Designer, manufacturer and
supplier of tube bending
machines and endforming
technologies, AddisonMckee
has manufactured an eB 80
ES RB model machine for
supply to Dinex in China.

The company says the new
machine represents a
significant alternative to the
existing DB 75 machine – in
everything but cost.

A key to reducing the cost
of the new machine lay in
removing the ball screw
providing the boost and
allowing the gearbox and
motor instead to provide the
force required for boosting.

Hence the new machine
enables freeform bending for
the full length of the bed.

Given the cost of
floorspace at any facility, the
new machine’s modular
design also has significant
benefits if bed length
flexibility is important. The
standard machine is 2m long
but offers the capability to
increase in length by bolting
two sections together to
extend the bed when
required, converting the
machine easily and cheaply
to a 3 or 4m model.

The Mark 7 (Amega)
control system is designed for
convenience and flexibility. It
enables a single control
system to operate with both
hydraulic and electric
machines.

Under new ownership, the
company remains a gobal
concern and, in response to
demand from its European
customers, has restored the
manufacturing facility at its
headquarters at Bamber
Bridge.