Article: German, Swiss Inventors Develop Tubular Object Shaping Apparatus

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12 -- Christian Kunert of Mainz, Germany, Jurgen Thurk of Mullheim, Germany, Friedrich Lampart of Heiden, Switzerland, Michael Plapp of Egnach, Switzerland, and Roman Oberhaensli of Schweiz, Switzerland, have developed a method for shaping a tubular object.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for shaping a tubular object made of glass or glass ceramics or any other thermoplastic material, comprising the following method steps: the object is heated up to softening; an inner shaping tool and an outer shaping tool are provided for shaping The outside and inside jacket surface of the object, of which at least the inner ...

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