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.
Sheet Metal Fabricator Corners Tube Fabrication Market with Fully Automated System
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%.
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?
The development of new forming and fabrication processes, higher precision processing of new and better materials, special machine designs and faster production speeds are opening up completely new opportunities for shops that compete in this busy market sector.
HGG helps manufacturers confront economic challenges with the MPC 450 2.0 that offers three accurate configurations in one machine, as opposed to one machine for pipe profiling only. Supporting software connects users to the machine and facilitates programming for even complex structures.
Focused on a limited number of specific tube or pipe sizes? Huth Ben Pearson’s Size Pack and Fab Pack tooling packages contain just what these fabricators need, including the most commonly used tube sizes and shapes.
Universal Robots expands its UR+ platform of certified partner products with application kits that remove barriers to industrial automation for small, medium and large companies. Decreasing project risk and complexity, the kits are ready to expedite finishing, inspection, assembly, machine tending, material removal, dispensing, and material handling tasks.
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