasertube system upstream of a tube bender. Years later, the laser + bending combination makes even more sense and...

THE FIRST LASERTUBE SYSTEM IN FRANCE Many of the products such as chairs, beds and lifting equipment contain tubular elements that have holes and end cuts, have to be bent and then must be assembled and welded together to form frames or sub-systems used in lifting equipment. It is not a coincidence that Dupont Medical has a long-lasting and consolidated relationship with BLM GROUP companies. In 1998, an NC842 an automatic tube bending machine and a Lasertube LT651 was purchased from BLM Group. The Lasertube LT651 was to replace an old sawing machine which had also been supplied by ADIGE. This...

CHASSIS AND FRAME OF A FUTURISTIC CAR: INTERESTING AND FASCINATING Interesting: a car that presents big innovations. Employs light, hybrid and reconfigurable products. Fascinating: Attractive design and tubular framework – Really eye-catching. BLM Group was one of the partners along with EDAG, Concept Laser and Laser Zentrum North, all from Germany in an international research project. Here is the story about this new concept car and what makes it so amazing!

It is always a pleasure to come across an innovation that surprises you. This was the case of Light Cocoon, the compact sports coupé (4.18m long) presented by EDAG in the Geneva motor show. EDAG with its base in Wiesbaden is well-known for its innovative automotive engineering solutions. The laser cutting process was used to cut profiles in such a way that it ensured controlled deformation in case of a crash, thus making the car safe to drive. Let us see how BLM GROUP fabricated this tubular structure which is the cornerstone of this new concept and will take us to the mobility solutions of the...