Description
China Tube End Forming Machine Manufacturer
Heshun Machinery produces and manufactures tube end forming machines to reduce your production time and increase your productivity.
All of our tube end forming machines are designed to meet your needs for a variety of processes, including flaring, shrinking, flanging, flattening, and chamfering.
These machines can create a variety of end shapes, including flanges, beads, flares, chamfers, and extensions for different applications.
Tube end forming machines meet the most stringent requirements of tube making in various industries, including automotive, air conditioning, aerospace, marine, plumbing,
furniture, and others, due to their accuracy, reliability, flexibility, and speed.
Whether you need simple shapes or more complex shapes, Heshun Machinery’s tube end forming technology can meet your needs.
Tube End Forming Machine Features and Advantages
High Efficiency & Precision
Cycle time: 1 to 10 seconds per operation, Dimensional accuracy: ±0.1mm
Material Savings
Chip-less cold forming eliminates material waste.
Enhanced Strength
Cold working hardening at processed areas improves pressure resistance beyond welded/cut ends.
Integral Forming
Eliminates welding weaknesses and leakage risks, ensuring superior sealing reliability.
Production Flexibility
Quick mold replacement enables cross-shape processing (e.g., round → square tubes).
X-AXIS MACHINE HEAD DIE CHANGE
Low Maintenance Costs
Our pipe end forming machines and CNC tube bending machines integrate seamlessly into your production line, working together intelligently to optimize process efficiency and save more than 30% of production time.
Tube End Forming Process Options
Heshun Machinery offers end forming machines such as pipe shrinking machines, expanding machines, flaring machines, beading machines, etc., which can meet different pipe end forming needs and provide you with customized solutions.
Tube Swaging Service
Pipe reducing processes generally include two primary modes:
Rotary swaging：Radial Compression with Multiple Hammers is employed for medical-grade tubing applications.
Die swaging：Tapered Die Axial Pushing for Pipe Reducing is typically used for hydraulic fittings.
Features
It presses the pipe into a mold to reduce its diameter, thereby obtaining consistent, sturdy, and clean pipe ends. No cutting or welding is required, reducing the rate of material loss. The output shapes and ends of these pipes also support customization, such as Tube Expanding and flare.
- Processing pipe diameter: 6–200mm
- Pipe wall thickness support: 0.6–3mm
- Beyond the scope, it can be customized according to your needs.
Tube Expansion Services
A tube expanding machine is a dedicated device that radially expands tubes through mechanical or hydraulic means, achieving tight conformity between the tube and tube sheet.
Commonly used tube expansion equipment:
- Tube Expander (a small handheld tool)
- Automated Tube Expansion System
Capacity
- Processing pipe diameter: 4–200mm
- Pipe wall thickness support: 0.5–3mm
- Pipe length: ≤120mm
- Beyond the scope, it can be customized according to your needs.
Tube End Flaring Services
Tube flaring is a tube end forming process that uses a mold to cold forge the ends of tubes.
Commonly used tube expansion equipment:
- Tube Expander (a small handheld tool)
- Automated Tube Expansion System
Capacity
- Processing pipe diameter: 4–200mm
- Pipe wall thickness support: 0.5–3mm
- Beyond the scope, it can be customized according to your needs.
Tube Flanging Service
Flanging is the process of forming flat, raised, or sloped edges at the end of a tube to provide attachment points for other components. The flanges we can form can be single, multi-layer and shaped. They can be of various shapes, such as round, rectangular, square, etc.
Capability
- Processing pipe diameter:4–50mm
- Pipe wall thickness support: 0.5–3mm
- Precision control: groove depth ±0.1mm
- Beyond the scope, it can be customized according to your needs.
Tube Beading Forming machine
The machine that forms annular bulging ribs on the mid-section of tubes through high-speed spinning wheel compression – creating radial compression without altering the tube’s profile – is termed bulging rib forming equipment.
Capability
- Processing pipe diameter: 10–100mm
- Pipe wall thickness support: 0.5–3mm
- Beyond the scope, it can be customized according to your needs.
Tube Upsetting Machine
The motor drives the upsetting die to vertically switch dies and horizontally feed, performing cold upsetting and extrusion on tubes for manufacturing fuel nozzles, oil pipes, automotive fittings, and A/C lines。
Capability
- Processing pipe diameter: 10–100mm
- Pipe wall thickness support: 0.5–3mm
- Beyond the scope, it can be customized according to your needs.
Tube End Auxiliary Forming Process
In addition to standard tube end forming techniques, auxiliary processes such as grooving and crimping also play an important role.
Tube Grooving
Using a rotating tool to cut and shape, one or more grooves are machined on the pipe end to achieve quick connection. Our grooving equipment can be customized based on your industry’s needs, with adjustable groove depths and shapes to match your application requirements.
Capability
The Tube Grooving Capacities：
- Processing pipe diameter:4–50mm
- Pipe wall thickness support: 0.5–3mm
- Precision control: groove depth ±0.1mm
- Beyond the scope, it can be customized according to your needs.
Tube Beading and Corrugating
The rolling process forms a uniform corrugated structure on the tube end by roller extrusion. It supports single-wave, double-wave, multi-wave, and other shapes, and is suitable for metal tubes such as stainless steel, copper, and aluminum.
Capability
The Tube Beading and Corrugating Capacities：
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Pipe diameter range: φ10mm ~ φ100mm
(larger specifications can be customized for special needs) - Pipe wall thickness support: 0.5–3mm
- Pipe length: ≤120mm
- Beyond the scope, it can be customized according to your needs.
Parts Made On Tube End Forming Machine
Below are examples of finished products from the tube end forming process, including precision flaring, non-marking reduction, and many other finishes that demonstrate our technical capabilities and craftsmanship.
View Our Machines
Stainless Steel Iron Aluminum Copper Tube End Forming Machine
Bulge Forming Machine
For Expanding Tube
Pipe Swaging Machine
Multi-Station Automated
Tube End Forming Machine
Forming Machine For Flaring Pipe Ends
Tube Grooving Machine
Forming Tubing Applications
Automotive Manufacturing
AC Pipes, Fuel Pipes, Brake Pipes, Exhaust Pipes
HVAC & Refrigeration Industry
Copper Tube Expanding for condensers or evaporators
(facilitates welding connections)
Furniture & Construction
Shaping ends of metal table/chair legs, Reinforcing scaffold pipe ends
Energy & Chemical
Machining sealing grooves for pipeline connection ends
Aerospace
Precision forming of hydraulic pipelines
| System | Pipe Material | Typical Process | Precision Requirement | Required Equipment |
| AC System | Copper/Aluminum Tubes | Expanding, Spherical Sealing | ±0.05mm | Tube End Former (Expanding/Reducing/Beading) |
| Fuel System | Stainless Steel Tubes | Bulging, Beading | ±0.1mm | Upsetting Machine |
| Brake System | High-Strength Steel Tubes | Precision Reducing/Expanding | ±0.05mm | Hydraulic Forming Machine |
| Exhaust System | Heat-Resistant Alloys | Spinning, Chip-less Cutting | Ra≤1.6μm | Tube End Forming Machine |
Discover industry-specific tube bending and forming solutions designed to boost productivity
Learn More On Our Pipe Processing Solutions Page.
FORMING TUBING TECHNOLOGY
Consistent, Smooth, Speedy
Ultra-high Precision
Tube end molding tolerances are accurate to ±0.05mm, with smooth, burr-free cuts.
Versatile Processing
Multiple processes are integrated in one cycle, easy to cope with complex processing needs.
High Efficiency
5-10 seconds/pc of extremely fast production, energy consumption reduced by 40%.
Tube Ending Forming Machine Parameter
Tube End Forming Machine Parts
High-precision and long-life pipe bending machine parts ensure that your equipment runs stably and efficiently, helping to maximize production efficiency.
Hydraulic Pump
Electrically driven hydraulic pump consisting of gear pump connected to AC motor.
Solenoid Valve
Precise regulation of hydraulic fluid flow, pressure and flow rate ensures fast, stable and repeatable bending action.
Servo Motor
Repeatable positioning accuracy is achieved by replacing the traditional hydraulic drive, ensuring consistency of complex bends.
Gear Reducer
With excellent transmission efficiency, longer service life, and high output torque due to the coaxial gearing.
SIEMENS Motor
The motors are built to meet the specific requirements of complex applications to maximize performance and implementation.
Linear Guide Rail
It comes with a lubrication system, which is more suitable for the micro-pitch control of the servo motor.
IPC Controller
As the heart of an intelligent control system, they enable fully electric servo bending applications with high accuracy and dynamic response.
Pneumatic Components
Rapid response to achieve clamping, feeding, positioning and other functions, helping bending and forming.
Rack and Pinion
During the bending process, the excellent servo motor combined with the gear rack can realize the precise positioning of the pipe.
Bearings
Excellent bearing components are corrosion-resistant and moisture-resistant, providing good performance.
Electric Electrical Components
Required for the pipe bending machine can be planned and constructed.
Application Areas
Automotive
Specializing in the production of automotive exhaust systems, chassis parts and other core components
HVAC
Used for precision bending of central air conditioning and ventilation system pipes
Furniture Manufacturing
Tube bending for metal furniture frames, decorative parts and other crafts
Aerospace
Ultra-high precision is used to achieve aircraft fluid management, engine piping, and the bending of fuselage structures
Hydraulics
Specializing in the production of automotive exhaust systems, chassis parts and other core components
Ship Building
Bending fuel pipes, hydraulic pipes, cooling water pipes, etc. of ships
Medical
Used to manufacture surgical instruments, vascular stents and other precision instruments
Busbars
Bend copper or aluminum busbars to make compact internal connectors of distribution cabinets
Our Advantages
25Year
Industry Experience
4
Main Products
30+
Multiple Patent Approvals
30+
Professiona R&D Team
60+
Sold In Over 60 Countries
Faq
We have sorted out some frequently raised questions by users, hoping to help you find the answers quickly.
1. Determine whether you want to bend a circle, arc, U-shape or angle.
2. Determine the outer diameter and wall thickness of the pipe.
3. Determine the bending diameter again.
4. Determine the appropriate model.
5. Determine the machine price and mold price.
2. Determine the outer diameter and wall thickness of the pipe.
3. Determine the bending diameter again.
4. Determine the appropriate model.
5. Determine the machine price and mold price.
Yes, we make samples using superior cutting, bending and tube end forming techniques. Please mail us all original tubing in the correct sizes and we will fulfill your expectations!
Yes, our pipe bending machines all support logo printing, creating sophisticated equipment belonging to your brand.
Yes, our factory is very close to Shanghai, only one hour by car. Please contact us in advance by email: heshunchenyi@163.com, our sales representative will communicate with you further to confirm the best arrival time.
Don’t worry, we provide a full set of English manuals to help you with production and processing. According to your requirements, we can also provide equipment installation and employee training to further help you achieve production efficiency.
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Phone
0512-58622076
Service Time
7× 24-hour all-weather service
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