TPT November 2013

2013

Rotary-draw tube bending tools BEND Tooling Inc will exhibit a line of rotary-draw tube-bending tools at Fabtech 2013, on Booth 4077 in the Tube & Pipe Pavilion. The company will display inserted mandrels and wipers along with die sets. draw tube-bending machines for 25- 140mm (1" to 5.5") diameter tubing. Its replaceable mandrel and wiper inserts are fully machined to close tolerances, so that machine set-up does not have to be altered when changing inserts.

It also manufactures tooling for square and rectangular tubing, and has supplied tube-bending companies throughout the world for over 25 years. Bend Tooling is a supplier of tooling for the OEM automotive, performance automotive and recreational vehicle industries.

The solid-body mandrels and wipers are suitable for extreme-pressure and non-round tube-bending. Bend Tooling’s die sets offer a full range of features and are custom-made to the specifications of machine and tube bending applications. This includes stacked sets with compound clamps and fixed reaches. The company also offers effective tapered-leaf style die sets for square and rectangular tube bends, which can be used on almost all machines without additional mechanisms for loading and releasing the tubing.

The company manufactures tooling for most makes and models of rotary-

Its line of fully machined (no hand work), precision finished, close-tolerance tooling is suitable for tube- bending companies that require reliably consistent replacement tooling for quick, repeatable set-ups. The company offers mandrels in inserted and solid-body models, with either connecting links or cables. It also offers wipers in inserted and solid-body models.

Bend Tooling, Inc – USA Fax: +1 616 454 9958

Email: info@bendtooling.com Website: www.bendtooling.com

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