A British-built Unison Breeze all-electric tube bending machine will soon be assisting Milltek Sport Ltd, one of the leading manufacturers of performance exhaust systems, in exhaust prototyping and development work at Germany’s world-famous Nürburgring racetrack.
Derbyshire-based Milltek invested in its first Unison Breeze machine, a 76 mm (maximum tube diameter) capability single-stack model, almost ten years ago in order to achieve the superior accuracy, repeatability, control and reliability that Unison’s all-electric CNC machines are renowned for. A second Unison Breeze machine, an 80 mm multi-stack tube bender, then followed in 2017.
This latest Unison Breeze machine to be purchased by Milltek – an 80 mm single-stack model – will be located at Milltek Sport GmbH, the company’s recently opened €1.5 million development and testing centre in Nürburg. It will be used for exhaust system research & development, small production runs for some of the world’s leading high-performance cars, and custom tube manipulation work for several race teams.
With its roots embedded in the demands of the aerospace sector, the 80 mm Breeze offers rapid setup, fast tooling changes, exceptional power, rigid mechanical design, and all-electric control for right-first-time repeatability. These are all attributes that Unison Ltd believes make the 80 mm Breeze the ultimate tube-manipulation machine for businesses specialising in small batch production runs. As Milltek only uses highly robust T304L stainless steel for its exhaust products, the all-electric Breeze’s ability to successfully complete tight bends in thin wall tube down to 1D radius, as required for many of today’s high performance exhaust systems, was also a key factor in the decision to purchase.
