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Leading Manufacturers
Tube Bending Technology
Apple Valley, CA | 760-948-4220Founded in 1959, Tube Bending Technology has its roots in the Apollo space program. With such a legacy, we take quality, performance and customer satisfaction very seriously. Our custom tubing services include tube bending and coiling, end finishing, processing, machining, welding/brazing, helium leak detection and more.
Sharpe Products
New Berlin, WI | 800-879-4418Founded in 1990, Sharpe Products is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company specializing in industrial and commercial pipe and tube bending, laser cutting, end-forming or other custom fabrication services. In addition, we offer a robust line of architectural handrail fittings and accessories such as brackets, connectors, disks, end-caps, flanges, newel caps and spheres.
Leonhardt Manufacturing
Hanover, PA | 717-632-4150Since our inception in 1970 we have been manufacturing an extensive line of tube fabrication products for our ever growing customer base worldwide. We have made it our mission to exceed our customers’ expectations with every encounter in hopes of turning first time customers into lifelong connections! To learn more about what we may be able to do for you; visit our website or get in touch via telephone or email!
Dynamic Tube, Inc
Maquoketa, IA | 563-652-5165Dynamic Tube has been in continuous operation in Maquoketa, IA since 1976. Centrally located in the American Midwest, we’ve been a trusted supplier of fabricated tubing parts working for leading OEMs in the Heavy Machinery industry for 40+ years. Dynamic Tube takes pride in delivering true value to our Customers. Dynamic Tube Inc. is an ISO 9001-2015 certified company. We are looking for our next great partnership, contact us today for a quote.
Woodsage
Holland, OH | 419-866-8000Woodsage Industries has over 30 years of experiences in bar and tube fabrication. We stay innovative my acquiring the latest machines and technology so we can meet the ever changing needs of our customers and prospects. We provide services such as rotary swaging, bar stock cutting and mandrel tube bending to a wide ranger of industries including motorcycle and lawn & garden care.
Production Tube Cutting, Inc.
Dayton, OH | 800-334-7327Production Tube Cutting, Inc. works hard to solve your manufacturing problems through value-added engineering and providing you with simpler, lower-cost solutions. Through years of experience, continuous education, the latest equipment and a small, highly-trained staff, Production Tube Cutting, Inc. is your source for superior, custom tube fabrication and your edge for tubular solutions.
Tube Fabrication - Woolf Aircraft Products, Inc.Fabricating is not the forming of tubing from raw materials, but rather includes: annealing, flattening, coating, buffing, sizing, welding, notching, piercing etc existing tubing to meet specific needs. These highly specialized processes require specialized equipment, especially as tubing is often a crucial component of an operation. Tubing is a common feature in many different fields and choosing a particular type includes considering factors such as dimension, performance, opacity, strength.
Consumer items such as steel handrails, bars, bicycle frames, tent frames, displays and furniture use tubing. Industrial and manufacturing industries use hydraulic pipes in applications such as automotive fuel lines, exhaust pipes, hydraulic cylinders, and shell and tube heat exchangers.
Other examples of tubing formed include floor flanges and pipe elbows. Plumbing, engines, machinery, fluid transportation, HVAC processes are all further examples of areas in which tube is an important part and a further reason why precision fabrication is a valuable focus of tube manufacturers.
Types of machinery used in the process of tube fabricating use tube benders, mandrels for mandrel bending and tube swaging machines. These all require skilled engineers, operators and may require the assistance of CNC machines and CAD drawings. Tubing is often required to be very specific lengths and dimensions, and therefore using computerized equipment helps to eliminate human error and wastage. Cutting may include notching, punching or drilling.
Flaring and swaging are both cold working processes which expand the diameter of a certain length of tube or pipe, usually to make it capable of connecting with another tube. Hydraulic applications use tubing for a number of processes and it is important for the adjoining tubes to seal tightly to prevent escaping of air or pressure. Tube and pipe bending can be done by hand but is more often done by semi-automated and automated equipment which is faster and more precise than manual bending.
Using a mandrel prevents wrinkles on the interior of the tube around bends and corners and improves the overall quality of flow through the tubing. Tube rolling is the process of producing tubular parts through heat curing materials around a circular mold.