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.
Bending Under Pressure – To Process Enormous Tubes
Schwarze-Robitec’s CNC 60 DB Twin booster bending machine steps up to the uncompromising specifications of a major Russian boiler manufacturer. Boilers need maximum surface area to ensure highest heat transfer – the machine handles the required narrow bending and tight tolerances.
Schwarze-Robitec’s CNC 60 DB Twin booster bending machine steps up to the uncompromising specifications of a major Russian boiler manufacturer. Boilers need maximum surface area to ensure highest heat transfer – the machine handles the required narrow bending and tight tolerances.
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.
The elongated, compact head is capable of executing shapes previously not possible with single-direction bending machines. The head is reduced in height by 35 percent and has a 31 percent longer bending head, increasing the distance between the bending tool and the machine body.
British manufacturer STAUFF Group has purchased two new Breeze left- and right-hand pipe bending machines from Unison Ltd. (Scarborough, U.K.). Both machines can handle pipes with diameters of up to 35 mm.
BLM GROUP has announced the addition of left-hand configuration capability to its ELECT 102, 130, and 150 bender models, expanding this capability to all ELECT machines, which also include right-hand configuration capability.
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