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Pour me a mandrel: Bending tubes, pipes, and other forms with low-melting-point alloys

By: Charles C. Gaver Jr., Contributing Writer

To reduce weight and cost for all types of products, design engineers often specify tubes and pipes with thinner walls instead of the previously used heavier-walled tubes and pipes. Shorter tube or pipe lengths also achieve the same objectives, but usually they require sharper or more complex bends. These designs make the tube bender's task more difficult.

Publish date: September 25, 2003

Tech cell: Tube and Pipe Fabrication