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 Tube Lubricant

 

 

Welcome to our catalogue of tube manipulation products and services, within our company we manufacture bend tooling to suit the full range of MC, NC, CNC, hydraulic/electric tube bending, expanding/reducing and end forming machines.

 

 

Tube Lube No1
Environmentally friendly

Tube lube No1 or Tube lube blue, as some customers like to call it, has been developed for the environmentally friendly tube manipulation market.
Tube lube No1 is part of a range of bio-degradable lubricants, it is free from mineral oils, chlorinated and sulphur additives. 
Tube lube No1 will degrees / brake down with water at 80 deg, or you can add a little washing up liquid to speed up the cleaning process.
Tube lube No1 has been proven in the heating industry, exhaust industry, general engineering and aerospace. It is also safe to braze or weld with this lube; the fumes have been tested and are not hazardous to your health.

Application Materials: -

Stainless steel Tube.

Mild steel Tube.

Copper Tube.

Aluminium Tube.

Titanium Tube.

Applications: - 

Mandrel bending.

Cutting / Sawing.

Expanding.

Reducing.

Drilling.

Tapping.

The Mandrel and Lubrication:

Setting the mandrel in the correct position is regarded by many as almost an art form. For example a badly fitting or loose mandrel will need to be set ahead of the true centre line to compensate for the excessive clearance between its diameter and the tube I/D. On the other hand, a tight mandrel may have to be slightly behind centre to avoid tube breakage on some materials. As a general rule, the end of the mandrel shank should be on or slightly back of centreline by no more than 1mm initially. If a ball mandrel is being used, the stroke of the mandrel retraction cylinder should be sufficient to withdraw all of the balls from a completed bend.  At this point lubrication plays a large part in the setting of your machine. To reduce the angle of mandrel retraction can depend on the mandrel lubricant you use, this can make all the difference between a flat bend and a full bend. if the wrong lubricant is used the usual result is broken links or cables. Knowing this we have manufactured a tube lubricant that has been proven to reduce friction and lengthen tool life. To find out more about this lubricant for your application contact us.