Review your tube bender safety procedures

Review your tube bender safety procedures

Review your tube bender safety procedures The clamping power alone in a tube bending machine should alert users to exercise the utmost precaution. Lincoln Brunner Vigilance is key when operating powerful machinery If you use tube benders to manufacture parts, I’m sure...
Improving part consistency with CNC tube benders

Improving part consistency with CNC tube benders

Improving part consistency with CNC tube benders A multiple-die tube bending machine bends a steel tube. Focus on a few key areas to pinpoint your issues When production parts coming off CNC tube benders show variations, the natural reaction is to think there are...
What metal fabricators can do when a tube bender breaks

What metal fabricators can do when a tube bender breaks

What metal fabricators can do when a tube bender breaks CNC tube benders are going to break—the forces involved encourage entropy all too well. What to do about it requires a long list of considerations. Images: Lincoln Brunner Should you shop repair, rebuild,...
Understanding tube bender axis positions can help solve problems

Understanding tube bender axis positions can help solve problems

Understanding tube bender axis positions can help solve problems Fred Hou of Universal Tool and Engineering confirms the carriage position (Y axis) by measuring from the face of the pressure die to the face of the collet. How metalworking shop can spot the causes of...
Tracing metal tube breakage to the smallest of problems

Tracing metal tube breakage to the smallest of problems

Tracing metal tube breakage to the smallest of problems Finding the cause of this torn tube required digging deep into the tube bender and visually observing everything that was happening. How one tube bending manufacturer assessed mechanical problems that caused bad...