Unison have a design and management team experienced in running large complex military and commercial projects, with the constant demands which these large projects exert on quality and technology. This is our story.

The beginning: computerisation in tube bending

Unison was established in 1973 to design and build computerised control systems for industry. Unison designed the first computer controls for several well-known Tube Bending machine manufacturers in the late 70’s and early 80’s.

New territory: our own tube bending machines

In 1989 Unison felt that customer needs were not being listened to and expanded to design and develop a full range of tube bending machines. In 1993/4 Unison completed a feasibility research study into the possibility of removing the ‘Black Art’ of tube bending, by designing a fully automated tube bending machine. This method of control was revolutionary and enabled all positions and forces necessary to bend a tube to be stored and recalled by computer. This method of control was patented in both the UK and Germany.

In 1995 Unison developed the first three ‘all-electric’ tube bending machines with; 20mm, 40mm and 65mm tube capacity. The very first machine went into service in 1996 and is still in production.

Our company now: continued innovation

Since the first tube bending machines were developed Unison has increased the range to cover tubes from 4mm to 180mm diameter with the ‘all-electric’ technology capable of running machines of over 275mm. The use of the servo technology to control all moving parts has enabled Unison to build machines for customers with virtually unlimited control features completely unavailable to machines using hydraulics to move the tooling or the part being made.