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Hand Tube
Be nde r Manual
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Tubing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Tubing Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Bend Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Making Bends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Reverse Bends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Springback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
6
Tubing Data
■ The Swagelok hand tube bender bends 1/8,
1/4, 5/16, 3/8, and 1/2 in., and 3, 6, 8, 10, and 12
mm outside diameter tubing in a variety of wall
thicknesses.
■ Tubing should be free of scratches and suitable for
bending.
R
T Tube OD
L Required straight tube
length (see table)
L (corresponds to straight
tube length mark on hand
bender.)
R Radius of tubing bend
Fractional, in.
T R
Tube OD Bend Radius L
1/8 9/16 23/32
9/16
1/4 13/16
3/4
5/16 15/16 7/8
3/8 15/16 15/16
1/2 1 1/2 1 3/16
Metric, mm
T R
Tube OD Bend Radius L
3 15 19
6 15 21
8 24 23
10 24 25
12 38 31
Roll support
Long handle
Name plate
Tube latch
Name plate
Straight tube
length mark
Reference
mark
4 in.
Vertex
45°
Directional mark
L E
C
Example
Offset bend angle (E) 45°
Offset dimension (O) 6.75 in.
6.75 in.
Reference mark
Tube latch
Bender die
Short handle
Link
Reference
mark
Roll dies
(one is hidden by link)
Long handle
Roll support
Name plate
Tube Bender
latch die
Name plate
Roll support
Short handle
Tube latch
Short handle
3. Pull the tube latch off the tube and remove the
tube from the bender groove.
Name plate
Roll support
Short handle
Roll support
Clevis
Short handle
Name plate
Roll support
Bend Reference
mark mark
1 to 3°
Note: Do not bend all the way to the bend mark
when bending softer tubing such as copper or
aluminum.
Plane A
Short handle
Tube
Plane A
Plane B
Plane A
Tube
Long handle
Plane B
Plane A
Beginning
)
m
m
4
5.
0 s=
(2
.
0 0 iu
in
1. ad
R
Length =
1.57 in. (39.9 mm)
End
Radiused Bend
Beginning
1 in. Length =
(25.4 mm) 2 in. (50.8 mm)
End
1 in.
(25.4 mm)
Sharp Bend
C Reference C P3
mark
3 in. 3 in.
(76.2 mm) (76.2 mm)
9/16 in. R
P1 P2
2.5 in.
(63.5 mm)
P1 = 3 in.
Tube OD, mm
3 6 8 10 12
Bend Radius, mm
Bend
Angle 15 15 24 24 38
30° 0 1 1 1 1
45° 1 1 2 2 3
50° 1 2 2 2 3
55° 1 2 3 3 4
60° 2 3 3 4 5
65° 2 3 4 4 7
70° 3 4 5 5 8
75° 3 5 6 7 10
80° 4 6 8 8 12
85° 5 7 10 10 15
90° 6 8 12 12 18
Adjustments on angles of less than 30° are minimal.
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Troubleshooting
Tube
Bending
Defect Cause Solution
Wrinkled Undersized bend Increase bend
bend radius radius
10
8
9
14
3
1
6
11
15
5
100
16
4
7L (4 and 4T only)
13
7
2
12
Grip Kits
Grip kits contain two handle grips.
MS-HTB-10M
MS-HTB-8
763-008
MS-HTB-12M
Link
➁O
rdering number for shoulder screw to be used
with a link containing a counterbore.
Link
Counterbore
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Swagelok—TM Swagelok Company
© 2009–2014 Swagelok Company
Printed in U.S.A., AGS
April 2014, R5
MS-13-43
MS-13-43 Hand bender