Tube Bending
TUBE & SMALL DUCT BENDING
Our AS9100/ISO 9001 certified, DDTC /ITAR registered tube and pipe bending operation offers small and medium diameter (< 3”), tight tolerance, build-to-print precision tubing, kits, and assemblies.
We are known for the efficient delivery of advanced manufacturing solutions for OEMs and large manufacturers in a variety of industries, including space, aerospace, medical, communications, defense, and more.
Tube Bending Services
Primary Capabilities include
- Tube, Pipe, and Duct Bending to 3″ OD
- Coiling
- Pressure Testing (Incl. Autofrettage)
- Flaring
- Smushing
- Beading
- Coping & Drilling (Hardware & Tube); Notching
- Deburring & End Finishing
- Internal and External Swaging
- Primary Fittings Installed:
- Permaswage
- Permalite
- Sierracin-Harrison
- BX’
- AP/AS’MIL-Spec
Value-Add Services Include
- Complex Fabricated Assemblies (Tube, Machined, Sheet)
- Design for Manufacturability Assistance
- Kitting for Flight-Line or System Tube Install
- Vapor Degreasing
- High Pressure Tube Assemblies
- Low Pressure Tube Assemblies
- Pressure Testing of Casted Parts
- Specialty Pressure-Testing and Forming (including autofrettage to 12,250 psi)
- Toolmaking
Tube Bending Products & applications
Versatility is Key
- High Pressure, Rigid Tube & Duct Assemblies
- Hydraulic Plumbing (landing gear, flap actuation, etc.)
- Oxygen Tubing
- Tight-tolerance Tube Bending => 2D (1D coming soon)
- 360 Degree Formed Tubes
- Waste Tube Assemblies
- De-Icing or Anti-Ice Tube
- Lamination Plates (Tooling)
- MIG Structural Fab
- Nacelles Tubing
- GTAW, GMAW, or OTW Welded Tube Assemblies
- Swaged Tube Assemblies
- Hybrid Assemblies
- Sheet Metal
- Tubing
- Machined Parts
- Welded Parts
- Elbows
- Unions
- Fittings (nuts, sleeves, rivets, helicoils, etc.)
Continual Improvement, Quality Tube Bending Service
Lafarge & Egge’s reputation for producing sophisticated tubing parts, kits and assemblies has been a source of pride for our staff and a promise our clients have come to rely on. L&E’s staff boasts several personnel with lean training, including Six-Sigma and other statistical process control methods. We regularly review and update practices and tools that allow us to increase efficiencies and more effectively control fabrication processes and make critical real-time decisions on behalf of our customers. Reach out to us today to learn more about our tube bending services.