Rod bending tools range from small, handheld devices, to automated machines. Bending tools are made to adjust the bending angle by reference, stroke measure or angle measure. There are several classification of bending tools. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Acme Wire Products Company, Incorporated
Mystic, CT | 800-723-7015Acme Wire Products provides close tolerance wire fabrications using steel and stainless steel. Customized applications include a wide range of wire forms for many different applications. Acme works with wire from .050 to .500 diameter.
Wire Products Company, Inc
Cleveland, OH | 216-267-0777Looking for springs, stampings, or wire forms? At Wire Products Company, we manufacture all three. Our components are produced on modern cnc wire forming equipment & multislide machines. Our wire forms can be shaped in diameters from .005” - .500”. ISO 9001:2000 certified with any size run available.
Rives Manufacturing, Inc.
Rives Junction, MI | 517-569-3380Rives Manufacturing provides exceptional service for hot upset, cold headed parts and precision CNC wire forms, wire specialties and wire goods. Heavy coining, drilling, machining and thread rolling services are available. Contact Rives for quality wire forms in all shapes and sizes.
Royal Wire Products, Inc.
North Royalton, OH | 877-548-9973Royal Wire Products specializes in wire forms, wire products, wire racks and wire displays available in basic steel, stainless steel, inconel and monel. We offer special equine grooming rolling wire baskets and other products for horses. Contact us for either standard or custom-made quality wire forms.
Vogan Manufacturing Inc.
New Holland, PA | 800-837-9652Vogan is a custom manufacturer of wire forms, wire rings, s-hooks, wire specialties and wire displays, as well as fourslide products and secondary operations, such as spot welding, flattening and piercing. We serve a wide range of industries and markets with durable wire goods.
Wirefab, Inc.
Worcester, MA | 877-877-4445Wirefab is a manufacturer of custom wire forms, wire racks, wire grids, medical wire forms, POP displays and other wire products. We have over 50 years of experience in the industrial and commercial wire product industry, and serve a diverse group of companies across numerous markets and industries.
Rod Bending - All-Rite Spring CompanyEstablished bending tool types are: Standard Bends, U-Bending, Offset Bending, Edgewise Bending and Torsion Bending. In their own categories, respectively, are CNC Bending machines and Universal Bending Machines-Modular Construction. Classifications are determined by the kind of bends they generate.
Standard Bending tools produce bends without extraordinary geometry. The distance between a bend and material end is rather high, assuming an adequate bearing area. The same is also true from one bend to the next.
U-Bending tools make, as the name implies, “U”-shaped rods, like piping for below sinks. When the required bends are more tight and narrow than the tool can handle, a U-Bend tool is swapped out for a bending mandrel, which has narrow geometry. Offset bending tools are used to assemble two bends with a small distance between each other in one step. Edgewise Bending tools are used when a bending axis is placed parallel to the tight side of the workpiece.
Rod Bending - All-Rite Spring CompanyThis type of tool may come equipped with electronic angular measurement component, to ensure a high bending accuracy. Torsion Bending tools are able to rotate the workpiece on a longitudinal axis.
A consumer can alternatively achieve a similar end by using complex assembly groups with standard bends. CNC wire bending machines are a fairly recent development, and they have been designed for high flexibility and a quick set-up. They are able to economically bend both single pieces and small batches with the same level of precision and efficiency as series-produced parts. The final category of Rod Bending tool is the Universal Bending Machine-Modular Construction.
This type of tool consists of a basic machine that is adjustable with little effort and can therefore be applied to a number of bends. The exchange of tools, supported by a simple plug-in system, is quick and easy.
The basic machine is comprised of a CNC-operated side stop, a work bench and software for programming and operating. Because of its modular construction, this machine offers an affordable gateway into bending technology.
After the initial investment, a machine can be customized and extended without any conversion. In other words, the basic machine provides a bending stroke, while the kind of bending is determined by the accompanying tool.
Bending tools are great for a number of industries and markets. Types of construction, among other, to which the Universal Bending Machine lends itself, are metal construction, steel construction, metalwork, machine construction and utility vehicle construction.