A swage mechanism operable to expand an inner diameter of tubing. The swage mechanism includes a housing defining a longitudinal axis, a plurality of jaws coupled to the housing and movable relative to the longitudinal axis for selectively gripping the tubing, and a ram including a cylindrical portion and a frusto-conical head portion. The frusto-conical head portion of the ram is insertable into the tubing to expand the inner diameter of the tubing.

A hydraulic tube expander includes expanding jaws engageable with an interior surface of a tube to expand the tube; a source of hydraulic fluid, a valve located between the source and the expanding jaws and a single-action release actuator operatively coupled to the valve. The valve is moveable between open and closed positions. In the closed position, hydraulic fluid can pass from the source to the expanding jaws and in the open position the hydraulic fluid can pass from the expanding jaws to the source. The actuator is movable between first and second positions. In the first position the valve is in the closed position. Movement of the actuator in a direction from the first position toward the second position moves the valve into the open position.

A device for expanding and shaping the end 1A of pipes 1, comprising: a head 10C comprising means 11 for connecting the head 10c itself to an expanding element 2 expanding said end 1A of the pipe 1, said expanding element being made of an elastically deformable material, wherein said expanding element 2 comprises a first elongated portion 2D having an outer surface 2A with a maximum diameter D1 which is less than or equal to the internal diameter D2 of the end 1A of the pipe to be expanded and shaped, so that at least said first elongated portion 2D of the expanding element can be introduced into said end 1A of the pipe 1, wherein said expanding element 2 comprises a central through hole 2B arranged coaxially to a longitudinal axis LI of said expanding element 2 delimited by an inner surface 2C, an extracting member 3 comprising an expansion head 3A suitable to move, coaxially to the longitudinal axis L1 of said expanding element 2, from the outside to the inside of said central through hole 2B of the expanding element 2 or the other way round, so as to cause a deformation of said expanding element, or the other way round to allow said expanding element to elastically return to an undeformed state, means (4, 24 25 26) for moving said extracting member 3, wherein: the means 11 for connecting the expanding element 2 to the head 10B of the device are suitable for steadily constraining said expanding element to said head for a plurality of succeeding deformation and shaping operations on the end 1A of a plurality of different pipes 1 and to allow said expanding element 2 to be replaced when said expanding element 2 is worn out, at least said elongated portion 2D of the expanding element 2 is made of an elastically deformable polyurethane plastic material, having: a hardness between 45D and 60D, and an elongation at break between 400% and 600%, and/or a modulus of elasticity, at 300% of deformation, between 30 and 60 MPa.

A hand held flaring tool for flaring an end of a tube includes a body portion and a handle portion. The body portion receives the tube therein and includes a locking actuator operable to actuate a locking mechanism to secure the tube in the body portion. The body portion includes a flaring actuator operable to actuate a flaring mechanism to flare the end of the tube when the tube is secured in the body portion. The handle portion includes a grip portion that is grasped by a user's hand for supporting the body portion of the flaring tool during a flaring process of the tube. While the user is holding the handle portion to support the hand held flaring tool, the user is able to access and actuate first and second user inputs disposed at and accessible at the handle portion to actuate the locking actuator and flaring actuator.

A pipe enlarging device includes a base, an operation unit and a clamping unit. The clamping unit is received in the base and includes movable front, rear, left and right clamps, multiple resilient members and a front threaded rod. The front, rear, left and right clamps are resiliently movable when the front threaded rod is rotated so as to form an adjustable clamping area between the front, rear, left and right clamps. The clamping area is used to clamp pipes of different sizes. The operation unit includes a top threaded rod with a cone-shaped member which is used to enlarge the inner diameter of the pipes.

A pipe enlarging device includes a base, an operation unit and a clamping unit. The clamping unit is received in the base, and includes movable front and rear clamps and a front threaded rod. The front and rear clamps are resiliently movable when the front threaded rod is rotated so as to form an adjustable clamping area between the front and rear clamps. The clamping area is used to clamp pipes of different sizes. The operation unit includes a top threaded rod with a cone-shaped member which is used to enlarge the inner diameter of the pipes.

A mechanical spreader along a spreading axis, characterized in that it comprises a support (1) and two spreading plates (2), each spreading plate (2) comprising at least one bevel (3), and in that it also comprises a central rod (4) able to slide in said support (1) between the two spreading plates (2), said central rod (4) comprising a plurality of bevels (5) having a profile complementary to the bevels (3) of said spreading plates (2), the bevels (5) of said central rod (4) being in contact with the bevels (3) of said spreading plates (2), said spreader also comprising return means able to exert a return force on the spreading plates (2), means for pushing the central rod (4) and means for immobilizing the spreading plates (2) in planes perpendicular to said spreading axis.

An expansion tool includes a working element configured to expand an end of a tube. The working element includes a plurality of jaws movable between a closed position and an expanded position. The expansion tool also includes first mandrel with a first contact surface and a second mandrel coupled to the first mandrel. The second mandrel has a second contact surface. The first mandrel and the second mandrel are movable together relative to the jaws between a retracted position and an extended position. The first contact surface and the second contact surface are engageable with the jaws to move the jaws from the closed position toward the expanded position in response to movement of the first mandrel and the second mandrel from the retracted position toward the extended position.

A pipe flaring device is described. The device includes a main body extending along a mainly longitudinal direction. The main body also includes a flaring unit. The flaring unit interacts with an end of pipe to be flared. The main body also includes a die carrier arranged at the front of the flaring unit; and a flaring die. The flaring die includes a center channel which houses the pipe to be flared. The device includes a conical inner surface whose tapered end diverges towards the flaring unit and so that the inner surface matches a conical outer surface of the flaring die.

An adjustable insertion-depth tube flaring tool is provided. A selector housing is disposed on a yoke. An adjustment nut is disposed within the selector housing. An adjustment screw is disposed within at least one of the selector housing and the yoke. A clutch housing has therein at least one biasing element, at least one lower clutch plate, and at least one upper clutch plate. An upper clutch plate rotation supporting element interacts with a lower clutch plate rotation supporting element to facilitate rotation of the upper clutch plate over the lower clutch plate in one direction. At least a portion of a shaft proximal end and an upper clutch plate inner wall are shaped to interact with one another in such a manner that the upper clutch plate is selectively prevented from rotating about the shaft proximal end when the upper clutch plate is disposed on the shaft proximal end.