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BEND I NG , END FORM I NG & SWAG I NG
Alltube backs
growth
strategy with
investment
ALLTUBE is a specialist supplier
of manipulated tube and pipe
components and assemblies. The
company’s recent growth, with
increased sales and a more diverse
customer base, has led to the decision
to invest in new equipment, including
a major investment in the latest tube
manipulation system from BLM Group.
The introduction of the BLM Elect 102
all-electric tube manipulation system
has enabled Alltube to increase
its machine capacity and improve
manufacturing efficiency.
Alltube now produces a range of
manipulated tube products including
hydraulic tubing, tubular welded
fabrications and hose assemblies for
customers in the commercial vehicle,
construction equipment, agricultural
machinery, mining and automotive
after-market parts sectors. The BLM
Elect 102 is a ten-axis machine capable
of bending tube up to 102mm diameter
with a 2mm wall thickness. It is part of
a family of seven Elect machines, the
largest of which can handle tube up to
150mm diameter.
A key feature of the Elect 102 is its
ability to stack eight sets of tooling,
which assists in reducing set-up times
at Alltube.
BLM Group UK Ltd – UK
Fax: +44 1525 402 312
Email:
Website:
30 years of international tooling
BEND Tooling Inc, USA, has supplied
companies around the world with tube
bending tooling since 1986, and is now
celebrating 30 years producing die sets,
mandrels and wipers for rotary-draw
tube bending machines for most makes
and models. Its designs are used by
production tube bending operations in
the automotive, sports vehicle, HVAC
and hydroforming industries. They are
also used by speciality tube bending
companies because of their consistency
in specification, which facilitates frequent
changes in set-up.
Bend Tooling states that tube bending
companies can benefit from consistent
reliability, easier stocking and just-in-time
shipping of its inserted mandrels and
wipers in place of traditional solid-body
ones. The company also manufactures
solid-body mandrels and wipers for those
tube bending jobs that require them. This
includes bending under extreme high
pressures and bending non-round tube.
Bend Tooling, Inc – USA
Website:
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