Wonderful DTBI-2

The DTBI-2 belongs in orthotic workshops, hospital orthotic departments and rehabilitation centres, wherever metal uprights are bent by hand. Orthotists and technicians work the iron, while the clinical team relies on the devices that follow from each bend for every patient. Bending on site keeps measuring, shaping, finishing and fitting within one team, which follows each device from the first mark to the wearer.

In use, the technician marks the bend line and holds the work firm on the bench. The iron is set on the upright at the mark, and a steady turn makes the bend. The angle is checked against the limb, and the part is bent again until it fits for the next stage of the build.

Size is the working choice. The three sizes, 4 to 6, 7 to 9 and 8 to 10 inches, sit under one item number, so a workshop that holds all three can match an iron to the part on the bench. Because stainless steel provides a firm body, the same iron serves bend after bend across many devices before it needs replacing.

No electrical routine comes with it, because the iron is non-powered. A workshop with a steady flow of devices keeps its working sizes beside the bench and reorders by item number, leaving bench time for shaping and fitting. Each bend taken at the bench stays with the team that will fit the device, from the first mark to the final check.

Three sizes in one item

The DTBI-2 offers 4 to 6, 7 to 9 and 8 to 10 inches. A workshop that holds all three covers a spread of parts from one item number.

Stainless steel body

Stainless steel gives the iron a firm body for repeated bending. The tool keeps its form from the first bend to the last.

Set, turn, bend

The technician sets the iron on the upright and turns, and the bend is made at the mark. The routine stays short and easy to repeat.

Size matched to the part

The technician picks the iron for the upright in hand. The bend then sits where the technician marked it.

Bends made at the bench

Each bend is made at the workshop bench with the work held firm. Shaping, checking and fitting all happen in one place.

One item number for all sizes

DTBI-2 identifies the product, and the size is stated beside it. A single code keeps ordering short and stock lists simple.

Hand tool with full control

The iron is hand-operated, so the technician sets the pace of every turn. Control stays with the person doing the work.

Nothing to power, charge or test

The tool is non-powered, so the bench routine covers only marking, bending, and fitting, with the usual workshop tools.

Made for workshops that bend their own uprights

A department that builds its own orthoses uses the iron directly at the bench. Measuring, bending and fitting stay with one team.

Stainless steel construction

The DTBI-2 is made of stainless steel. Technicians know how a steel hand tool behaves at the bench, which keeps the routine familiar.

Item number DTBI-2

DTBI-2 is the product item number. All three sizes sit beneath it.

Bending Iron

The item is named Bending Iron. The name describes the tool, an iron used to bend metal by hand.

4 to 6 inch size

The 4 to 6 inch size is the smallest band of the three. It suits parts that call for the smallest iron.

7 to 9 inch size

The 7 to 9 inch size is the middle band and carries the same item number. A technician reaches for it when the part sits between the other two.

8 to 10 inch size

The 8 to 10 inch size is the largest of the three bands. Use it when the part calls for the largest iron.

Three sizes under one code

Three bands share one code. Stock lists and reorders quote DTBI-2 and a size.

Overlapping size range

The 7- to 9-inch and 8- to 10-inch bands overlap between 8 and 9 inches, so a part in that span can take either iron. The technician picks at the bench.

Hand-held tool

The iron is held and worked by hand. One hand holds the work while the other drives the turn.

Non-powered tool

Nothing about the DTBI-2 is powered. Between jobs, it waits in a drawer or on a rack, a plain tool with no routine attached.

Metal upright bending

The iron bends metal uprights and similar parts to the shape of the device. That is its job at the bench.

Manufactured by Wonderful

Wonderful manufactures the DTBI-2, which is part of its range of tools and materials for prosthetic and orthotic workshops.

Choose the DTBI-2 when a workshop bends its own metal uprights and wants a stainless steel iron in a size to suit each part, from 4 to 10 inches. It suits orthotists and technicians in workshops, hospital orthotic departments and rehabilitation centres who mark the line, set the iron and turn. All three sizes share one item number. The tool is non-powered, which leaves the bench routine to bending and fitting. For a department that builds orthoses every week, the size is the only decision left once the mark is made. Each upright leaves the bench bent to the device's shape, ready for the next stage of the build.