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When our customers demand reliable tooling, Huth delivers. We've offered American-made tooling for BendPak®️ bending machines for a long time because customers insisted on it!

We're known for our high-quality benders and tooling at Huth-Ben Pearson International. Our tooling is manufactured here in the U.S.A. to specific tolerances from select grades of solid steel. Our tooling for BendPak®️ and all bending machines is unsurpassed for bending performance and reliability.

The Huth Tooling for BendPak®️ Process

Our tooling is carefully machined with quality steel. After the machining process, we further harden the tooling. The pieces are gas-carburized and oil-quenched to a minimum hardness of 58 Rockwell “C” scale, offering reliable performance time and time again.

Watch to see the difference in Huth's design and quality. 

Many customers requested Huth tooling for the BendPak®️ machines in their automotive shops and manufacturing operations. They appreciate that Huth offers a quality product that creates a perfect bend with each use. Customers also appreciate that we keep tooling for BendPak®️ readily available in our shelf stock. 

Explore the range of Huth Tooling for BendPak®️.

Bending Dies and Back Shoes

Direct Fit 3” Bending Dies

Our bending dies and back shoes are specially designed to offer great bends on 3” OD tubing. BendPak®️ users requested 3” tooling to fit directly on their BendPak®️ benders, and Huth delivered. 

If you've seen the video above or worked with any Huth products, you know that Huth is known for superior bending abilities. Our carefully designed tooling performs reliably, especially in the critical bending cavity. 

Our direct fit 3” bending dies and back shoes fit the current version of BendPak®️ bending machines. These machines have been on the market since the early 2000s. So, if you're looking for reliable bending dies, these are the perfect update for your BendPak®️ device. 

Square Tooling for BendPak®️ Machines

Square tooling is another request from our customers who need to bend square and rectangular pipe and tubing with their BendPak®️. 

Square tooling is one of our most popular fits across the board on all bending machines. The bends are ideal for square and rectangular piping used to manufacture carports, sporting goods, and other equipment. After bending, the bend is even stronger than the original piping. 

Our square tooling fits BendPak®️ machines with a simple adapter. Square tooling is an excellent option if you want to get more out of your machine.

Part Number 798

Swager Tooling for BendPak®️ Machines

The Swage Box allows Huth bending machines to form ends that enable you to connect tubes, form joints, and finish pipe ends in many different useful configurations. Customers appreciate the end-forming abilities of Huth Machines. 

The Huth Swager tooling for BendPak®️ machines lets our customers use the Huth Swager with their BendPak®️ bender to add end-finishing operations to their repertoire. These simple adapters give you all the advantages of Huth end-forming tooling directly on your existing machine. 

Huth PKDS-823 AND PKDF-818 Adapters

Huth Swage Die with the PKDS-823  

Expander Tooling for Your BendPak®️ Machines

Would you like to do more for your business with your BendPak®️ machine? We offer a wide variety of expander tooling that can increase the abilities and quality of the bends on your BendPak®️ machine.

PKSA112 Direct Fit Arbor

Direct Fit Segments to use with the PKSA112 Arbor

Accessories For Your BendPak®️ Machines

Huth-Ben Pearson has been the leading manufacturer and supplier of pipe and tube bending and forming equipment, tooling, and accessories worldwide for over 50 years. All our products are made in America with the most reliable materials.
 
Thanks to our reputation for quality, customers request Huth accessories and tooling for their BendPak® machines. These handy accessories will help you get the most out of your bender investment and offer more to your customers—like the Rod Bracket Bender with Threaded Stud, which can bend solid rods and brackets easily!   

Rod Bracket Bender with Threaded Stud

We have a complete catalog of accessories for BendPak®️ owners available from Huth-Ben Pearson. At Huth, you can rely on us to help you get more from your benders. 

BendPak®️ is a registered trademark of BendPak, Inc.

Looking to bend steel like Superman? Our structural tubing benders increase your structural frame production with super-hero-level results.

Here’s why Huth Ben Pearson fabrication benders are the unrivaled structural frame-bending hero for greenhouses, carports, small buildings, and more!

When you’re in the business of building structures that protect people’s assets, you want your construction to be tough, reliable, and consistent. That’s why our customers trust our tubing and pipe benders, especially when their reputation is built on the reliability of their structures. Let Huth Ben Pearson be your tubing bender superhero.

Why It’s Important to Invest in a Frame Tubing Bender You Can Trust

Wondering why it's important to choose a tubing bender manufacturer you can trust? It's all about efficiency, consistency, and the reliability of our products. We've been building pipe benders in Wisconsin at Huth Ben Pearson International, LLC for over 40 years. We have a reputation that you can rely on, and we know your own reputation depends on us.  

Our structural frame tubing benders make it easy to create square, rectangular, or round tubing-based structures. Our machinery works quickly, safely, and efficiently, helping you increase your output and team production.

Below, you can see one of our tubing benders at work on a piece of square tubing. Huth Ben Pearson benders can help you build a wide variety of portable structures, from carports to greenhouses to outdoor tents and small buildings.

Tube Benders at Work

How Long Does It Take to Bend a Structural Frame?

Our Huth tube benders can make a structural frame bend in under 30 seconds without a fuss—how’s that for superhero results?! Compression bending, as seen in the video above, is ideal for structure frames. Our compression benders deliver high-quality, quick output that’s easy to precisely replicate each time—exactly what you need when building symmetrical structures and products.

When your business is built on the reliability of your tube-based structures, you need to produce products fast and reliably without needing adjustments, corrections, welding, or repairs. Each step in the process results in time lost to a job that could have been done right the first time around.

Huth’s tubing and pipe benders outperform the competition and other products on the market. We deliver exactly what you need (in a way that a roll bender or DIY bending solution simply can't). Whether you're manufacturing RV metal covers, portable storage sheds, garages, or carport frames, you can significantly increase your performance and, thus, revenue with a Huth tubing bender.

An in-house tubing bender beats outsourcing your frame bending, hands down. If you’re outsourcing frame bending, you know all about unpredictable timelines, increasing costs, and a lack of control over production. These “hassles” can become major problems that can take a significant bite out of your bottom line. If you can produce your bends in-house, you can ensure that each component is built to your standards. An in-house bender can also help you quickly respond to the needs of your customers seeking custom builds.

The Value of a Huth Steel Tubing Bender

Choosing a Huth frame tubing bender makes an outsized difference to your business. Here’s what you can expect from choosing a Huth bender for your in-house production:

Flexibility: Bend building or carport frame tubing to fit custom measurements. Expand your product line and meet customer requests without the need to pay extra or wait longer for a vendor to do it.

Adaptability: Bend square, rectangular, and round tubing with ease. You can use the same bender for many different tubing shapes, and even flat stock and solid bar.

Reliability: Huth frame bending products are the best in the business. We allow you to produce the highest quality pieces for your frame with precision bends every time, down to the degree.

Speed: Enjoy full control over your production speed with a bender made for your product type. Your line can knock out individual bends in well under 30 seconds, delivering products to customers faster and cutting out the time spent negotiating with third-party vendors.

Cost Control: Reduce inefficiencies and maintain low costs by keeping carport and greenhouse square tubing and frame tubing in-house in your own inventory. Save money by creating bends that are accurate and precise the first time.

ROI: With the right tools in-house, you’ll produce higher quality products faster, easier, and more efficiently. A Huth bender can help you create small portable building and carport frames and will last for decades, delivering consistent tube bending. Help your business grow with a Huth bender.

What Can You Make with a Steel Tubing Bender?

Steel frame bending isn’t limited to just carports (or just steel). Our customers come from a wide range of industries covering a huge variety of products. What you can build with a Huth tubing bender may surprise you!

Huth tubing benders work with many different materials:

• Steel
• Stainless steel
• Mild steel
• High-strength steel
• DOM or “drawn over mandrel” steel (aka seamless tubing)
• 4130 Chrome Moly
• Docol® Tube R8
• Aluminum
• Titanium

And Huth steel tubing benders can help create a wide variety of products:

• Carports
• Steel buildings
• A-frame storage
• RV metal covers
• Clear span buildings
• Utility sheds
• Workshops
• Barns
• Hunting blinds
• Greenhouses
• Agricultural buildings

But that's certainly not the limit! If you have an idea, reach out, and we can help you explore what else our tube benders can create. Explore our top fabricating solutions to see what we can do for you.

With Huth's structural frame benders, the sky is truly the limit. You can make many different portable structures in-house. Build your most popular products better or create custom products for your clients. A Huth bender gives you control over your output and allows you to explore the possibilities. Contact us with any questions, and we'll help you save the day with perfect solutions.

Why your manufacturing business needs a reliable tubing bender

Pipes and tubes aren’t just the (literal) foundations of our homes, businesses and infrastructure — they’re the material from which lots of fun things, like gym equipment, soccer goals, picnic tables and greenhouses, are formed, too. Manufacturers across the country make a wide variety of products from tubes and pipes.

While there are nearly countless applications for tubes and pipes, to get to the final product, you need to find a way to bend or end form the material of your choice.

Fortunately, we know just how to help with that.

A tubing bender designed for manufacturers

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If you’re in the business of manufacturing, you want to know that the tools you use to make your product stick around. Replacement costs, disruptions to production timelines, all of this stuff is necessary to avoid for the good of your bottom line. That is why Huth tube benders are made in America with a level of quality that will last you years and years — customers commonly use them profitably and successfully for 25 plus years. Our tube bender lines are both easy-to-use for beginners and just as capable of allowing experts and long-time fabricators to reach the heights of their art.  

Tube bender applications: The difference between a pipe and a tube

Did you know much of what we think of as pipes are actually tubes? Both can be identified by their wall thickness or gauge (the material’s thickness); and both are identified by their diameter. But the key thing is that, what that diameter is actually in reference to is not the same in pipes versus tubes.

Tubing is measured by its outside diameter; a pipe is usually designated in North America by NPS, or nominal pipe size (NPS dimensions are defined standards and don’t necessarily measure to the named number exactly… sort of like 2 by 4’s in lumber) What that means is if you have a 2-inch tube, and a 2-inch standard (SCH40) pipe, the tube can actually slide into the pipe.

The other difference is that tubes and pipes are usually used for very different things. Pipe is usually designed for stuff to go be pressurized inside, as well as stuff that is usually flowing, like water, gas/steam and sewage. Tube is often designed to deal with the world outside, so its value is durability; it functions as a construction element. Bridges, tables, shelves, podiums, bleachers, bikes, tents, sporting goods … the more you look around you the more you will realize exactly how common tubing is!

Another difference is that tubing can be square, rectangular or oval.

Huth tube benders can handle both tubes and pipes. That means in addition to its longevity, it offers the most versatility for your business. A Huth tube bender is able to handle a wide variety of materials, including tool, stainless and galvanized steel and even some grades of copper and aluminum. Find out more about the Huth tubing bender that’s right for you or read more about tube bender applications on our blog.

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The performance auto industry is all about speed and power. After all, what's a performance vehicle without, well…the performance?

But as any automotive enthusiast knows, underneath that gorgeous custom paint job on the slickest of performance vehicles are precision components. Everything must be exact from the exhaust to the frame, and it's in that specificity that a top-of-the-line automotive tubing bender makes all the difference.

The Many Uses of an Automotive Tubing Bender 

It's the precision part-making that really makes a vehicle take off. Not only are precision components vital for the look and performance, but frames, roll bars, and cages are critical for safety. Wherever there is speed, we all know that safety is the ultimate concern.

Whether it's the roll bar, the exhaust system, or even the engine components, all systems must work together under exacting specifications. There is no margin for error or flexibility in high-performance automotive applications.

Fortunately, Huth-Ben Pearson makes the machines that will help you make those precision bends. A Huth-Ben Pearson tubing bender is a crucial addition to any automotive shop. A tubing bender from Huth-Ben Pearson can handle all your automotive needs, whether custom-building or restoration. Huth-Ben Pearson helps you rediscover the lost art of quality automotive fabrication. 

A Huth-Ben Pearson tubing bender is exceptionally versatile. Despite the term tubing bender, Huth-Ben Pearson benders are capable of bending both pipe and tube. In other words, a Huth-Ben Pearson bender is ideal for any job you need to do in automotive fabrication, from roll cage pipe bending to brake tube and fuel line bending.   

In fact, it might surprise you to discover that some of those “pipes” in automotive applications are actually tubes—for instance, an exhaust pipe. Huth-Ben Pearson benders can handle the full range and mix of materials that contribute to the customization of a performance vehicle. Huth-Ben Pearson tube benders will help you fit and fabricate to perfection!

A Huth-Ben Pearson tubing bender is ideal for automotive tubing. Use our machines for bending roll bar tubing, automotive steel tubing, and automotive exhaust tubing. We carry the best automotive tubing benders for car frame bending and all automotive applications.
  
If you want to learn more about how a Huth-Ben Pearson tubing bender can increase your automotive fabrication performance, contact us today!

 

Our clients use Huth-Ben Pearson tube benders for all sorts of automotive fabrication applications—everything from artful custom car jobs like the exhaust work on a ’55 Chevy. The same piece of Huth-Ben Pearson equipment also makes a sport bar or a roll cage for a Jeep. Pretty cool, huh? 

Huth-Ben Pearson Makes Tubing Benders for the Long Haul 

Performance auto fabrication is about thrills, adventure, and fun. What isn’t so fun is shoddy craftsmanship, especially when it leaves you stuck in the garage, stranded, or worse. Customization and precision require pipe benders that can make copy-bends, tight bends, and precision designs.

That’s why Huth-Ben Pearson tubing benders don’t simply bend pipe and tubes — they offer performance and reliability to make precision bends perfectly. 

Unlike other companies in the automotive fabrication space, Huth-Ben Pearson products won’t break down after a year (even with heavy use). Our machines are built to withstand regular use. Huth-Ben Pearson tubing benders provide years and years of high performance with skillfully engineered design, exacting manufacturing, and ongoing maintenance support and assistance. 

Moreover, Huth-Ben Pearson’s tooling line far exceeds any offerings from the competition. We’ll help you create the automotive build or restoration of your dreams.

We’ve built our reputation since 1958 when Jerry Huth invented the tubing and pipe bender to ease the burden on mechanics who were hand cutting and welding pipe sections and making small bends manually. The explosion of amazing custom auto work is partly thanks to the invention of the Huth-Ben Pearson tubing bender. The quality machines Huth-Ben Pearson produces continue to supply performance automotive buffs and businesses today. 

What Can an Automotive Tube Bender Do? 

• Automotive frames
• Cart frames
• Exhaust pipes
• Roll bars
• Roll cages
• Brush guards
• Step bumpers 
• Running boards

Our pipe benders can handle complicated and custom fabrications as well as simple jobs. Huth-Ben Pearson tubing benders can handle virtually any material and any application in the performance automotive industry. We make the auto industry go!

Send us your best Huth-made automotive work—we’d love to see how Huth-Ben Pearson tubing benders have made a difference in your builds.

Questions? Please contact us at 800-558-7808 or visit our website for more information. 

June 2020… For Our Automotive Specialists!

The 1685 Mitey Mate Jr Hand-held expander features Huth’s Accu-Sizer™ preset expanding system, which uses accurate bull's-eye adjustments for precise expansions time after time. 

CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO

The versatile new Manual (Hand) Rod Bender bends up to 3/8” rod easily! (Part Number HMRB6017)

This handy tool provides a quick and easy solution for bending up to 3/8” rod using the rotation leverage of a ½” pin. Bend up to ¼” x 1” flat stock. VERSATILE, Lightweight, Easy to use​!

WATCH THE HAND BENDER IN ACTION

Other ideas…

Muffler Stands – Part Number 986

Safely supports exhaust components during installation. The Exhaust Support Stand measures 47″ and extends to 79″. The unit has an oversized support tray and rotates 360°. The spring loaded, quick-release extension mechanism is also self-locking. (70 lb. Maximum Capacity)

Grommet Grabber – Part Number 987

Is designed to remove hanger brackets from their rubber mounting grommets with a squeeze of the handles.

Pipe Shapers

For use on pipe including 3″ dia. Part Number 984
For 2” to 5” dia. pipe Part Number 982​

Repairs dented and damaged pipe ends or muffler inlets and outlets. Heat treated for durability.​

 

Tube Cutters

62667 Reed Pipe cutter

Easy to use pipe cutter cuts include 3 inch OD tubing.

835 Tube Cutter #30 

Simple, easy to use tube cutter cuts any tube, including 3 inch diameter.​

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Believe it or not, you can reduce or expand a tube or pipe to fit into another piece. Does it sound like magic? Thanks to the Huth 1673 swager, reducer, expander machine, you can make one-of-a-kind end forms.

Swaging (pronounced “swedging”) means reducing or expanding tubing and pipes. This cold-working metal process is used to create end forms that connect pipes and tubes together (or to another piece of equipment). The Huth 1673 portable swager-expander allows you to create many different end forms to connect your pipes and tubes.

Precision End Forms

As the old saying goes, it's hard to fit a square peg in a round hole. It's also hard to connect two pieces of tubing together if they're the exact same size or slightly different shapes. You need a pipe expander or pipe reducer to create a smaller end form. The Huth 1673 portable swager-expander allows you to create one-of-a-kind end forms.
 
With the Huth 1673 pipe expander machine, you can repeatedly create a precision end form on pipes and tubes. It’s ideal for manufacturing components for many different structures. The 1673 is ideal for:

• Flagpole manufacturing
• Industrial and municipal light mounting
• Gating and fencing fabrication
• Agricultural manufacturing and applications
• Electrical conduit fabrication
• Much more!

The Huth 1673 machine comes mounted on its very own easy-wheeling cart. Move it around your shop as needed for ready access. The Huth 1673 pipe reducer, expander, and swager allows your team to form slip joints, ball joints, flares, and flanges. Perform doming and reducing from any place in your shop. 

Sometimes it's easier to learn from a demonstration. Below is the Huth 1673 demo video that shows how this magic little machine can change your game. Seeing is believing!

Huth 1673 Demonstration Video

The Huth 1673 handles expanding and forming 16-gauge tubing through schedule 40 pipe. It even works on heavy-walled materials (we recommend using a little grease to ease the process). It's incredibly versatile and powerful, making it a wise investment for your shop. 

Reduce or expand pipe and tubing with a simple change of the swage die. The Huth 1673 pipe reducer-expander does it all. Need more details on the possibilities? Here are all the end forms you can create with the Huth 1673:

• Enlarge the end diameter on tubes and pipe with the swage die
• Create a 45-degree flare or flange
• Create a flat, 90-degree flare or flange
• Create a male ball joint or female ball joint
• Perform tube reduction
• Use the AccuSizer for precision sizing

How to Create End Forms with the Huth 1673 Swager-Expander-Reducer Machine

Wondering how to use the Huth 1673 machine? We highly recommend following the detailed instructions in your machine manual for more information, but below are abbreviated instructions for the most popular end forms. Click to watch the demo videos for each form, and remember that these are just brief overviews of the steps. 

Explore these magical possibilities and more with the Huth 1673 swager!

Enlarging with the Swage Die

Follow these steps to enlarge a tube or pipe to a deep inside diameter using the swage die. Note on swaging depth: Huth has tooling for normal (approx. 2 inches) or deeper (up to 4 inches on tube OD's over 1 ½ inches) swages.

1. Install the swage die to the Huth 1673 machine by screwing it onto the cylinder shaft in the swage box.
2. Secure your tube or pipe with the proper clamping collets.
3. Close the safety guard. Then operate the ram.
4. Move the cylinder forward slowly until the tool enters the tubing or piping.
5. Continue to move the shaft forward until the tool reaches the desired depth.    

Enlarging with the Swage Die Demo

Using the Reducing Die

Follow these steps to use the Huth 1673 machine to reduce the inside diameter of a tube or pipe. 

1. Install the reduction swage die by screwing it onto the cylinder shaft of your Huth 1673 machine.
2. Secure your tube or pipe with the proper clamping collets.
3. Close the safety guard. Then operate the ram.
4. Move the cylinder forward slowly until the tool slides over the tube or pipe.
5. Continue to move the shaft until the machine has formed the reduction. 
6. Don’t go too deep, or it will crush the tube or pipe!

Using the Reduction Die Demo 

Create a 45-Degree Flare or Flange Using the Huth 1673 Machine 

To create a 45-degree end flare or flange, follow the steps below. Keep in mind that this is a process example, and you would use the same process for the different pipe diameters. 

1. To create a 45-degree flare, start by attaching tool 853, onto the 815-die holder, with the 45-degree flare facing forward.
2. Insert the tube or pipe and clamp down. Place safety guards.
3. Slowly bring the tool up to the tube or pipe.
4. Tap the control handle on the 1673 machine and move the cylinder shaft forward until the desired flare is formed.
5. Retract the cylinder shaft and remove the tube or pipe. 

Create a 45-Degree Flare or Flange Demo

Create a Flat Flare or Flange

Follow these steps to create a flat flare or flange, also known as a 90-degree flare or flange, on your Huth 1673. The 90-degree or flat flare creation process requires two operations.

1. Follow the directions above first to create a 45-degree flare using your Huth 1673 machine. 
2. Retract the cylinder but leave the tube or pipe in place.
3. Reverse tool 853 on the machine.
4. Use the control handle to slowly bring the tube or pipe forward until the flare forms a flat surface.
5. Retract the cylinder shaft and remove the tube or pipe.

Create a 90-Degree Flat Flare or Flange Demo

Create a Female Ball Joint 

Follow these steps to create a female ball joint using the Huth 1673 machine. 

1. Attach the proper female tool to tool 815 and secure the tube or pipe into clamps with proper collets. Place safety guards.
2. Slowly bring the tool forward until it starts forming the joint.
3. Tap the control handle on your Huth 1673 machine until it bottoms out on the ridge.
4. Retract the cylinder shaft and remove the tube or pipe.

Create a Female Ball Joint Demo

Create Male Ball Joint 

To create a male ball joint, there are two necessary operations on your Huth 1673 machine. 

1. Attach the proper male ball joint tool to the end of the cylinder.
2. Secure the tube in the collet holder and place safety guards.
3. Slowly insert the tool forward and tap until the tool reaches the second marking line.
4. Retract the tool.
5. Dome the end of the male ball joint by using the 557 die with the domer die attached to the 815 to create a completed male ball joint. 

Create a Male Ball Joint Demo

Use the AccuSizer for Precision Pipe Expansions

Huth’s AccuSizer system allows you to dial-in precise expansions every time. Use the AccuSizer with the 1673 to quickly and efficiently create some of the following end forms:

Create a 45-degree Flare with the AccuSizer 

The AccuSizer allows you to make a flared end form very close to a bend in a pipe or tube. 

1. Attach the 508 arbor with the 499 arbor tip and 440 flaring segment set.
2. Insert the tube or pipe and clamp down. Place the safety guards.
3. Slowly bring the tool up to the tube or pipe.
4. Tap the control handle and move the cylinder shaft forward until the desired flare is formed in the pipe. 
5. Retract the cylinder shaft and remove the tube or pipe.

Create a 45-degree Flare with the AccuSizer

Create Male and Female Ball Joints with the AccuSizer

You can also use the AccuSizer to create male and female ball joints. 

1. Use the correctly-sized arbor and tip (both male and female are made with the same segment set).
2. Install the proper ball joint segment set according to your tube or pipe diameter.
3. Insert the tube or pipe into the base of the segment set to create a male ball joint and clamp down. Or, if you're making a female ball joint, insert the tube or pipe into the groove on the ball.
4. Place the safety guards.
5. Tap the control handle and move the cylinder shaft forward until the desired flare is formed.
6. Retract the cylinder shaft and remove the tube or pipe.

The Huth 1673 pipe expander, reducer, and swager is truly a must-have. This “magical” machine can help you fit pipes and tubes for a precise connection. If you want to know more, don't hesitate to get in touch with our knowledgeable and helpful staff today!
 

Our tube and pipe fabricator clientele rely on us when they need to expand or end-form pipes or round tubing. One of the main reasons that we have so many repeat customers is that we pride ourselves on making tube and pipe expansion easy!

At Huth, we get calls from an array of different industries—automotive, manufacturing, HVAC, sporting goods, and plenty more. Our customers have many different applications that call for tube and pipe expansion: from building greenhouses and tents to carports. No matter the application, the right tube or pipe expander can increase their output and turn a big job into a two-second task.

We Can Expand a Tremendous Variety of Materials

Pipe and tubing come in many varieties and materials. With solid tool expansion, we can even expand up to schedule 40 pipe. Our machines frequently work with tubing up to 11 gauge or pipes with a 1/8-inch wall. You can perform expansion on mild steel, stainless steel, and many other metals.

If you don't know what capacity machine you need, don't worry. We have a wide variety of industry experience. If you can dream it, chances are, we can come up with a way to help you expand the pipe or tubing for your application. 

Reach out to our friendly team today to talk about all the ways a Huth tube and pipe expander can increase your capacity and output! Or, if you’re curious to see just how fast and easy tubing expansion can be, don’t miss the video below. 

Watch the 1674/1674V in action! 

Small to Really Big Diameter Tube and Pipe Expansions

It really does seem incredible when you realize the capacity of our tube and pipe-expanding machines. All our single-head expander machines come standard with the needed tooling to do 1 ½ inch to 3 inch pipe and tubing expansions. 

We often hear from pipe and tubing fabricators who want to know the most cost-effective options for working with larger tubing. How do you expand 3 ½ inch, 4, 5, 6-inch tubing and even bigger?! Is it even possible? You bet! 

If you really need to “go big” with your tubing expansion, our 1674V Tubing Expander tips the cylinders up vertically! This unique cylinder orientation has two main benefits. First of all, many fabricators actually prefer working this way because they have gravity working on their side to hold the part against the expander head. 

The second benefit to the 1674V Tubing Expander is that you can use larger segment sets and get wider expansions when you go vertical! We have customers who are expanding tubes to 12 inches by working this way. To achieve these tremendous results, you’ll need segmented expanding tools (which we have available, of course).

Tooling to Meet Your Tube and Pipe Expansion Needs

For unique needs and applications, we offer a variety of options to help you achieve your pipe and tube-expanding goals. For example:

Expanding Thick Materials? 

We typically recommend solid tool expanding for expanding thicker pipe and tubing materials. To use this method, you’ll drive a solid tool swage die into the pipe to achieve the targeted result. 

Need a Greater Depth of Expansion? 

If you need a 2-inch depth or 5-inch, you can rely on off-the-shelf tooling. But if you need an even greater depth of expansion, reach out! We handle all kinds of special requests with custom solutions. You might be surprised at how easily we can come up with an answer!

At Huth, we help our customers with nearly any conceivable pipe and tubing expansion need, application, or wild idea. Bigger diameters, deeper expansions, and different materials are all possible with Huth pipe and tubing expanders.

Our standard tube and pipe expansion lineup features 3 ½ to 5-inch bore hydraulic cylinders, giving you up to 49K pounds of expanding power! Combined with the standard tooling, this capacity covers the majority of requests (but of course, we always love a challenge).

Our simplest machines feature a single pipe expander head in a benchtop or wheel cart format. Models 1690 and 1691 pipe and tube expanders are portable and great for any shop looking for something easy-to-use. To learn more about these amazing little “pipe expanders that can,” watch this video that shows pipe expanding up to 5/12 inches. These machines include tooling and come at a very reasonable price, making them ideal for any shop.

If you’re looking for workhorse machines with a wide range of segment tool expansions, explore our dual-headed pipe and tube expanders from the 1674 line. Our Huth 1674 Pipe and Tube Expander comes with two standard cylinders, including one that can handle up to 6-inch expansions. 

For thicker materials and deeper expansions, check out the 1673 Pipe Expander-Swager-Reducer. This machine does it all with solid tool expansion. It’s a great workhorse with a compact design. Keep in mind, it can do Reductions as well! Check out the 1673 video to see it in action! 

No matter the application or the materials, it’s always our goal to help fabricators get the results they want and need. Whether you need a standard tube expansion machine and tooling, custom tooling, or even custom machinery, we’re happy to help! Reach out at 800-558-7808 to talk about your pipe and tube expansion ideas!

WATCH 1685- MITEY MATE JR VIDEO

One of the handiest tools in the shop is your Mitey Mate Jr. (Model 1685S) hand-held expander that runs off of shop air. It allows you to work where the tubes are, for example right up under a vehicle. It quickly allows you to reshape existing tubes and easily fashion slip fits, expanding one pipe end to fit over another.  This helps you connect virtually any pipe securely and quickly. But there are a lot of other things you can do with a Mitey Mate Jr. if you have the right tooling!

Ball Joints: Ball joint segmented tooling allows you to form the tube end into a ball shape. A ball-type joint allows some motion flexibility between pipes while still allowing them to be connected securely.  We stock tooling to work with 1-3/4 inch through 3-1/2 inch tubing.

V-Bands: V band clamps are a very robust way to secure tubes. The v band tool provides the v-shaped bead you need for this clamp to work. We stock tooling to work 2 inch through 3 inch tube sizes.

Beads: Bead tools are segmented tools that allow you to place a bead form near the end of the tube. Placing bead forms in tubes are commonly used for many clamping applications. We stock tooling for 1-1/2 inch through 4 inch tubing.

Flares: Flaring segments allow you to expand the end of the tube outward in a V shape. One tool can work on a range of tubing sizes for this application. We stock tooling to work with 1-1/8 inch to 3-1/2 inch tubing.

Flanges: You can also use a tool to form a flange near the end of your tube. We stock tooling that will work with 1-3/4 to 2-1/2 inch tooling.

Header Port shapes: With a special arbor and a special segment tool, you can form the end of your tube to the shape of your exhaust port. We have a few shapes in stock, but typically this works best with a simple, reasonably priced custom tool that we would be very happy to help you with!

While we stock a lot of solutions for immediate delivery, you would be amazed at how we can help you with a reasonably priced, quick turn-around custom tool as well!

Call Us With Your Ideas, Challenges or Problems!

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800-558-7808

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New Fab Packs™ give you the tooling you need to bend a tube or pipe size… 

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WATCH Fab Packs/Size Packs Video

New Fab Packs™ contain bending dies and back shoes for commonly used pipe and tube material by manufacturers, including square, round, schedule pipe and EMT conduit.

WATCH FABRICATION BENDERS IN ACTION

Huth tooling is entirely made in America, is machined to specific tolerances and it is heat carburized to assure an extra-long working life. Most common tooling needed by shops or manufacturing fabricators is kept in stock for immediate availability.

Typically, fabricators in small manufacturing plants focus their work on a few tube or pipe sizes. By purchasing a Fab Pack™, a fabricator has what he needs bending a given tube size.

Fab Packs™ are designed around the most common tube, pipe, square, or solid sizes to give fabricators ready bending capabilities. Sizes include Schedule 40 pipe (¾” to 2”), Square Tube (1” to 2 ½”), EMT conduit and 1”, 1 ¼” Round Tube.

Not only do these Fab Packs™ give operators an outstanding value, but they make ordering easy… all you have to know is the material you are working with!

Please let us know how we can help! 

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800-558-7808

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Click Here for Size Pack Listing

WATCH Size Packs/Fab Packs Video

New Size Packs™ include bending tooling (bending die, back shoes, often ½ shoe) and expanding tooling combined into a single highly discounted package, and are set up to help automotive shops focus on specifically what they need to serve their customers.

WATCH VIDEO ON BENDING 3″ STAINLESS STEEL…AND OTHER TOUGH MATERIAL

Huth tooling is entirely made in America, is machined to specific tolerances and it is heat carburized to assure an extra-long working life. Most common tooling needed by shops or manufacturing fabricators is kept in stock for immediate availability.

Typically, fabricators in both automotive shops and small manufacturing plants focus their work on a few tube sizes. By purchasing a Size Pack™, a fabricator has what he needs for both bending and expanding/end forming a given round tube size.

Size Packs™ cover most common tube sizes between 1 ½” and 3”.

Not only do these Size Packs™ give operators an outstanding value, but they make ordering easy… all you have to know is the material you are working with!

Please let us know how we can help!

 

CONTACT US TODAY!

800-558-7808

www.huthbenders.com

Two ways to MAKE YOUR OWN BRACKETS TO SAVE $$$

Plus… Low Cost Expander Sleeves

From Huth Ben Pearson International

Stop throwing away your profit margin and bend the brackets yourself. Install it and watch it pay for itself.

POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS:

• Hanging brackets for auto exhaust 
• Utility hooks for shop organization
• Weld shop-shaping reinforcing rods
• Decorative metal fabrication
• Bend steel/metal rods and straps for all types of uses

1. The popular new Manual Rod Bender… only $81.50 to start saving you hundreds! (Part Number: HMRB6017)

This handy tool provides a quick and easy solution for bending up to 3/8” rod using the rotation leverage of a ½” pin. Bend up to ¼” x 1” flat stock. Versatile, Lightweight, Easy to use!

WATCH VIDEO HERE

 

2. The amazing Rod Bracket Bender attachment (Part #985):

The Huth Rod Bracket Bender attaches to any Huth expander or bender and bends solid stock up to 1/2 inch diameter round or 1/4 x 1 inch flat. Ideal for bending muffler brackets and hangers. It even works on BendPak benders.

Add the EXPANDER OPTION KIT (Part #92222) for full-time bracket-making capability. The 2nd cylinder makes your bracket bender always available and ready to use!

You can create hangers and brackets in seconds!

CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW IT WORKS

 

Another idea…

NEW Expander Sleeve Tooling From Huth…

WATCH HOW THEY WORK HERE

Create larger expansions quickly and easily, at a lower cost!

Great for expansions you do less often, that may not be worth the investment in a case-hardened segmented expander tool.

Available in 3.5 inch, 4 inch and 5 inch.

 

CONTACT US TODAY!

800-558-7808

www.huthbenders.com

End Forming Wizardry With The Swage Box:

Most Huth and Ben Pearson benders have a long unique looking contraption on one end known as the swage box… It is also featured on our popular 1673 expander/reducer/swaging machine as well. Swage (pronounced swedge) is an uncommon word, and it most commonly refers to forming different shapes with metal tube. The swage box is an extremely handy device for many tube end forming techniques… some think of it as almost magical in that it allows the operator to fabricate a myriad of end-forms.

“Watch Quick  And Easy Expanding And Reducing”​

In the swage box, you can do Solid-Tool Expansion with a swage die. The advantage of solid tool expansion is controlled uniformity around the perimeter of the expansion (a segmented expander has microscopic indentations between the expander fingers).

Tube Diameter Reduction is possible in a swage box. This allows fabrication slip fits where one tube is slid inside the other in a way that appears practically seamless from the outside.

Creating Flanges And Flares can be done in the swage box with flange and flare tooling. Want a flange that goes 90 degrees out from the tube end? Simple. Use a 45 degree flare tool to create the 1st 45 degrees, then spin the tool around and push it the remaining 90 degrees until it sticks out perpendicularly from the tube end.

Doming And Both Male And Female Ball Joint Ends are possible in the swage box. Ball joint connections can be used to help hold two tubes together in a way that allows some movement at the joint.

One of the keys to forming in the swage box is holding the tube firmly with the collets and collet holder. The forces required to form the new metal shapes are great… 25,000 lbs of force exerted across just a few inches of diameter. We have created a cool time-saving accessory… the dead stop system… to help people locking in the length when making repeated parts.

On the other end of the swage box is the expanding cylinder. Using segmented tooling and Huth’s unique AccuSizer system, you can quickly and efficiently create slip fits, flares, ball joint connections, AND MORE! Custom Solutions Available Upon Request.

Let us know how we can help you create end-forming magic with your own swage box! 

800-558-7808

www.huthbenders.com