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Virtually any tube or pipe end-finishing requirement
– flaring, double flaring, beading, squaring, flanging,
deburring – can be handled by a standard machine.
Precision tooling enables a single finishing unit to
accept
1
/
8
" light-wall tubing and heavy 8" pipe.
Variations in materials formability are accommodated
by adjustable production speeds. Tube or pipe ends
are readily prepared for joining with other machinery,
tubular sections, T-joints or valves.
These assurances may be taken for granted
because they are granted – by industry professionals
who believe that a workpiece may be called a tube
only when it has been expertly finished.
The products and services reviewed in this section
of Tube & Pipe Technology are representative of
that ideal.
Finishing and
end finishing
Photo: Esco Tool, USA (see page 84)