Unison installs electric bender for forming carbon steel pipes up to 10 in. dia.

Unison Ltd. has installed what it says is the world’s largest and most powerful all-electric pipe bending machine at Westcon Yard AS, a Norway-based offshore and maritime services company. Capable of generating 660,000 Nm of continuous, servo-controlled torque, the custom-designed machine will be used for precision bending of thick-walled carbon steel pipes up to 10 in. dia.

Westcon now intends to produce nearly all the pipe sizes that it needs for its outfitting, service, and repair operations entirely in-house, without having to use prefabricated bend sections.