APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUTTING A THERMOPLASTIC PIPE

원문 (중국어)

Apparatus for cutting a thermoplastic pipe, including: guide for movement along a direction; a unit mobile along the guide; a first actuator for moving the mobile unit along the guide, the mobile unit including a rotation unit to rotate about a thermoplastic; a second actuator for rotating the rotation unit; a locking unit with gripping elements interacting with the pipe and movable between open and closed configurations, the gripping elements and rotation unit coupled to allow, in the closed configuration, longitudinally blocking the rotation unit to the pipe along the direction; a cutting tool, carried by the rotation unit, for cutting the pipe and configured to move radially to the pipe; a third actuator, carried by the rotation unit to move the cutting tool radially to the pipe; a compression device acting on a cut edge of the pipe; a heater for heating the compression device.