Tube bending is the fabrication process of adjusting the angle of tubing or piping in order for it to be used in specific applications. Tubing is manufactured as a straight and rigid component, and yet often is required to curve around corners or objects in order to perform its required task. To achieve this, hot or cold form tube bending is undertaken to mold the tubing to the desired shape.
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Woolf Aircraft Products, Inc.Romulus, MI 734-721-5330 One of the largest tube manufacturers in the US, Woolf Aircraft Products has supplied quality tube bending for almost 70 years to industries such as military, aircraft and commercial. ISO and AS registered Woolf holds a vast tube stock inventory and an expansive range of bend die tools. We provide custom fabrication options from small run simple parts to large, complex assemblies.
STAM, Inc.Mentor, OH 440-974-2500 Stam is a 37 year old ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturer that provides tube bending services for parts up to 16". Stam processes cold rolled steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass, titanium and aluminized steel. Additional services include MIG/TIG welding, silver brazing, air and hydrostatic pressure testing, powder coating and painting.
Tube Bending IncorporatedApple Valley, CA 760-948-4220 Half a century of quality business has made Tube Bending Incorporated one of the leading suppliers of tubes and tube related support, serving and satisfying a variety of major industries with superior and affordable tube bending. When it comes to giving your business the precision and experience it deserves, you can't go wrong with Tube Bending Incorporated.
United Metal Fabricators, Inc.Cleveland, OH 216-662-2000 United Metal Fabricators produces tubing, pipe and special section forms, weldments and assemblies as well as custom fabrications. We also reverse engineer for all industries with an emphasis on aerospace and nuclear. We serve the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia with our tube bending services. Come see all the materials that we work with to produce our quality products!
Woodsage Industries, LLCHolland, OH 419-866-8000 Woodsage Industries has over 30 years of experiences in bar and tube fabrication. We stay innovative my acquiring the latest machines and technology so we can meet the ever changing needs of our customers and prospects. We provide services such as rotary swaging, bar stock cutting and mandrel tube bending to a wide ranger of industries including motorcycle and lawn & garden care.
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Eagle Stainless Tube & Fabrication, Inc.Franklin, MA 800-528-8650 Eagle Stainless is a leading supplier of ultra high precision stainless steel tube bending for medical, electronic, semi-conductor, industrial & aerospace applications. Come to Eagle Stainless Tube & Fabrication, for standard mill lengths of the stainless product your application demands. If mill lengths are too long for your purposes, we`ll be glad to cut your order to more suitable lengths.
Falcon Stainless & Alloys CorporationWaldwick, NJ 800-631-0728 Falcon Stainless & Alloys Corporation's Forge division can provide sizes that are larger than those typically available through mill production, their specialty being "hard to find" grades and sizes. Falcon offers quality and affordable metal products and precision tube bending that can't be beat and will guarantee your satisfaction. Call now and experience doing business with one of the best!
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Tube Bending
Canopies, trusses, bridges, sculptures, exercise equipment and furniture, plumbing and machinery all require angles and bends in tubing, and industries such as agricultural, construction, automotive and others all depend upon and use several lengths and diameters of tubing on a daily basis. Tubes can be bent either manually or automatically, or using a combination of both methods. Press bending is a common method in which a die in the shape of the desired bend is forced against the pipe, causing it to form the same angle as the die. Some tube bending machines use mandrels for the process of mandrel bending and to create a cleaner, more uniform bend. This is undertaken while the tubing is being formed and thus is often a hot forming process. Other machines take pre-formed tubing and force it to bend around a series of rollers, in a similar process to tube rolling, or using a die and compression handle to bend the pipe.The maximum angle at which a pipe is bent is usually 90°, although it can range greatly depending on intended use. A length of tube can be bent a single time, or multiple times if needed, but due to the lack of internal support within a tube, the bending often results in a distortion of the circle cross-section into a ovular shape. This deformation is seen more clearly on tubing with thin walls as they provide less resistance to structural change and are more prone to distortion. The pipe bending process, whether it is hot or cold, alters the properties of the pipe, and therefore different factors needs to be taken into consideration as part of the manufacturing decisions. The wider a pipe is, the smaller the ratio of distortion will be according to pipe capacity etc. Compression occurs within the pipe as it is bent, and this can result in wrinkles or waves on the surface of the pipe which can interfere with other processes. Bending the tubing can create areas of weakness but this is dependent on the quality of the machinery used, the complexity of the bend and the skill or experience of the workmen.
