Precautions for buying a pipe bender

The CNC metal tube bending machine is an important investment. For the automotive, aerospace, hydraulic and medical manufacturing industries, the quality of bend determines the quality of service your company could provide. Hence, we should pay attention to several misunderstandings while choosing a tube bender.

1.Choose the machine based on price rather than type.
Budget, while important, is only one of many important factors when choosing a pipe bending machine. When price is allowed to drive the decision-making process, the result is often a low-cost, under-powered machine that turns into a pit due to customer churn and lack of work. The solution is to firstly figure out the size and shape of the part that needs to be bent. And, the budget for the machine needed is needed to be calculated afterwards.

Figure 1   Rectangular tubes bend horizontally and vertically

2. Purchase the machine to bend at full load.
The best suggestion for purchasing a pipe bender is to enlarge a model, as the differences between different materials are needed to be taken into account. The tolerances between different grades of steel are very different as well. Therefore, to invest in a machine requires some leeway because a CNC pipe bender is rarely forced to work at full capacity.

3. Purchase the fully-manual machine to save money.
To purchase a manual pipe bending machine inevitably incurs additional costs. As the time takes to adjust a block for bending angle, length, and rotational positioning, it can quickly increase. Machines that use technology automate much of the process, such as NC or CNC pipe bending machine thereby saving valuable time.

Figure 2   BLMA CNC pipe bending machine

4. Purchase the machine without much training.
Bending pipes requires an in-depth understanding of the machine. Therefore, later machine training becomes crucial. In addition, the training enables the operator to gain an in-depth understanding of the best performance of the pipe bender. Working with companies that provide professional operator training and support means that productivity and efficiency can be optimized.

We BLMA, would possibly provide customers professional product selection advice and significant product use training indeed.