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R-MAN, Sweden, celebrate their 25th Anniversary this Year INSPIRED FOR TUBE Contract Manufacturing The ability to provide unique solutions Boris Bergkvist is celebrating the 25th anniversary of R-MAN this year. The company has its headquarters in Värnamo in Sweden and specialises in contract manufacturing for tubular components. It has developed considerable experience in tube applications and has an unusual capacity for solving the problems of tube forming, however complex. Tube working is in Mr Bergvist’s DNA; he began his career in 1963 by working for a company producing equipment for tube bending and endforming. This experience forms the bedrock of R- MAN’s activities as he has accumulated the know-how in dealing with tube forming problems from the inside. ness is in the automotive industry which accounts for some 60% of our turnover (Volvo Trucks and Scania) ; we also supply copper components for wall mounted heater boilers and steel parts for refrigerators, medical equipment and mobility products for the handicapped.” The Swede is a major force in the market place in which R-MAN has become an important player and an ideal partner when tube working is required. The company is now involved from the initial development phase right through to product prototyping. “ Our experience always enables us to find the proper balance between technical solutions, ideal production methods and economic costing,” he continues. An ideal partner for tube “ R-MAN is a tube working contractor and necessarily gets involved with many different industrial sectors” states Mr Bergkvist. “Our core busi- Fixed and variable radii bending A look inside the R-MAN factory shows eleven tube bending machines, several end forming systems with high degrees of automation and diverse 4
numbers of robotic welding cells. Near each machine are bent tubes of differing shapes, sizes and complexity, which amply demonstrate the variety, and depth of the tube working solutions on offer. “In the last few years, we have purchased a number of BLM tube bending machines which have enabled us to develop an increasing number of unique engineering solutions, “ states Mr Bergkvist. Today there are two BLM PLANET bending, endforming , cutting and punching machines with material fed directly from coil (for boiler heater applications); a BLM SWING CNC bending machine with left and right hand bend capability up to 32mm diameter and the BLM Dynamic 4 with similar right and left bend flexibility but with a larger capacity of up to 42mm diameter. “ The capability of being able to use fixed and variable radii bending in the same work cycle without any limitation on the complexity of the piece, “ concludes Mr Bergkvist, “ This has enabled us to compete in new markets and develop new products which continue to be both competitive and innovative – for example, in the medical equipment sector which employs many elements with complex curves. The new tube working technologies have given fresh impetus to our creativity in being able to offer unique answers to production problems.” Number 3 - april 2005 INSPIRED FOR TUBE Contract Manufacturing 5
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