Category: TGB CNC Machines

For over a century, the pipe fabrication industry has been the silent backbone of global infrastructure. From oil refineries and chemical processing plants to municipal water systems and power plants, none of it works without precision-cut, perfectly threaded, and flawlessly beveled pipes. But for decades, the way we processed such massive steel cylinders remained stubbornly old-school. Traditional methods—like wrangling heavy pipe spools onto hollow spindle lathes or relying on clumsy boring mills—were incredibly time-consuming, space-hogging, and outright dangerous. Enter the TGB Pipe Spool Master.

Revolution Machine Tools carries a line of Pipe Spool Master™ machines capable of facing and beveling pipe and doing so while the pipe remains stationary. From the manual machines with those essential functions, other machines are equipped with (or can be upgraded to include) a basic CNC that will allow threading. Some have options for more advanced CNCs to be added, while the best models sport deluxe FANUC Series 0i-TF CNC units right out of the factory, including the popular, high-end TGB (Threading, Beveling, Grooving) machines.

Power plants, fuel refineries, chemical processing, and other industries that transport fluid and gas require robust piping systems. Fabricating the pipes onsite can lengthen construction time and risk quality, so most facilities will choose to have segments of pipe, known as pipe spools, fabricated and processed offsite in a more controlled environment.