PRODUCT NEWS
ALL-ELECTRIC TUBE
BENDING MACHINE
PIPE CUTTING MACHINE
OPERATING SYSTEM
Breeze 170 all-electric benders that handle
tubing diameters up to 7 in. and generate
bending torques as high as 165,000 Nm
are offered by Unison and available in
North America through Horn Machine
Tools.
Fast, software-controlled setup
enables the machine to handle batch sizes
as small as one efficiently, the company
states. Its ability to accommodate 7-in.-
dia. tubing makes it suitable for handling
lightweight, high-strength ducting manufactured from specialist materials.
Horn Machine Tools • 559-431-4131 •
www.hornmachinetools.com
Vernon Tool has
announced that
the WinMPM™
operating system
on its pipe cutting
machines now
seamlessly converts 3-D coordinates into finished
tubular structures
in new industry-standard XML format. The system is compatible with 3-D structural, isometric, and
pressure vessel modeling packages from
such CAD suppliers as Tekla Structures®,
Design Data®, AceCAD®, and ProSteel®.
The Windows®-based operating system, which features vector-based conversion, directly processes exported data files
or translates them into the manufacturer’s
proprietary internal file format.
Vernon Tool Co. • 760-433-5860 •
www.vernontool.com
HORIZONTAL BENDING
MACHINE
Stierli Bieger AG offers a horizontal bending machine that can bend tubes up to
3.94 in. in diameter and flat bars up to
11.81 by 1.18 in. It also can be used to
straighten sections of various materials
up to 11.81 in.
The machine has the options of
mechanical control, NC with touchscreen control, or CNC with automatic
angle measuring. A rapid tool-change
system allows cost-effective working of
single items as well as production runs.
Stierli Bieger AG • 41-041-920-20-55 •
www.stierli-bieger.com
