This thing is pretty cool
This is one trick machine tool... I bet more than a few hours of
engineering and programing went into its design...
Looks like they are length limited on the finished pipe... I guess the
overhanging mass would start to change the bends if there's too much
cantilever. (Notice the operator ready to step in and (with a clean rag)
grab the overhung mass.) Of course, you could write additional of
software that perhaps keeps track of the pipe's changing CG as it moves,
and try to keep it balanced closely over the head of the machine, where
it's supported as it comes thru the forming die at the bend point.
Then again, the engineer that designs such oddball, difficult and nearly
impossible pipe bends (in stainless no less!) is either straight out of
school, or an unrecognized genius!
Some of the shapes coming out made me think exhaust systems, or nuke
plant piping, but some look like fancy handrails. Sure enough, the
company is actually a stainless parts manufacturer for boats and yachts.
Company is in the UK.