减少过程步骤是弯曲专家SF管的最新投资CNC机械投资的驱动因素。旧金山湾区制造商已从Unison。
与现有的液压机器相比，新的CNC自动化为制造商提供了更大的灵活性。该机器允许其产生更复杂的管状形状，包括旋转式弯曲的弯曲和滚动形成的曲线，在单个加工操作中 - 在某些情况下，这些零件用于在某些情况下需要连续操作，最多可在三台不同的机器上进行操作。
SF Tube业务开发总监Rafael Nunez说：“简化生产流程尤其重要，当大多数客户预算静态或下降时。”“机械投资基于一个非常昂贵的人工成本的领域，还必须帮助我们的熟练劳动提高生产力。间接费用，以帮助我们继续以极具竞争力的速度向加利福尼亚企业提供当地金属制品分包服务的好处。”
The new machine is additionally helping SF Tube to develop its business. The company works in numerous industrial sectors including transportation, aerospace, medical devices and military equipment, and the requirements for higher levels of precision and the complexity of shape designs are continually escalating. Handrails for buses and trains are typical of this trend. One current project is a highly styled handrail calling for two different bend radiuses and a roll formed curve. This part used to be made in three stages on three different machines. Now, it can now be fabricated in one operation on the Unison bender - reducing the labour costs on the job alone by some 70%, as well as reducing other costs including energy consumption, scrap and floor space.
与液压机相比，减少能量是显着的，因为全电机在实际制造弯曲时仅消耗任何显着的功率 - 与液压机的需求几乎恒定不同。SF管目前正在进行减少能源计划。遵循前两项举措：全电动弯曲机的引入 - 取代了液压机 - 以及将工厂照明转换为低能源类型，这家52人的公司已经将其每月电费账单降低了1000美元以上。
使更复杂的弯曲形状的能力开始帮助SF管赢得新业务。一位客户已要求该公司研究概念形状，并解释使用全电动管板的技术在技术上可以实现的方法，以帮助其工业设计师生产更具视觉上吸引人和独特的设计。基于难以弯曲的材料（例如钛）的管状成分是另一个新的业务目标。欧洲杯足球竞彩
这台新机器是Unison Breeze家族的成员，能够使用旋转弯曲弯曲和/或滚动形式的工具弯曲管道，外径高达两英寸。该机器由Unison的北美合作伙伴Horn Machinealts卖给了SF管。
"The tube fabrication supply base is not as commoditised as the sheet metal industry, and some workshops have changed very little, relying on their traditional skills and tools" says Kent Horn of Horn Machine Tools. "SF Tube is very forward looking and has grasped the potential of all-electric bending as a platform that enables it to add value for clients, in terms of improving product quality and precision, and simplifying manufacture."
SF Tube began in 1987 by producing parts for buses, and has grown to become one of California's premier tube subcontractors, producing over 100,000 miles of tube and pipe parts a year. The company now has over 20 CNC and semi-automatic bending machines.