Showcasing the latest in tube and wire bending and laser cutting

Unison Ltd, the UK-based inventor of ultra-precise all-electric tube manipulation, will be presenting the capabilities of its full range of all-electric and hybrid-electric tube bending machines at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics, along with technologies from the wider Unison family.

As the UK’s leading manufacturer of tube bending machines, Unison offers all-electric benders for tube diameters from 4 mm to 275 mm. Available in single-stack, multi-stack, left/right, pinball and twinhead versions, these advanced machines provide rapid, automatic setup, fast tooling changes and right-first-time repeatability – all supported by exceptional power and rigid mechanical design. Unison’s hybrid-electric, dual-stack machines were developed to make the company’s quality and reliability accessible to even more businesses involved in tube manipulation. 50 mm and 80 mm maximum tube diameter hybrid models are available.

Manually operated, CNC-controlled tube bending

On show and operational on Stand D215 at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics will be one of Unison’s incredible EvBend 1000 manually operated, CNC-controlled tube bending machines. Designed for low volume, high-accuracy production and prototyping, Unison EvBend models are used across aerospace and MRO, Formula 1 and the oil & gas industry, where they provide 3-axis mandrel, multi-plane bending at a fraction of the cost of fully automated machines. 

In addition to the EvBend 1000, which is designed for bending tube of up to 16 mm in diameter (22 mm in copper), a larger machine, the EvBend 2000, is also available. Built to bend tube of up to 50 mm in diameter, its bending function is servo-assisted. Both EvBend machines feature a 15-inch PC-based touchscreen controlled by a CNC that is capable of processing up to 100 bends per component, storing infinite parts and connecting to both CAD and most tube measuring systems.

Laser cutting and wire manipulation

Visitors to Stand D215 will also be able to discover more about the machine tools available from Unison’s sister companies, Nukon Lasers UK and wire-bending machinery maker, Pneuform Machines Ltd. 

Renowned for its high quality, highly accessible European-built fibre laser cutting machines and press brakes, Nukon Lasers UK has recently launched a new high-performance machine range designed to make Nukon laser cutting accessible to even more UK subcontractors and in-house manufacturers.  

Unison Ltd acquired Pneuform - a leading name in the manufacture of wire forming and small-bore tube bending machines in autumn 2023 - and has been working hard to ensure the brand continues to lead the way in the wire bending machinery market. As standard, all Pneuform machines are equipped with Yaskawa drives and Unison’s user-friendly software for easy programming and operation.

Uncompromising quality, service and support

“At Southern Manufacturing we are looking forward to showing even more UK subcontractors and manufacturers how all their tube and wire manipulation and laser-cutting needs are available from a British-based company with a reputation for providing uncompromising levels of service, support and aftersales care,” says Unison Ltd’s joint managing director, Alan Pickering. 

“We believe our EvBend range of manually operated, CNC-controlled tube bending machines will be of particular interest to visitors from the aerospace sector,” he continues. “While the latest advances to our industry leading Unibend CNC, tube bending simulation software, tube scanning solutions and tube bending application app, will ensure we’ve a great deal to talk about with customers old and new.”

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