Patent classifications
B21C37/087
Multiple-Winding Pipe Forming Device and Multiple-Winding Pipe Forming Method
A multiple-winding pipe forming device for forming a wound pipe, the multiple-winding pipe forming device comprising: a plurality of pairs of forming rollers curling a metal sheet and winding the metal sheet into a roll shape; and a mandrel fabricated of metal, the mandrel including: a shaft disposed inside the metal sheet wound in the roll shape, one end side of the shaft being retained, which one end side is disposed upstream in a feeding direction of the metal sheet, and a working portion including a taper portion that increases in diameter from upstream to downstream in the feeding direction, wherein the taper portion is disposed at a position at which the metal sheet wound in the roll shape is sandwiched by, of the plurality of pairs of forming rollers, a pair of the forming rollers that is disposed at a downstream side in the feeding direction.