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Haven Manufacturing has success stories to share from a wide variety of industries all over the world. Haven machines have traditionally been utilized in the automotive, motorcycle, bicycle, furniture, construction products, exercise equipment, and similar industries to fabricate, produce, and verify a large variety of tube & bar parts to be used in the manufacture of their finished product. More recently, Haven has acquired a loyal customer base in industries such as oil/gas production, value added fabrication, structural tube fabrication, and systems integration.

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Integration and Automation

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Haven Stacker icon Application: Tube Cut-to-Length, brush deburring and Packaging for Automotive Ride Quality/Stability

 

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Quality Assurance / High Productivity

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Rollers-icon Application: Zero defects in the automotive industry is no longer a goal, but a requirement.  An industry leading ride control manufacturer and longtime Haven customer, contracted Haven to design and build an updated version of previously supplied machines. … Video-PlayersWatch the video
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Custom Bundle Loader for Severely Bent Tubes

Bent Tube Loader Application: An automated process requires consistent parts to run efficiently.  If an out-of-print part is introduced, it will either stop the process or produce a defective product.  In this Case Study, Haven was challenged with designing a bundle loading system, …. bundle-loader-bent-tubes-videoWatch the video
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Dual-Axis / Dual-Blade Shear Cutoff from Coil

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Dual-Blade Shear Cutoff icon Application: Automotive Brake/Fuel Line. Solution: In this Case Study, the Model 803, fed from coil, was specified to satisfy volume requirements. In order to maximize the feed speed of this machine, Haven recommends using a loop accumulator …

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KleenCut

High Speed Ring Cutting

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High Speed Ring Cutting Application: Stainless Steel Automotive Clamp Rings Solution: How about doubling production? The Haven Model #620 Kleencut Supported Shear Cutoff produced 7000 pieces per hour on a 6mm long clamp ring. That’s one every half second! There is no material loss between… Kleencut-Video-PlayersWatch the video
KleenCut

Haven Partners with Customer to Develop New KleenCut Model

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KleenCut Application: Automotive Hose Clamps Solution: If you are not flexible in today’s world, you may be left behind. Several years ago, Haven recognized that flexibility is the key to product diversification and our ability to offer the right solutions for our customers…. end-finish-video-rightWatch the video
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High Productivity and Reducted Scrap

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High Productivity and Reduce Scrap Application: Automotive Rocker Arm Tubular Component Solution: This automotive application utilized a Haven Model #620 Kleencut Supported Shear cutoff with automatic transfer to a Model 939 Double End Finisher. The tube could have been processed on a Haven dual-blade… High Productivity and Reduce Scrap Video PlayerWatch the video
Automation

Automation, Automation, Automation

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Automotive Icon Application: Exhaust Tube Cut-to-Length, De-burr and Packaging Solution: Automation in manufacturing is a constant. As long as technology allows it, automation will continue to evolve. Automation has been a necessity, to help drive down costs, improve safety and…

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Complete Turnkey Integrated Line for Brake Line and Fuel Line

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Brake and Fuel Line Uncoiler Application: Coiled tubing to cut brake line and fuel line. Solution: For decades, automotive brake line and fuel line manufacturers have used Haven’s Model 801 and 803 dual-blade shear cutoffs for their cut-to-length operations. These single and double…

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Automation

Turnkey Integrated Processing Line for Automotive Air Bag Tubing

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Air Bag Tube Processing Application: Automotive Air Bags Solution: Today’s manufacturing environment calls for leaner operations, including the technical resources available for product and process development. Engineers do not have the time to piecemeal projects together with several…

Air Bag Tube Processing

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Automation

Haven Combines Cut-to-Length and Coping in One Operation

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Dual-Blade Shear Cutoff Application: Trimming automotive seat frames prior to welding operation Solution: A leading tube producer and fabricator in the automotive industry, and longtime Haven customer, asked Haven to develop a process that combines length trimming and radius coping…

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Custom Built Precision Single End Tube Finishing Machine

Tube Fabricators

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single-end-tube-finishing-icon Application: Automotive Shock Absorbers Challenge: Tenneco is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of ride control products for the automotive original equipment and aftermarket. Tenneco is constantly searching for new ways to better serve their customers… single-end-tube-finishing-iconClick here for more info
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Special Double End Machining Center Solves Customer’s Process Challenge

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http://havespecial double end machining center icon Application: Automotive Shock Absorbers Challenge: Major automotive shock absorber manufacturer requires a machine to perform chamfering, end face, counter bore and O.D. reduction simultaneously. Solution: The era of the traditional double end chamfering… special double end machining center videoWatch the video
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Integrated Double End Finishing and Chip Removal

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double end-finishing and chipremoval video Application: Reduce chip contamination from double end finishing operation. Solution: Haven designs and builds some of the most advanced process solutions in the tubing industry. But even the best solutions may have an inherent characteristic that may not…. Double-endfin-chip-removal-Video-ThumbsWatch the video