George A Mitchell Co
Tube machinery
Company Overview
George A. Mitchell Co. represents a legacy of over five decades in designing and manufacturing specialized machinery for tube processing. Its leading technology and expertise are now exclusively offered by Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc., providing continuity for new equipment, upgrades, automation, and spare parts. The company has a notable history, having designed and built over 400 push pointers and 100 cold forming machines, alongside various material handling equipment. It also holds numerous patents in draw bench design, reflecting a commitment to innovation in the industry.
Core Products and Services
The primary offerings include custom-designed hydraulic push pointing machines and versatile cold forming machines. Push pointers are hydraulically powered, utilizing push pointing dies and contoured gripper jaws to create desired point diameters on extruded, pierced, reduced, welded, and previously drawn tubes. These machines are available in capacities from 5,000-lbs (22kN) to 1,000,000-lbs (4,450kN), accommodating tubes with an outer diameter from 0.25' (6.4mm) to 16' (406mm) and wall thicknesses from .010' (0.25mm) to 1.500' (38mm), ensuring fast cycle times for production goals. Mitchell also offers resurfacing and replacement parts for worn jaws.
Industry Applications and Specialized Machines
George A. Mitchell Co.'s equipment serves a diverse range of industries, including ferrous and non-ferrous manufacturing, oil and fossil fuels, automotive, and sporting goods. For the oil field industry, it has supplied large end forming machines (e.g., 500-ton and 750-ton for drill pipe and casing tubes up to 22' O.D.) that perform mandrel expansion or die reduction for premium threads. In the automotive sector, specialized machines include those for trailer axle tube end forming, shock absorber reservoir tubes, power steering assembly cylinder tubes, and variable wall axle tube end forming, often achieving significant cross-sectional reduction without additional lubrication. The company also provides billet piercing and scalping machines for copper extrusion, which enhance material efficiency and productivity, along with drawbenches, including a 50,000-lb capacity three-tube drawbench for the copper fitting industry, and innovative cold forming cells for items like ball bat blanks and instrument panel beams.
