Our customers are able to obtain a wide range of bend geometries and total design flexibility with customized radius and angle (other than the conventional 45o and 90o) bends.

The production of high-quality bends depends on the manufacturing process of the steel pipe that is transformed into the bend. During the hot induction bending process, thinning inevitably occurs on the extrados of the bend. Therefore, a tailor-made mother pipe must be produced in order to comply with minimum wall thickness after bending.

Obtaining the most suitable chemical composition is also important as this enables the recovery of the pipe’s material properties following the hot induction bending process. Depending on pipe dimensions, grades and final bending conditions, alloying elements can be added to the steel in order to guarantee the required hardness and mechanical properties and to ensure that the bend's chemistry matches as much as possible the line pipe's chemistry.