Milestones
Pines has 75 patents issued since 1943 and current engineering designs have patents pending.| 2008 | First CNC-250 delivered (10" schedule 80 pipe). | |||
| 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 CNC100 bender - the fastest 4" bender on the market - Introduction of the Pines Vision Remote Service System |
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| 2000 | - Soft Clamp Safety Device - Dial-A-Bend© VI PLC |
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| 1997 | - Electric Bender - Windows based Control - Pressure Die Booster System |
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| 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. |
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| 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”. |
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| 1943 | First machines designed specifically for bending tubing. |
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