Review your tube bender safety proceduresThe clamping power alone in a tube bending machine should alert users to exercise the utmost precaution. Lincoln BrunnerVigilance is key when operating powerful machinery If you use tube benders to manufacture parts, I’m sure...
Improving part consistency with CNC tube bendersA 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...
Don’t wait for control system failure to upgrade a tube bending machine IgorNelson / iStock / Getty Images Plus Why metal fabrication shops should take steps now in order to avoid long delays later The control systems on tubing benders have evolved from relay logic...
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 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 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...
Diagnose fault codes on a digital servo drive for CNC tube bending BendPro software offers users of digital servo drives a real-time view of what’s happening in the machine, even remotely. How technicians in the fab shop can follow bread crumbs to the source of the...
How a shop can improve tube bender maintenanceerhui1979 / DigitalVision Vectors / Getty Images A few regular checks can save metal fabricators a lot of headaches Author’s Note: Everything referenced in this article should be performed by personnel with the correct...
Diagnosing electrical/hydraulic problems in a CNC tube benderMelted connections at the fuse were a telltale sign than something in the system was being overloaded, though why it happened was unclear at the outset. Proper maintenance often requires a multiskilled...
Troubleshooting homing problems on a CNC tube benderA home switch provides information to a control system to place an axis into a desired position. This type of switch can be very accurate, but it also suffers performance degradations when exposed to extreme...