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References to “the tube
bending industry” are
not unknown in the
literature. Whether the
text accompaniment,
with its guidelines to
dimensioning, bend radii,
and material elongation
limits, quite defines a
distinct industry would be
a judgement call. But it
may be asserted that, if a
length of tubing could not
be reliably and repeatably
bent – that is to say, if
sheet metal cannot be
made to form and hold
an obtuse angle and an
acute angle, separated by
air – industrial practice
as we know it would not
exist. Sectors including
aerospace, automotive,
construction, defence,
energy, mining and
transportation would be
without a key component
in their development.
If tube bending is not
quite an industry in itself,
it is certainly a mega-
speciality. The products
and services of many of
its ablest suppliers will be
found in the pages of this
section.
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ENDING
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