Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
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Hi guys.
I am trying to flange a copper tube which is Ø12.7mm diameter and 1.24mm thickness.
Please check this picture.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66323701@N04/1672757...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66323701@N04/1693360...
The pipe end should be Ø18.5mm after flanging.
Is there a flanging tool kit suitable for such application?
I tried to search for flanging tool kit but all I could find was flaring tool kit.
I am trying to flange a copper tube which is Ø12.7mm diameter and 1.24mm thickness.
Please check this picture.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66323701@N04/1672757...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66323701@N04/1693360...
The pipe end should be Ø18.5mm after flanging.
Is there a flanging tool kit suitable for such application?
I tried to search for flanging tool kit but all I could find was flaring tool kit.





RE: Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
http://www.harborfreight.com/double-tube-flaring-t...
Then put a thick washer on the tool's cone and use it to press the flare flat.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
Thank you so much.
Actually, I was thining about the double flaring and making the tube end flat using a washer.
But, the flaring clamp is causing some very deep scratch around the clamping area on tube surface which I should avoid at the moment.
Is there some tube flanging tool kit or device dedicated for copper tube flanging without scratch?
RE: Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
RE: Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
RE: Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
The pipe end should be Ø18.5mm after flanging.
After the flanging, it must be looked exactly like this picture.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66323701@N04/1672757...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66323701@N04/1693360...
RE: Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
Try to find a tool with a gentler clamp.
Do it on a bench.
Secure the clamp to one end of the bench.
Clamp lightly.
Secure the other end of the tube to the bench.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.
WWW.amlinereast.com
RE: Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
Thank you for your answers.
The material is very rigid one. Not flexible at all.
The material of this copper tube is C1220T.
RE: Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Flanging Ø12.7mm copper tube
I just contacted the material supplier.
He said the copper tube is a drawn tube.
I asked whether the tube is annealed one but he didn't know it for sure.