Tech Talk

Model #: 21450-504Being short on money typically isn’t good.  Maybe you are thinking back on a life lesson you may have shared with your children on this very subject.  On the other hand you may have experienced stopping short in an effort to avoid hitting the car in...

Model #: 21450-504You might not see serpentine bends often, but they are used more commonly than you ​probably realize. Their main purpose is to transfer heat. A tube bent into a serpentine shape, successive 180-degree bends, allows an original equipment manufacturer...

Model #: 21450-504Why Serpentine Tube Bending The answer is simple; to transfer heat. A tube bent into a shape of a serpentine allows an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to extract heat from one environment and transport that heat to another area. For example, a...

Model #: 21450-504Why Use a Mandrel Extractor Bending a tube and preventing it from collapsing is a mystery to most folks. This is especially true for those whose lively hood does not depend on bending tubes. For those that bend tubing for a living, knowing how to...

Model #: 21450-504Accounting For The Details It is something we are often faced with; putting a price on a fabricated tube that we are asked to quote. Many factors can come into play. Some so obvious we tend to gloss right over them. And some factors are not so...

Model #: 21450-504Using a Ram Tool All events follow the path of least resistance…as to does the flow of metal. Take for example a simple welded steel tube.  If you shove a ram tool in the end as seen in Photo 1, the tube will have a tendency to expand outward,...

Model #: 21450-504The Need For Telescopic Tubing  It would be nice if one size fit all. But the world is not quite like that. This is true for political leaders as it is for tubular assemblies such as a camera tri pod. I’m sure you can see it now. Clearly a tripod has...

Model #: 21450-504Over the last 40 years or so, most tube benders sold in the U.S. have been equipped with a certain level of safeguarding to prevent operator harm. However, guarding an operator from injury 100 percent of the time is not always easy. After all, a...

Model #: 21450-504How water in the hydraulic oil can dampen the flames on an otherwise great day Does the current winter seem long?  Are you wondering if it will end by Easter?  You ponder this in front of a warm fire as the weekend nears to an end.  Your thoughts...

Model #: 21450-504Finding the weld seam in a tube can add consistency to a tube fabrication process As much as a few stadium full loads of fabricated tubing every day makes use of steel tubing as the base material.  A lot of this tubing has a weld seam within.  Tubing...

Model #: 21450-504The Pitch Here’s the situation. You have been bending round profiles, square profiles, and sometimes even rectangular profiles. You have even bent the rectangular profiles the easy way and the hard way. Up until this point you have worked your way...

Model #: 21450-504The Market for Copper Tube Bending Copper tubing is used in several markets including refrigeration, laboratory equipment, and process equipment. Copper is one of the softest metals to bend. Being a soft metal is helpful yet at the same time can be a...

Model #: 21450-504How a track drive system can provide several benefits to a tube fabrication process. Fabricators all over the world build parts in lots of all sizes.  Ranging from quantity of one to pick a number, most process demand a precision feed system. ...

Model #: 21450-504Truth be told, not all wrinkles are discussed over the cosmetic counter at the local department store.  Truth be told, some wrinkles are found right on the shop floor.  You may recall the wrinkles in a bent tubes that appeared apparently out of...

Model #: 21450-504The world of tube forming covers many technologies such as hydroforming, laser cutting, analog to digital conversions and more.  Quite often it covers machining as well. Sometimes forming and machining operations are combined in one machine.  In some...