Tech Talk

Model #: 21450-504The Need Drives the Market  Throughout the world of tube end forming, one of the common types of end forms involves expanding the end of a tube. The reasons for expanding a tube’s end are many. For example, lawn & garden equipment often requires...

Model #: 21450-504The Market for Fabricated Coax Cable Coax cable is a common means to transport high frequency signals in microwave communication systems. Coax cable can be found in commercial and military applications all over the world. Everything from cell phone...

Model #: 21450-504The Coil Market It may not be obvious but most folks pass within a few feet of a circular coil every day. Circular tubular coils can be found in beverage dispensing machines, oil & gas processing equipment, swimming pool heat pumps, laboratory...

Model #: 21450-504Coax cable is a common means to transport high frequency signals in microwave communication systems. Coax cable can be found in commercial and military applications all over the world. Everything from cell phone towers to ship-to-ship satellite...

Model #: 21450-504The Need During the bulk of 20th century most manufacturers in the United States enjoyed a long ride immune to foreign import pressure. As the century approached an end, several industries witnessed the relocation of their manufacturing base. Typical...

Model #: 21450-504A Bit of History In the world of heat transfer there is often a need to bend a tube in the shape of a serpentine. This happens worldwide every month consuming tons of aluminum, copper, steel, and stainless steel tubing. From a manufacturing...

Model #: 21450-504Decades of Bending Vertical compression tube benders have been around for more than 50 years. Historically associated with high volume bending, press benders continue to play a role in production environments where parts consist of 1 or 2 bends....

Model #: 21450-504Choosing the right type of hydraulic power supply can make all the difference.  The use of hydraulics to form tubing has been around for a long time. Well understood, hydraulics historically have been able to generate more power per dollar than an...

Model #: 21450-504Managing "Tail Off" in Tube Bending When the End of a Tube is Not Exactly Right Bent tubes don’t exist in a vacuum.  What I mean by that is that a bent tubing has to work with other devices in a system.  Very few people just need a simple piece of...

Model #: 21450-504The Problem So you have been thinking about how you can make improvements to your existing tube fabrication processes. You have been talking to the folks on the shop floor, a few people in the office, and anyone who might be able shed light on your...

Model #: 21450-504At times the cost of certain products can amaze me.  You stand there looking at a product and think “Wow, how can that widget cost that much?”  Yes, we are all trying to eat next month and it takes money to do that.  However, every once in a while...

Model #: 21450-504How a Collet Closer Can Influence Quality A collet closer is found on a CNC or NC tube bender and serves an important role in the overall bending process. When quality is good, little attention is paid to its operation. However, when one or more...

Model #: 21450-504Looking better with less wrinkles The vast majority of copper tube bending never comes close to producing wrinkles on the inside of a bend. However, the design of some bent tubular parts is prone to wrinkles. If the bend radius is small enough and/or...

Model #: 21450-504The Need To Connect A significant majority of fabricated tubing needs to have one or both ends formed into a specific shape. Quite often one or both ends of a tube needs to be formed so that it can be mated to another part. The mating part might be...

Model #: 21450-504The Need for Precision Bent Tubing A fair amount of industrial equipment consumes a significant amount of metal tubing. Some of this tubing gets bent into specific shapes as often described by a 2D drawing. A 2D drawing contains the necessary...