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Tube & Pipe Piercing Machines

Hydraulic piercing machines for holes, windows, slots, and complete patterns in tube, pipe, and extruded profiles — single or multi-station, with the piercing dies built in-house. Engineered to your part and your rate. Designed and built in the USA since 1995.

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Tube Piercing

Every Hole in the Pattern, One Load

Drilling a hole pattern in tube is slow and puts a chip in every part. Laser is flexible but expensive per hole at volume. Piercing punches the hole through the wall with a die in a fraction of a second, with no chips and no heat — which is why production tube parts are pierced.

Innovo designs and builds hydraulic piercing machines around your part: the hole pattern, the section, the material, and the parts per hour. Parts are located and clamped once, every station fires, and the finished part comes out. For thin-wall tube and aluminum extrusions we pierce over a mandrel so the section holds its shape. The piercing dies come from our own tool and die shop.

Holes, windows, slots & multi-hole patterns
Round, square, rectangular tube, pipe & extrusions
Single or multi-station, manual or servo-positioned
Combination piercing + notching or cut-off on request

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Innovo hydraulic tube piercing machine — holes and windows pierced in tube, pipe, and extruded profiles, built in the USA

Applications

Where Piercing Machines Earn Their Place

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Aluminum Fence Rails & Posts

Picket windows, side holes, and end notches pierced at rate. Innovo's SPR150 rail machine and SPP200 post machine are purpose-built piercing systems.

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Furniture, Rack & Frame Tube

Fastener holes and hardware windows in square and rectangular tube, pierced in pattern so frames assemble without drilling on the line.

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Handrail, Guardrail & Post

Baluster and picket holes at fixed pitch along a rail, servo-positioned so spacing is set by recipe rather than fixture.

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Extruded Profiles

Holes and slots in aluminum extrusions, pierced over a mandrel to keep thin walls flat and the profile true.

Configurations

Sized to the Pattern and the Rate

Piercing machines are built to order. These are the configurations most parts land in.

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Single-Station

One die, one hit. The operator locates the part against a stop; the machine clamps and pierces. Right for a single hole or a small pattern at moderate volume.

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Multi-Station

Several dies fire in one clamp so a complete pattern is produced per load. Fewer touches, no repositioning, and the pattern's accuracy comes from the machine.

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Servo-Positioned

The part is indexed by servo between hits, so hole pitch, count, and end offsets are recipe settings. Changing a product is a program change, not a fixture rebuild.

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Combination

Pierce and notch, or pierce and cut off, in one station — the approach behind Innovo's fence rail machines that pierce windows, side holes, and end notches together.

Why Innovo

Machine and Die From One Shop

0130+ Years

02Built in the USA

03Piercing Dies In-House

04Run-Off Approval Before Shipment

Frequently Asked

Piercing Machines, Answered

What is a tube piercing machine?

A tube piercing machine punches holes, windows, or slots through the wall of tube, pipe, or an extruded profile with a die, rather than drilling or laser cutting them. Piercing is fast and repeatable, which makes it the usual choice for production hole patterns. Innovo Corporation designs and builds hydraulic tube piercing machines with the piercing dies made in-house.

What can be pierced?

Round, square, and rectangular tube, pipe, and extruded aluminum or steel profiles. Innovo pierces single holes, multi-hole patterns, windows, and slots, and pierces thin-wall sections over a mandrel so the tube keeps its shape.

How is a piercing machine different from a punch press with a die?

A piercing die can run in your punch press, and Innovo builds those. A piercing machine adds part location, clamping, multiple stations, and often servo positioning so a complete hole pattern is produced in one load without the operator repositioning the part. It is the right choice when the pattern, the rate, or the part handling outgrows a single press hit.

Can piercing be combined with notching or cut-off?

Yes. Innovo builds combination machines that pierce and notch, or pierce and cut off, in one station. Its aluminum fence rail and post machines are examples: the SPR150 pierces picket windows, side holes, and end notches on two rails at once.

What does Innovo need to quote a piercing machine?

A part print or sample showing the hole pattern, the tube or profile specification and material, and the parts per hour you need. Before the machine ships, Innovo runs your material through it and you approve the finished parts and cycle time.