From office chairs and classroom desks to retail display stands, tubular steel furniture is part of everyday life. Langbow supplies tube bending machinery for metal furniture manufacturing, helping you produce strong, clean, consistent frames at the volumes your customers demand.
Whether you make a few hundred seating frames a week or thousands, our machines are built to keep your line moving. Every bend matches the last, so frames assemble easily, look right and stand up to years of daily use.
Tube Bending Machines for Furniture Manufacturing
We’ll match the machine to your frames, volumes and budget. These are the ranges furniture makers most often choose.
Complete Your Production Cell
- Tube saws: Clean, square, accurate cuts before bending.
- Tube finishers: Deburring and chamfering for safe, tidy tube ends.
- Tube formers: End forming for swaged legs, push-fit joints and feet.
- Bespoke tooling: Tooling designed around your frame profiles and radii.
- Used tube machinery: Refurbished, tested machines for adding capacity on a tighter budget.
Please get in touch with us today. Call 01889 575 380, email sales@langbow.com or fill out our online enquiry form.
5 year Warranty
On New Machines
Langbow offers an exclusive & unique 5-year warranty on all new tube machines as a result our service is unrivalledin the industry.
Annual Servicing
As Standard
As part of our sales conditions, we offer annual servicing by highly experienced engineers as standard. Our service plans are designed to keep your tube machines running.
Global Manufacturer
SOCO International
Langbow has been partnered with SOCO for 19 years. We’ve gone from strength to strength. SOCO tube machines are of high quality & solid build.
Call-Out Assistance
Experienced Engineers
If you have any issues with your tube machine our engineers are available for a call out to get you back on your feet.
Applications in Metal Furniture Manufacturing
Our tube bending machinery supports a wide range of furniture and fixture production, including:
- Office furniture: Chair bases, cantilever frames, desk legs, monitor arms and screen supports.
- Educational furniture: Classroom chairs, stacking seating, desk frames and lab stools built to survive heavy daily use.
- Seating and hospitality: Café chairs, bar stools, lounge frames and auditorium seating.
- Retail and point of sale displays: Clothing rails, shelving uprights, display stands and shopfitting frames.
- Healthcare and care furniture: Bed frames, grab rails, visitor seating and mobility aids.
- Domestic furniture: Bed frames, dining chairs, coffee tables and shelving systems.
Built for the Demands of Furniture Production
Furniture frames look simple, but making them well at volume is anything but. Here’s how our machinery handles the challenges furniture makers face every day.
- Thin-Wall Tube Without Wrinkles: Furniture often uses thin-wall tube to keep weight and material costs down. Mandrel bending supports the tube from the inside, so bends stay round and smooth with no rippling, flattening or collapse.
- A Flawless Finish for Chrome and Powder Coat: On visible frames, every mark shows. Precision tooling and controlled bending leave a clean surface that’s ready for chrome plating or powder coating, cutting the time spent on polishing and rework.
- Perfect Pairs and Matching Frames: A chair with mismatched legs wobbles. Programmed bending repeats the same angles and lengths on every part, so left and right sides match and frames assemble first time.
- High Volumes, Fast Changeovers: Furniture contracts can mean thousands of identical frames, followed by a switch to a new design. Stored programs and quick tooling changes keep downtime low between runs.
- Fewer Welds, Stronger Frames: Bending a frame from one length of tube replaces several cut and welded joints. That means fewer weak points, less grinding and a cleaner, more modern look.
Why Furniture Manufacturers Choose Langbow
For over 50 years, Langbow has been a name that tube bending UK manufacturers trust. With more than 600 machines installed and sole distribution of SOCO across the UK and Ireland, we know what it takes to keep a busy production line running.
- 5-year warranty: Every new machine comes with a 5-year warranty, giving you real peace of mind.
- Annual servicing as standard: Experienced engineers keep your machines in top condition.
- Call-out support: If something goes wrong, our engineers will get you back up and running.
- Material expertise: Mild steel, stainless steel and aluminium, in round, square and oval sections.
- Machine safety: Through our partnership with Schmersal, we provide guarding and safety solutions that meet UK and EU standards.
Partner with Langbow for Furniture Production
Whether you’re launching a new seating range, taking on a large education contract or adding capacity to an existing line, we’ll help you find the right machinery. Our team works with you from the first conversation to installation, training and long-term support.
Contact us today to talk through your frames, volumes and plans.
Popular FAQs on Furniture Tube Bending
What tube sizes are used in furniture manufacturing?
Most furniture uses round tube between 16mm and 32mm, with square and rectangular sections common for desks and tables. Our machines cover these sizes and well beyond, so you can grow into larger frames.
Can your machines bend square and oval tube for furniture?
Yes. With the right tooling, our machines bend square, rectangular and oval sections as well as round tube. We can design bespoke tooling to suit your exact profiles.
Will bending damage the finish on chrome or powder-coated frames?
Frames are usually bent before finishing. Mandrel bending and quality tooling leave a smooth surface with minimal marking, which reduces polishing before plating or coating.
Which machine is best for high-volume chair production?
For large runs of simple parts like chair legs, the TB Series is a strong choice, as it bends several tubes at once. For multi-bend or 3D frames, the Auto or All Electric Series may suit better. We’ll recommend the right fit after looking at your parts.
Do you offer used machines for smaller furniture makers?
Yes. We stock refurbished, tested machines that offer a cost-effective way to bring tube bending in-house or add capacity.
Can you help us set up a complete production cell?
Absolutely. Alongside bending, we supply tube saws, end finishers and formers, so we can help you plan an efficient flow from raw tube to finished frame.
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