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      <title><![CDATA[Feeding the process]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1Successfully fabricating a long, continuous product such as a heat transfer coil depends on more than just correct feed lengths and bend angles. Proper uncoiling and straightening prevent...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Small components, big plans]]></title>
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Figure 1The third and fourth generations of ZMC&acirc;€”owner Bob Zeman and sons, General Manager Dan Zeman and Sales Manager Dave Zeman, show a typical part, a spiral-bent tube used for steam generation....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:14:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Doing more with less]]></title>
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Figure 1A tube cutoff machine makes use of a magazine loader. Operator assistance is required to keep the magazine full of tubes

Should you use an autoloader or not? It&acirc;€™s a good question. In...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Selecting the right mandrel and wiper]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Figure 1 Whether the times are lean or fat, cost-effective tube bending always makes sense. Just like any other manufacturing operation, keeping rotary draw tube bending profitable demands process...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[No need for annealing]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Fabricators are always looking for new ideas. Any new strategy, whether it involves a machine, a process, a technology, or a technique, is worth investigating if it will result in a better product or...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:14:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Making a workhorse run]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Figure 1The use of vertical compression benders became widespread in the 1950s. A primary application was forming automotive exhaust pipes in high volumes. Photo courtesy of Pines Technology. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:14:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Manufacturing motorcycle mufflers - Fabricator finds improvement with rotary swaging]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[  Photograph courtesy of Victory Motorcycles, a division of Polaris Industries Inc., Medina, Minn.  &quot;You don't have to look far to find a motorcycle these days. Riders purchased 900,000 motorcycles in...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:14:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Waste not, want not - Reducing scrap in bending tube, pipe]]></title>
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Figure 1
  
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This single tube will become three components, which are shown in yellow. The waste sections for clamping the tube before bending and cutting it after...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[When a good tube bends bad - Part II]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part article that examines tube bending defects, possible causes, and suggested remedies. Part I discusses surface defects; Part II covers other...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[When a good tube bends bad - Part I]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The clamp used to bend this 16-gauge, 3-in.-OD aluminized steel tube slipped about 2 in. at about 75 degrees into the bend. The clamp continued to move forward, but the material did not, causing the...]]></description>
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