TPT November 2018

T E CHNOLOG Y

Tube fitting manufacturer improves productivity with all-electric tube benders

reliable all-electric tube bending machines, with bending controlled by software and servomotors. “We knew of Unison Ltd as we had had dealings with them in the past,” said Linc Turley, director at Ultibend Industries. “We like that, being software engineers, Unison could take our ideas and issues and come up with a tailored solution in the form of a customer-specific machine. They’re also an ethical company whose values aligned with our own. This has been proved in our dealings with them with the excellent support and prompt response to issues we have.”

TWO all-electric tube bending machines from Unison Ltd are helping Ultibend Industries to increase the manufacturing productivity of stainless steel tube fittings for food and beverage processing systems at its manufacturing facility in Wellington, New Zealand. Ultibend purchased two customised tube bending machines to suit its proprietary manufacturing process. The machines from Unison automate the bending of tube fitting shapes such as elbows and U-bends, in sizes from ½" to 4" in diameter. Manufacturing operations have demonstrated that the Unison tube bending machines have boosted manufacturing speed compared with the previous hydraulic bending machines. Together, the benders are involved in making all Ultibend Industries bends in the stated size range. Since installation, the 130mm single-stack tube bender has produced 320,912 bends, and

the 80mm single-stack tube bending machine, which works on the smaller sizes, has made 558,441 bends. Bends from these tube benders go to projects around New Zealand, Australia and the USA, especially dairy factories, breweries and the automotive industry. As the company expanded, it became essential to upgrade the bending process and replace the original in- house built hydraulic bending machines with modern, low-maintenance and

Unison Ltd – UK Fax: +44 1723 582379

Email: sales@unisonltd.com Website: www.unisonltd.com

Ultibend Industries Ltd – New Zealand Website: www.ultibend.com

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