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Tube forming is used to shape metal tubes into strong, lightweight, and functional components for industrial applications. At PVI Hydroforming, we specialize in advanced tube forming through tube hydroforming, a process that uses high-pressure fluid to form metal tubes into complex geometries with excellent precision and repeatability.
While conventional tube forming methods such as bending, flaring, swaging and mechanical pressing are suitable for many simpler parts, hydroforming offers greater design freedom for more demanding components. The process can help reduce the number of welded joints, improve dimensional accuracy, and create smooth, structurally efficient shapes that are difficult to achieve with traditional forming methods.
PVI supplies hydroformed tube components to automotive and industrial customers across Europe, including companies in the UK looking for a technically capable partner for advanced metal forming.
Tube forming is a broad term that covers several methods for reshaping metal tubes. Depending on the component, this may include bending, expanding, reducing, flaring, end forming, pressing, or hydroforming.
At PVI, tube forming is focused on precision hydroforming for complex metal components. This makes the process especially relevant when a part needs to combine strength, low weight, tight tolerances, and a high level of repeatability.
Tube hydroforming works by placing a metal tube inside a tool and applying internal hydraulic pressure. The pressure forms the tube against the tool surface, allowing complex shapes to be produced with a high degree of accuracy. This can make it possible to replace several welded or assembled parts with one formed component.
Conventional tube bending or end forming can be the right choice for simple tube geometries. However, when the component requires a more complex shape, integrated functions or improved structural performance, hydroforming can offer significant advantages.
Tube hydroforming is particularly useful when the goal is to reduce weight, minimize welding, improve repeatability, or create geometries that are difficult to produce with standard tube forming methods. For automotive and industrial applications, this can lead to stronger, cleaner, and more efficient component designs.
PVI can support projects from early design discussions and feasibility reviews through to tooling, production and quality control. This makes it possible to evaluate whether hydroforming is the right manufacturing method before moving into full-scale production.
PVI works with materials commonly used in advanced tube forming and hydroforming applications, including steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and copper. The right material depends on the component’s strength requirements, weight targets, corrosion resistance, and production environment.
Our hydroforming expertise is especially relevant for automotive components, structural tube parts, exhaust-related components, lightweight metal structures, and industrial machinery parts. These are applications where precision, durability, and consistent production quality are essential.
By combining hydroforming with additional in-house capabilities such as 3D laser cutting, laser welding, hydraulic pressing, CNC machining and measurement, PVI can support the complete manufacturing process from concept to finished component.
Automotive and industrial manufacturers often need components that are lighter, stronger, and easier to assemble. Tube hydroforming can help achieve this by forming complex shapes from a single tube, reducing the need for multiple welded parts.
This is particularly valuable for components where design flexibility, dimensional control, and structural performance are important. Hydroformed tube components can also contribute to cleaner product design, fewer production steps, and improved consistency across larger production runs.
PVI has experience working with demanding industrial requirements and supports customers that need reliable production, controlled processes, and documented quality.
PVI Hydroforming is based in Sweden and supplies customers throughout Europe, including the UK. For UK-based companies looking for advanced tube forming expertise, PVI offers a combination of technical knowledge, hydroforming capability, and experience in complex metal components.
Whether you are developing a new component, replacing a welded assembly or evaluating a more efficient manufacturing process, our team can help assess the potential of tube hydroforming for your application.
Do you need a supplier for advanced tube forming or hydroformed tube components?
Contact PVI Hydroforming to discuss your components, material, production requirements and technical challenges. We can help evaluate whether tube hydroforming is the right process for your project. Contact us to discuss your tube forming project.
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