Aviation and aerospace manufacturing demands the highest standards of precision and integrity, and bent tube is everywhere in it. Hydraulic and pneumatic lines, fuel systems, fluid and air circuits, structural tube, ducting, and engine and airframe components all rely on precisely bent, high-integrity tube. DuralBend builds the machines that aerospace manufacturers and their suppliers use to produce these components to the exacting tolerances the industry requires.
No Margin for a Poor Bend
In aviation there is no room for a weak bend. Hydraulic lines operate at high pressure and route through tight, complex spaces in the airframe, so the bends have to be exact and the tube wall has to stay sound — a collapsed or wrinkled bend is a weak point that has no place on an aircraft. Aerospace tube is frequently thin-wall to save weight, which makes clean bending harder and mandrel support essential. And because every part is inspected and traced against tight tolerances, the machine has to hold that standard across the whole run, not just the first piece.
Recommended Machines
Griffin Hybrid CNCFor larger aerospace tube and structural components up to Ø170 mm — full servo control on the geometry axes with the clamping force heavier sections need.
Atlas BR Semi-AutoFor series-produced components — servo rotation for repeatable multi-plane bends at a lower investment, holding the tolerances inspection demands.
End Forming and Chamfering
Aerospace fluid and air systems depend on secure, leak-free connections, and tube ends frequently need precise forming — flaring, reducing, expanding or beading — to seal reliably in flight. The Vulcan End Forming handles these with tooling engineered for the specific alloy and wall thickness. Clean tube-end preparation is a safety requirement in flight-critical systems; the Bora chamfering machines prepare ends consistently for welding, brazing or assembly, and the Yalın deburring machines remove the burrs that would otherwise mark a sealing face.
Built for Aerospace-Grade Production
DuralBend machines work with the materials aerospace tube manufacturing uses — stainless steel, aluminium and specialist alloys — with tooling configured for the alloy and the thin-wall sections aerospace favours. The precise mechanical build holds accuracy over long production runs. Whether you are an aerospace manufacturer, a Tier supplier producing tube assemblies, or a specialist in aircraft fluid systems, send us your part drawing or a sample and we will recommend the configuration.
Email info@duralbend.com or call +90 212 482 41 07. We ship worldwide from Istanbul.