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Pines Technology Milestones


Pines Technology has 75 patents issued since 1943 and current engineering designs have patents pending. As of June 2011, there are Pines bending machines in at least 73 countries.


2011
Pines Gen II CNC Benders introduced:

  • Introduction of TS-1000 Control for PLC operation of CNC benders
  • Introduction of TS-3000 Control introduced for Calendaring and multi radius applications

2010
Pines i-Line bending machines introduced to market

2009
Gregson Induction Benders added to Pines line up. Pines Dial A Bend SC control introduced.

2008
First CNC-250 delivered (10" schedule 80 pipe) Re-Engineered CNC-10 Coaxial Cable Bender and CNC-15 with New PLC Controls.

2007
Designed and developed a new style heavy duty CNC pipe bending machine for ship yard and boiler manufacturers.

2005
Designed and developed a new bender for maintenance of military aircraft.

2004

  • Introduction of CNC-100 bender - the fastest 4" bender on the market
  • Introduction of the Pines Vision Remote Service System

2000
Soft Clamp Safety Device Dial-A-Bend© VI PLC.

1997
Electric Bender Windows based Control Pressure Die Booster System.

1986
First to design NC Benchtop Bender.

1985
Development of a special bender for coaxial cable.

1978
First CNC-150 for 4" IPS pipe.

1976
First Microprocessor Controlled Bender.

1968
Development of Formulas for Springback Compensation.

1966
First open top booster.

1964
First NC system bender for boiler industry carriage, hot bender, cold bender, heater, flip table, and separate double offset bender.

1962
First Fully Automatic CNC Bender.

1960
First Digital Dial-A-Bend© Machine Control.

1958
Built the first 10-inch pipe bender.

1957
Built the first 6-inch pipe bender.

1956
Built the first 8-inch pipe bender.

1955
First to design Vertical Compression Bender.

1949
First booster bender "Pines Patented Hydraulic Tube Booster."

1943
Patented first machines designed specifically for bending tubing.

 

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