A British-built Unison Breeze all-electric tube bending machine is assisting Milltek Sport Ltd, a manufacturer of performance exhaust systems, in prototyping and development work at Germany's world-famous Nürburgring racetrack.
Derbyshire-based Milltek invested in its first Unison Breeze machine, a 76 mm (maximum tube diameter) capability single-stack model, almost 10 years ago in order to achieve increased accuracy and repeatability. A second Unison Breeze machine, an 80 mm multistack tube bender, followed in 2017.
Milltek's latest Unison Breeze machine-an 80 mm single-stack model-is used at Milltek Sport GmbH, the company's development and testing center. It is used for exhaust system research and development, small production runs for some of the world's leading high-performance cars, and custom tube manipulation work for several race teams.
"The 80 mm Breeze offers rapid set-up, fast tooling changes, exceptional power, rigid mechanical design and all-electric control for right-first-time repeatability," said a Unison spokesperson. "These are all attributes that Unison Ltd believes make the 80 mm Breeze the ultimate tube-manipulation machine for businesses specializing in small batch production runs."
Since Milltek only uses highly robust T304L stainless steel for its exhaust products, the all-electric Breeze's ability to successfully complete tight bends in thin wall tube down to 1D radius, as required for many of today's high performance exhaust systems, was also a key factor in the decision to purchase.
"Investing in this 80 mm Unison Breeze machine will allow us to further expand the capabilities we have on site in Germany, as well as better cater to the growing demand for 80 mm diameter performance exhaust products," said Steve Pound, Milltek Sport Ltd's Managing Director. "Whereas, up to now, we have sent CAD designs from our German facility to our HQ in Derbyshire for prototyping, we will able to design, prototype, trial and then complete batch and small-production runs on site at Nürburgring. This will not only help us to be more responsive, but also will help free up capacity at our UK HQ for our domestic and worldwide customer base."
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Unison Tube LLC
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