Patent ID: 8635897

Claim:
Profiling arrangement for longitudinal shaping of a metal band or starting profile into a profile or tube, comprising: a plurality of shaping stations ( 10 ) that are arranged one behind the other in a line and in each of which a group ( 11 ) of roller shaping tools is assembled and are run through in succession by the metal band or starting profile; a machine substructure ( 1 ) on which the shaping stations ( 10 ) are mounted, directly or indirectly; linear guides ( 4 ) with at least one driven carriage ( 5 ) that can move in and opposite a direction of motion of the metal band or profile for holding at least one of tools ( 12 ) or manipulators ( 13 ) that are adapted to act on the profile ( 15 ), the linear guides ( 4 ) are provided on or the machine substructure ( 1 ); the profiling arrangement has an at least partially modular construction with the machine substructure ( 1 ) on which the linear guides ( 4 ) are mounted for the at least one driven carriage ( 5 ), and the at least one driven carriage is moveable along the machine substructure ( 1 ) with the at least one of tools ( 12 ) or manipulators ( 13 ) connected thereto that are adapted to act on the profile ( 15 ) while being supported or mounted on the at least one driven carriage.