Re: [ATM] bending square tubing

[James P Crombie <jpcrombie@pei.eastlink.ca>]

The best way to do this is to find someone with a roll bender.  The 
roller used forms that support the sides of the tubing to prevent 
kinking.  Here is an example of the machine,
http://www.wikco.com/rbndr.html

Hugues.Laroche@ses-astra.com wrote:

>Hello Ulli,
>
>Sorry to wake up late on this thread...
>
>Would you have any hint / do / don't about bending square tubing?
>Up to which limit can one bend such a tube?
>How do you avoid cracks / "kinks"?
>Is there anything specific with Aluminium vs steel in that respect?
>
>I heard (sorry cant remember where) that for strong curvatures, it is 
>better
>to proceed in several runs of increasing curvature, that sounds good 
>practice.
>
>Thanks for any tip / URL / etc...
>
>Best regards,
>
>Hugues
>Luxembourg
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