Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Welded pipe manufacturing apparatus and welded pipe manufacturing method
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Application No.: US16461766Application Date: 2017-10-06
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Publication No.: US11305323B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Jilong Yin , Tomoyasu Nakano , Feizhou Wang , Takeyuki Sato
- Applicant: NAKATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: NAKATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: NAKATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Ladas & Parry LLP
- Priority: JPJP2016-226259 20161121
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/036450 WO 20171006
- International Announcement: WO2018/092461 WO 20180524
- Main IPC: B21C37/08
- IPC: B21C37/08 ; B21D5/12 ; G01B11/24 ; B23K37/053 ; G01N21/88

Abstract:
To manufacture a high-quality welded pipe, there is provided a welded pipe manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a welded pipe by bending a metal plate and welding butting end portions of the metal plate. The welded pipe manufacturing apparatus includes a bending unit that bends the metal plate, a light emitter that emits directional light to an inner surface of the metal plate bent by the bending unit, an image capturing unit that captures light emitted by the light emitter and reflected by a surface of the metal plate, and an adjustment assistance unit that assists adjustment of the bending unit in accordance with a shape of the reflected light.
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