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Adding a Chamfering Attachment to a Straight Tube Cutoff Machine
Can you remember the last time a tubular part was flagged/rejected due to an excessive burr? Maybe it was rejected because the burr prevented the mating part from fitting. Maybe it was rejected due to craftsmanship. Any way you slice it, it was a delay of game that...
A Progressive Movement In Tube Forming
Model #: 21450-504A Progressive Idea A progressive die set used in a stamping process is common. It involves a spool of bulk material being fed into a series of dies that quite often transform the flat raw material into a useful component. The idea of a series of dies...
Are Your Ovality Requirements Impeding Your Tube Bending Process?
Model #: 21450-504The Background If you have ever been involved with bending tubing, chances are you have had a need to control the roundness of the tube/pipe in the bend zone. When it comes to bending a tube, the roundness of a tube in the bend zone is often...
Assessing the Arc
Model #: 21450-504Assessing the Arc Tubing bent to a large radius is all around us. Take a look at the handles on a new refrigerator or the trim on an automobile—chances are you will see a few large-radius bends. These bends can be formed on many types of bending...
Bending Tubes Without Wrinkles
Model #: 21450-504When setting up a new tube bending job you may often have concerns about how the setup process is going to go. The biggest question is "how soon can I start making parts?" When the centerline radius is generous and the wall is thick, wrinkles are...
CNC Extrusion Bender – The Basics
Model #: 21450-504Extrusions of all Sorts Extrusions are everywhere. Just look at conveyor systems, scaffolding, playground equipment, swimming pools, and furniture. These are just a few industries that make use of extrusions that need bending. And let’s not forget...
Coaxial Cable Facts and More
Model #: 21450-504An automated system for processing flexible coax cable pulls the coax off the spool, straightens it, and then cuts it to a programmed length. Coaxial cable is commonly used to convey high-frequency signals in microwave communications systems. Uses...
Direct Acting or Toggle: Clamping on a Tube Bender is Not Always Straight Forward
Model #: 21450-504Over the previous decades tube rotary draw bending machines have made use of numerous devices to hold/clamp a tube in position as the tube is being bent. For example, the job of a clamp die on a tube bending machine is to firmly clamp the tube and...
How a Depth Type Cut Can Expand the Capacity of your Existing Cutoff Machine
Model #: 21450-504Almost…But Not All The Way Most chipless type cutoff machines have a limit as to how short of a part they can cutoff. Often on these types of machines a pull apart type cut is used to help aid the cutting process. A pull apart type cut is where you...
Getting The Slug To Exit
Model #: 21450-504Punching features in a tube perpendicular to the center axis of the tube is an everyday event worldwide. Whether you are punching with or without a mandrel, there is most often an unwanted piece of metal (the slug) to contend with. The slug usually...
Getting the Most Out of Your Bender / Saw Combination
Model #: 21450-504You’ve been making a specific part for years now. You don’t know when the ride is going to end, however, after the first few production runs you started to get a better grip on the true costs involved. Even with the job running well you still ponder...
Going Straight: How a Tube Straightener can Affect the Curves in a Tubular Profile
Model #: 21450-504Going Straight: The need for straightening a tube is all throughout the tube fabrication industry. You may have a coil in bulk form that feeds a forming process. You may have purchased a straight tube, as defined by your supplier, and you need it...
Holding The Dies
Model #: 21450-504Various Techniques Used To Mount Bend Tooling There are a few popular ways to hold/support the clamp and pressure die on a rotary draw bending machine. They all aim to accomplish the same thing. Namely, provide for a means of precision vertical...
How to Accurately Measure Bend Angles in Tube Fabrication
Model #: 21450-504The Common Thread Regardless of the bending process used to bend a tube, the vast majority of tube fabricators are interested in the quality of the bend angle produced. Bend angle quality often translates into a tolerance surrounding a target angle....
How To Do More With Less – Adding a Loader to an Existing Tube Bending Process Can Increase Capacity and Free Up Labor
Model #: 21450-504Why a Loader? In short, a device that automatically loads a fabrication machine often makes the difference between a process that is questionably profitable and one that is definitely profitable. Let’s face it, direct labor can be expensive and is...