Method for induction bend forming a pressure-tight pipe having a large wall thickness and a large diameter, in particular on a power-station and pipeline pipe; said method comprising at least the following steps: - mounting the unprocessed pipe on a machine bed; - advancing the pipe through an annular inductor of an electrical induction unit at a pipe advancement speed v R; - clamping the front pipe portion in a bending lock, which is mounted on a bending arm, which is pivotable about a vertical rotation axis that is disposed laterally of the pipe; - energizing the induction unit with a current, in order for a pipe portion that lies within the inductor to be heated; - deflecting the bending arm by longitudinally advancing the pipe up to the completion of a pipe elbow; characterized in that - the pipe by way of the rear end thereof is chucked in a holding device which is mounted so as to be displaceable in the direction of a pipe longitudinal axis; - an initial tangent of the pipe in an initial phase t1 is heat treated in that the initial tangent is pushed through the inductor without engagement of the bending lock; - the pipe advancement is stopped at a point in time t2 at the end of the initial tangent, and the inductor is moved along the pipe counter to the advancement direction, while the bending lock on the pipe is closed; - in order for bending of the pipe to be initiated, the displacement speed a v I of the inductor in a phase t3 is reduced to zero, and the latter is moved into the bending position thereof, and that the advancement of the pipe is simultaneously started until a process pipe advancement speed v R is attained; - a pipe elbow is produced at a constant pipe advancement speed v R of the pipe in a phase t4; - the pipe advancement speed v R is reduced in a phase t5, and the inductor is accelerated counter to the advancement direction, wherein the bending lock is opened; - an end tangent is heated in a phase t6 by further advancing the inductor in the opposite direction. - mounting the unprocessed pipe on a machine bed; - advancing the pipe through an annular inductor of an electrical induction unit at a pipe advancement speed v R; - clamping the front pipe portion in a bending lock, which is mounted on a bending arm, which is pivotable about a vertical rotation axis that is disposed laterally of the pipe; - energizing the induction unit with a current, in order for a pipe portion that lies within the inductor to be heated; - deflecting the bending arm by longitudinally advancing the pipe up to the completion of a pipe elbow; - the pipe by way of the rear end thereof is chucked in a holding device which is mounted so as to be displaceable in the direction of a pipe longitudinal axis; - an initial tangent of the pipe in an initial phase t1 is heat treated in that the initial tangent is pushed through the inductor without engagement of the bending lock; - the pipe advancement is stopped at a point in time t2 at the end of the initial tangent, and the inductor is moved along the pipe counter to the advancement direction, while the bending lock on the pipe is closed; - in order for bending of the pipe to be initiated, the displacement speed a v I of the inductor in a phase t3 is reduced to zero, and the latter is moved into the bending position thereof, and that the advancement of the pipe is simultaneously started until a process pipe advancement speed v R is attained; - a pipe elbow is produced at a constant pipe advancement speed v R of the pipe in a phase t4; - the pipe advancement speed v R is reduced in a phase t5, and the inductor is accelerated counter to the advancement direction, wherein the bending lock is opened; - an end tangent is heated in a phase t6 by further advancing the inductor in the opposite direction.