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Content about Unison Ltd. - Page 2
Unison to open manufacturing facility in Virginia
- Sep 21, 2017
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
U.K.-based tube bending machine manufacturer Unison Ltd. has announced plans to open a factory in Danville, Va. The $5.2 million plant, which will be the company’s first U.S. manufacturing operation, is expected to create 35 new jobs in the next three years. The company reports it will introduce...
Software updated with programming, simulation, and monitoring tools
- Mar 7, 2016
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Product Release
Unison has introduced software to manage the tube bending process from programming to production. The software includes a new version of the Opt2Sim 3-D simulator to help accelerate the development of control programs for all-electric tube bending machines. It employs the same embedded code that...
Unison installs electric bender for forming carbon steel pipes up to 10 in. dia.
- Dec 2, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
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...
Custom-made tube bender handles challenging shapes, eliminates scrap
- By Eric Lundin
- Nov 2, 2015
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Exercise equipment manufacturer Cybex International makes workout machines with tubular frames from parts it bends in-house. The company has quite a bit of bending expertise, but one problem it couldn’t resolve was the bending of short lengths. A custom-made bender from Unison provided Cybex with the capability it needed.
Unison to provide all-electric tube bender to Byers Precision Fabricators
- Sep 17, 2015
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
Unison’s new North American support office in Asheville, N.C., has received its first order. The company will deliver a dual-head, all-electric CNC tube bending machine to Byers Precision Fabricators Inc. of Hendersonville, N.C., a producer of components and assemblies made from sheet and tubular...
Unison opens North Carolina service and sales office
- Jul 2, 2015
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
All-electric tube and pipe bending machine manufacturer Unison has opened a direct service and sales office in Asheville, N.C.
The U.K.-based company serves such markets as aerospace, automotive, marine, energy, oil and gas, and custom products.
Unison Ltd. wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise
- Apr 21, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Tube bending machine manufacturer Unison Ltd., Scarborough, Great Britain, has been named as a winner of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, which the company says is the U.K.’s highest accolade for business success. The company received the award, presented annually, in recognition of its...
Unison installs all-electric pipe bender at Newport News Shipbuilding
- Apr 1, 2015
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
Unison, Scarborough, U.K., has commissioned what the company says is the largest all-electric tube bending machine ever produced at Virginia-based Newport News Shipbuilding, a supplier of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines to the U.S. Navy. The machine can generate more than...
Unison to deliver tube bending machinery to Supercraft
- Feb 2, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Unison has won an order for tube bending machinery from precision aerospace engineering company Supercraft for the expansion of operations at its new manufacturing facility in Brough, U.K., in preparation for contracts recently secured from aerospace customers. The order comprises an Evbend...
Unison appoints ITEC as sales and service partner in U.S.
- Dec 8, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Unison Ltd. of Scarborough, U.K., has appointed Innovative Tube Equipment Corp. (ITEC), Chicago, as its new sales and service partner in the U.S.
Unison offers all-electric machines for bending tube and pipe from less than 1 in. to 9 in. dia.
All-electric tube bender handles diameters to 9 in.
- Oct 9, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
Unison has developed an all-electric tube bending machine that can bend tubes and pipes up to 9 in. dia. According to the company, the availability of an all-electric machine at this size level brings instant setup and precision bending to applications in the shipbuilding, power generation, oil and...
Tube bending CAD/CAM software accommodates laser tube cutting
- Oct 3, 2014
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Product Release
A new version of TubeWorks tube bending CAD/CAM software, which provides tubular metal fabricators with preproduction tools for laser cutting as well as tube bending, is available from Unison. Developed by the software consultancy 3DCompound, the software is an add-in module for the SolidWorks®...
Aerospace parts manufacturer upgrades bending capability
- By Eric Lundin
- Sep 8, 2014
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Bending tubular parts for the aerospace industry isn’t easy. OEMs continue to push the envelope, designing increasingly complex parts made from pricey materials. Fabricators are under continuous pressure to improve their capabilities, turn orders around faster, and minimize scrap. To that end, SL Engineering recently invested in a second all-electric bender from Unison.
CNC tube bender designed for high-value, low-volume manufacturing
- Apr 23, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
Horn Machine Tools has introduced manually operated EvBend CNC tube bending machines, offered by Unison. By combining CNC rotary draw bending with manually operated bending, the machine provides an entry point to CNC bending for low-volume, high-precision manufacturers of high-value tubular parts,...
Vehicle seat manufacturer rolls with the changes
- By Eric Lundin
- Apr 14, 2014
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
Freedman Seating Co., founded in the late 19th century, originally manufactured seat cushions for horse-drawn buggies. As gasoline engines displaced animal power, Freedman adapted and today uses the latest technologies, such as CNC tube benders and a laser cutting machine, to stay current with trends in transportation.
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