Tube End Forming

What is Tube End Forming?

Tube end forming is the process that reshapes the tube end like flared, swaged, reduced or any other shapes that can fit into various applications. In most cases, these formed tubes and pipes need to be connected to other components to be part of oil filters, electronic parts, medical devices, air conditioning systems, braking systems, etc.

The most popular tube end forming are:

• Deburring – remove burr at the end of tube or make angles inside of the tube and outside of the tube.
• Flaring – flaring tubes are often used to connect other fittings and the flared angles are always 30 degrees and 45 degrees.
• Tapering – tapering tubes is forming one end of the tube like the taper shape.
• Closing – the end of tube or pipe is open, tube end sealing machine ( tube end closing machine) can close the end of tube to fit some specific application.
• Expanding – tube expanding is to increase the outside diameter of tube.
• Beading – tube or pipe beading is to make a form at the end of the tube to hole the joint together or lock another tube (part) into place.
• Swaging – sometimes also mentioned as tube reducing, this is to reduce the outside diameter of the tube.
• Notching – sometimes also can be called cutting, notching tube for welding on another tube.

What is Tube Swaging?

Pipe and tube swaging or tube and pipe reducing is using the tapered die or hydraulic die to reduce the diameter of the tube, this is using the cold forming technology and no material during the process, you can make tube end forming of different tube materials on our tube end former, but different tube hardness and tube thickness will determine use different types of tube forming machine.

What is Tube Flaring?

Tube or pipe flaring is one of the ways of tube expanding, also use our cold forming technique to increase the diameter of the tube or pipe. According to different forming difficulties, we supply one station tube end former to multiple station tube end formers.

What is Tube Tapering?

Tube tapering is feed the tube or pipe into to the tapering machine, you can also call it swaging machine, and then the forming dies inside the machine will form the tube like the taper tube as you required.

Tube Forming Materials

Our tube end forming machine only process on metal tube or pipe, they are:

• Stainless Steel
• Carbon Steel
• Aluminum
• Brass
• Copper
• Precious Metals

Regarding the metal material of the tube former can process, the temper of the material is the key factor. If you are not sure which type of tube end forming machine fits your production, our expert will assist you to customize a machine that fit your needs.

Tube Forming Machine Application

• Automotive Chassis
• Exhaust System
• Air Conditioning
• Braking System
• Motorcycle
• Aerospace Air and Fluid System
• Boilers
• Heat Exchanger

We supply different types of tube end formers, they can proceed the tube diameter close to 5 inch (120mm) and the tube thickness up to 0.1 inch (3mm). TubeBenderN provides a full range of tube form solutions, contact us to customize tube end forming machine and let them benefit your project.