Tube & Pipe Fabrication
Sawing, cutting and deburring, bending, notching, slotting, piercing, drilling, welding or other fabrication of tube and pipe lengths to produce individual parts meeting desired specifications used for assembly. Common types of machinery used to perform these operations range from manual and semi-automated tube benders, end formers, tube notchers and tube cutters to fully automated laser tube cutting systems that complete multiple fabrication steps in one machine.
Totally Tubular: Take Profile Design to the Next Level
One of the fastest-growing sectors of North American metal manufacturing is laser processing of tubes and profiles. Design software and machines that automatically perform multiple manufacturing steps are making this complicated fabrication process cost-effective for smaller companies.
One of the fastest-growing sectors of North American metal manufacturing is laser processing of tubes and profiles. Design software and machines that automatically perform multiple manufacturing steps are making this complicated fabrication process cost-effective for smaller companies.
A Nevada company became a single-source supplier after installing a fiber laser tube cutter and replacing a CO2 sheet cutter with a fiber laser cutter. With a fiscal year of April to April, B&J Inc. is on track to surpass its yearly sales goal by 20%.
Disappointed with the quality and turnaround time of outsourced plating, Tube-Mac decided to bring the process in-house. Turnaround time fell more than 80%, from two weeks to two days. The manufacturer’s also no longer paying to ship components off-site for plating.
This is now a defining element in laser tube processing as shops compete within narrower pricing margins to meet product demands for improved quality and enhanced features. Here’s why.
These difficult jobs are increasingly more customized, with shorter lead times and tougher pricing pressure. Any change in the process or machinery can cause huge setbacks in production and eat into your profits. What is the answer to managing this type of work?
Use Coldwater Machine’s solution to straighten tubes and bars made from many types of metals automatically, without operator intervention. Once sensors create a profile of the tubes or bars, a servo press bends the material over the servo’s length till straightening requirements are achieved.
tranfluid’s MB 642 mobile bending machine will fabricate all kinds of tubes used in hydraulics, including those with thin tube walls. But this bending system is so compact, all you need is one square meter of production area in which to operate.
Esab’s Smartpipe is an affordable pipe cutting option for shops that want to go after jobs in processing industries, pressure vessels and infrastructure projects that incorporate tubing into their designs. Standard and heavy duty systems handle a big range of diameters and lengths, and the system’s graphical programming software lets users design all kinds of straight and bevel cuts – and confirm all the details in a 3D rendering before cutting.
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