Bringing total tube technology to Tube Düsseldorf 2026

Unison Ltd, the UK-based inventor of ultra-precise, all-electric tube manipulation, will present the capabilities of its full range of tube bending machines, its Pneuform wire forming technologies and its Opt2Sim Scan tube measurement system at Tube Düsseldorf 2026 in Germany on 13-17 April.

High accuracy, CNC-controlled manual tube bending

On show and operational at Stand B27 in Hall 6 will be one of the company’s manually operated and CNC-controlled EvBend 1000 precision tube bending machines (photo, top). Designed for low volume, high-accuracy prototyping and production, Unison EvBend models are used widely across aerospace and MRO, Formula 1 and the oil & gas industry. Highly affordable, they provide three-axis mandrel, multi-plane tube and pipe bending at a fraction of the cost of fully automated machines.

In addition to the EvBend 1000, which is designed for bending tube of up to 16 mm in diameter (22 mm in copper), a larger machine, the EvBend 2000, is also available. Built to bend tube of up to 50 mm in diameter, its bending function is servo-assisted. Both EvBend machines feature a 15-inch PC-based touchscreen controlled by a CNC that is capable of processing up to 100 bends per component, storing infinite parts and connecting to CAD and most tube measuring systems.

Opt2Sim Scan – for rapid, precise and consistent results

Unison says its Opt2Sim Scan system is quite possibly the most advanced handheld tube measurement solution on the market, combining rapid scanning of tube geometry with easy extraction of tube data.

Teamed with a Creaform handheld 3D scanner to measure the tube or component users wish to replicate or measure, operators need only enter bending data into Opt2Sim Scan then compare measured tube dimensions to master file data and send any corrections directly to the bending machine. Offering considerable scan points without compromising speed, the constant reference geometry provided by Opt2Sim Scan ensures accurate results, with ‘compare to master’ and feedback to the bending machine proving quick and seamless.

Pneuform wire bending machines

Pneuform wire and small-diameter tube bending machines are widely seen as setting the industry standard by manufacturers of beer coolers, drink dispensers, HVAC equipment, and small-diameter automotive parts. Pneuform’s range of 3D rotary head bending machines includes models capable of precision-bending mild steel wire of 3 mm to 16 mm in diameter, and tube of up to 20 mm in diameter.

As standard, all Pneuform machines are equipped with Yaskawa drives and Unison’s user-friendly software for easy programming, operation and control. Other machines in the Pneuform range include twin-head wire and tube bending machines, rotating wire 3D bending machines, enamelled wire stripping and bending machines, and copper and aluminium busbar bending machines. Optional heading machines and press stations are also available for secondary operations.