Unison consumable tooling
Luke Gibson, Unison Sales Applications Engineer
A little over 12 months since launching its new bend tooling service, Unison Ltd has invested further to meet the increasing demand for its consumable and high-precision bend tools from customers around the world.
Introduced in 2023, following the creation of a bend tooling center at the company's headquarters in the United Kingdom, the aim of the service was to extend Unison's already comprehensive tooling offering. Equipped with the latest manufacturing technologies, it has brought greater convenience to Unison customers, while also giving users of other makes of tube bending machines rapid access to Unison's high-quality consumable and long-life products.
"Since commencing the new tooling service, uptake has been phenomenal," said Luke Gibson, Unison's Sales Applications Engineer. "So much so, we have just invested further in specialist bend tooling machinery to further increase our manufacturing capability. At full capacity, we can produce hundreds of individual tooling items each day, all ready for shipping. Fully tailored tooling agreements are prepared for customers to ensure the tooling they require is always available, while tooling such as mandrel balls and wiper dies are held in stock for immediate dispatch."
By holding pre-agreed stocks of consumable tooling on behalf of its customers, Unison ensures faster delivery times than for tooling that is made to order. Unison's consumable tooling agreements enable customers to minimize the volume of tooling they would typically keep on site and benefit from the associated cost savings. On-demand, next day and scheduled deliveries eliminate the risk of a tooling shortage stopping production and provide the opportunity to standardize tooling across different manufacturing sites. As part of the service, Unison also offers volume discounts and the convenience of easy budgeting through regular payment plans.
"Regardless of a customer's consumable bend tool requirements, be it wiper dies, mandrel balls or other goods, we will create an agreement that meets their needs perfectly," said Gibson. "No matter where a customer is based, we will hold ample stocks of the bend tools they frequently require at one of our UK, USA or partner facilities around the world, for dispatch as and when they are needed."
As well as aluminum bronze consumable bend tooling, Unison also produces long-life precision tooling for the most challenging tool manipulation applications.
"Choosing Unison tooling means de-risking your processes, as we ensure every tool fits perfectly and makes parts accurately," said Gibson. "We can also customize tool mounts so that new tooling can be used with existing machines, while our quick-change collets and mandrels and bar-coded tooling further streamline the tube manipulation process and help businesses save time and money."
For more information contact:
Unison Tube LLC
240 Eastwood Drive
Danville, VA 24540
828-808-4286
sales@unisonltd.com