Tech Talk

Model #: 21450-504Bent tubing is everywhere. Just look under the hood of a car, in the back of a pool, or inside a plane. Tube benders are used everyday to support all kinds of equipment. Knowing how to design and then bend the tubing can often translate into products...

Model #: 21450-504Pitfalls in Feeding  The process of advancing or feeding a tube during a forming process can seem straight forward. Simply don’t loose track of the length of tube advanced and you have it made. Quite often it is not that simple. For example, in a...

Model #: 21450-504Manufacturers who bend tubing using the same process day in and day out are often searching for faster and more efficient tube bending machines that are capable of producing precision bent tubes. Daily applications range from aerospace to medical...

Model #: 21450-504Expanding the Future Throughout the world of tube end forming, one of the common types of end forms involves expanding the end of a tube.  There are many reasons someone might require tubing with an expanded end!  For example, lawn & garden...

Model #: 21450-504The basics of troubleshooting a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder on an industrial machine It doesn’t matter what type of machine you have, chances are the control circuit for a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder are very similar. This is true for tube...

Model #: 21450-504About Tube Bend Quality As you probably already know, getting the bend quality that you need is not always a 10 minute job. The variables can be endless.  Wall thickness, material, material hardness, bend radius, degree of bend, and on and on.  Most...

Model #: 21450-504You’ve heard it for years.  Everyone knows the rule. But then a request comes in for a part with two bends back to back with no straight segment between the bends. The “no straight” part has been internally frowned upon for years because it most...

Model #: 21450-504How simple fabrication processes can jump start your heat transfer efficiency  Refrigeration systems are designed to transfer heat whereby the goal is to remove heat from a warm area and make the local environment cooler. You will find this process...

Model #: 21450-504How turning the tables on an unwanted wrinkle can be profitable. There has been a lot of time and money spent on removing unwanted wrinkles. I’m not talking about the botox industry. I’m talking about those unwanted ones that have a tendency of...