Unison tube bending technology at Fabtech 2023

Unison Tube LLC, the North American division of UK-based Unison Ltd, will present a number of innovative tube manipulation technologies at Fabtech – North America’s largest metalforming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event.

Fabtech takes place in Chicago from 11-14 September.

Unison machines on show on stand D41930 will include an all-electric Unison Breeze 100mm (maximum tube diameter) multi-stack tube bender and one of the company’s manually operated, CNC-controlled EvBend 1000 models.

The all-electric Unison Breeze 100mm machine

Unison Ltd invented ultra-precise, all-electric tube and pipe bending, and the Breeze 100mm machine is one of the company’s flagship models. Like all Unison Breeze tube bending machines, it offers rapid setup, fast tooling changes, high power, rigid mechanical design, and all-electric control for right-first-time repeat subcontract work, or immediately after producing a single trial part.

Equipped with Unison’s recently upgraded Unibend software, all-electric Breeze machines also offer cycle time speed improvements in the region of 25% compared to earlier models and incorporate new teach routine and simulation features.

The Unison EvBend range

Unison’s EvBend 1000 is a high-precision 3-axis machine that was developed to reduce the entry cost to precision rotary draw tube bending. The machine combines manually operated feed, tube rotation and bending force, with CNC-controlled braking on the carriage feed, rotation and bend arm axes.

Typically used for low-volume, high-accuracy production and prototyping, Unison EvBend machines provide accurate multi-plane bending at a much lower cost than many CNC benders. Two models are currently available – the EvBend 1000 for bending tube of up to 16mm in diameter, and the EvBend 2000, a machine featuring power-assisted operation and capable of bending tube of up to 50mm in diameter.

The EvBend CNC control includes a PC-based 15-inch touchscreen and is capable of processing up to 100 bends per component. Unison EvBend machines are widely used across the aerospace and motorsport sectors for bending precision components.

“Fabtech 2022 was an incredibly successful event for us,” commented Unison Tube LLC’s vice president, Stuart Singleton. “With that in mind, we are looking forward to attending this year’s event with a larger booth and an even more exciting line up of tube bending machines.

“To arrange to meet me or another member of the Unison Tube team at Fabtech, simply email sales@unisonltd.com.”

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