All-Electric Tube Bending Machine is optimized for speed.

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Available for tube/pipe diameters from 5/8–8.5 in., all-electric bending machine has mechanical architecture and control software that reduce tubular part fabrication times. Shape and size of all auxiliary mechanical axes are optimized to reduce their mass and inertia, and application of torque allows acceleration/deceleration at faster rates as well as higher top speeds. On some axes, mechanical dynamics are optimized by type of gearing mechanism employed.



Original Press Release:



Speed Thrills: Unison Announces Speed-Optimized Tube Bending Machine



Madera, CA – Horn Machine Tools today launches a new generation of Unison's all-electric bending machine featuring mechanical architecture and control software improvements that substantially reduce tubular part fabrication times. The redesign reduces the time required for all the intermediate handling and movement of the tooling configuration tasks the machine performs before and after a bend by as much as 40%. As there might be four or five such auxiliary movements for each bending move, as well as changes of tooling dies, these savings can add up to very large productivity gains - particularly for companies fabricating tubular parts with several bends.



The new machine architecture will now be fitted as standard on all of Unison's all-electric bending machines, which are available for tube/pipe diameters from 5/8 to 8.5 inches.



The reductions in bending cycle times come from two main aspects. The shape and size of all of the machine's auxiliary mechanical axes have been optimized to reduce their mass and inertia. These axes are also being driven at faster speeds - by applying more torque - to accelerate and decelerate at faster rates and to achieve higher top speeds. This use of higher torque does not increase machine cost, as Unison exploits the peak output characteristics of its servomotors to deliver the torque for the tiny fractions of time required.



On some of these axes, Unison has also improved the mechanical dynamics by changing the type of gearing mechanism employed. The design of the main bending arm axis of the machine remains as it is, as the speed of the tube bending task itself is almost invariably limited by the characteristics of the material being bent.



"Higher productivity is important for virtually every tube bending machine user, but wherever production is in high volume - such as in the automotive or furniture manufacturing sectors for example - the gains can be very significant" says Unison CEO Alan Pickering.  "Unison's new machine can reduce fabrication cycle times significantly, and we look forward to opportunities to benchmark its performance in real-world applications."



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For more information please contact:

Lee Sanchez

Horn Machine Tools

40473 Brickyard Drive

Madera, CA 93638, USA

t: 559-431-4131

sales@hornmachinetools.com

http://www.hornmachinetools.com

(Also located in St. Paul, MN, and Indianapolis, IN.)



For more information please contact:

Alan Pickering

Unison Ltd

Cayton Low Road

Eastfield, Scarborough, YO11 3BT, UK 

t: +44 (0) 1723 582868

sales@unisonltd.com 

www.unisonltd.com

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