Tube End Forming Machines

Tube end forming shapes the end of a tube into a finished feature such as a bead, flare, swage, expansion, or quick connect, using a ram and matched tooling instead of welding a separate fitting onto the tube. The result is fewer parts, fewer welds, and fewer places for a joint to leak.

The tube is clamped in dies that hold it and support the section behind the form. A ram then advances tooling onto the end of the tube, and the material cold flows into the cavity between the tool and the dies. Multiple ram hits let one machine take the end through several stages of the form in one cycle.

Our standard endformers cover 3/8 inch through 3 inches in outside diameter. The 1200 Series handles the small end, the 1000, 1100, and 1300 Series cover the middle of the range, and the 1600 Series covers the top. Anything outside that range is handled as a custom build.

Standard SAE flares and beads, ORFS ends with the sleeve locked or unlocked, triple beads, COR ends, lock blocks, and roll barbs. We also form ends onto turn machined parts. If you have a form we have not built before, that is a tooling development conversation rather than an equipment conversation.

End forming shapes the tube end into a feature. End finishing prepares the end before or after that, squaring it, trimming it to length, removing burrs and chips, and sizing it so the next operation starts from a consistent condition. Most production processes need both.

Ram hits are the number of separate tool stations the end passes through in one cycle. A single bead may need one or two. A form that reduces the diameter and then adds a bead and a flare needs more, because each stage moves the material only as far as it can go without splitting or wrinkling. The form itself determines the count, which is why the series are offered in three, four, five, and six hit configurations.

Electric servo gives you velocity and force control through the stroke, faster cycles, and no hydraulic oil to maintain. Hydraulic gives you more force per dollar at the larger diameters and heavier walls. Our 1000 Series is servo, the 1100 and 1600 Series are hydraulic, and the 1300 Series is offered both ways.

Cycle rates across the standard range run from about 1.5 seconds on the 1200 Series to 22 seconds on the 1600 Series. Diameter, wall, material, and the number of ram hits all move that number, so the series you need and the rate you get come out of the same conversation.

Yes. Every machine we build is automation ready, so it can be robot loaded and unloaded, and because we do the automation in house, forming and finishing can be combined into one cell rather than run as two manual operations. A machine bought as a standalone can be integrated later without replacing it.

Yes, and it is the part that decides whether the form holds. We design the form progression, machine the tooling in house, and prove it out on a development machine, with a five-piece tryout submitted for your approval before the tooling ships.

Yes. Our tube fabricating equipment conforms with the health, safety, and environmental protection standards required for products sold in the European Economic Area, which covers the European Union, the European Free Trade Association, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

Yes. Our field service team offers preventive and general maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, retrofits, warranty support, and spare parts across the full life of your equipment.