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What may the customer of a state-of-the-art tube mill
confidently expect of these specialities?
At the very least: bending without kinking; end forming
with minimal material loss; and no distortion of outside
and inside diameters during swaging.
In many industries, that degree of finesse would
be associated with customised craftsmanship –
even hand-finishing. But it is regularly achieved by
companies such as those whose names appear in this
section of Tube & Pipe Technology.
Without sacrificing in the smallest degree the
benefits won by computerisation, they have
effectively erased the distinction between high-
volume output and product that suggests the
presence of an artisan.
BENDING, FORMING
& SWAGING
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