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Bending force follows material and length, not thickness alone
A long bend in stainless needs far more than the same thickness in aluminium over a short length. Tell us the worst-case bend you actually run and we size from that.
Machine category 03
Sheet metal machines
Bending, shearing, rolling and plasma cutting — the line that turns flat stock into a finished assembly.
Sheet work is a sequence, not a machine. Cut, bend, roll, join — and the bottleneck moves as soon as you fix one station. The useful question is which step is currently deciding what you can promise a customer.
We supply the stations individually and as a line, and we size them against each other so the press brake is not waiting on the shear, or the other way round.
What it is for
- Panels, cabinets, enclosures and ducting
- Tanks, hoppers and cylindrical vessels
- Structural brackets and gussets
- Cladding and architectural sheet work
- Repeat production of a folded part to one bend allowance
How to choose
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Back gauge and controller decide setup time
On short runs, the time lost setting up outweighs the time spent bending. A programmable gauge pays for itself in a job shop long before it does in a factory making one part all week.
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Tooling is part of the purchase
Punches and dies are what actually make the bend. Buying a brake without budgeting the tooling for your range of radii is the most common way a good machine underperforms.
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Decide where cutting happens
A shear is fast and cheap for straight cuts. A plasma or fiber table earns its place the moment parts stop being rectangles. Many shops need both, and the split is worth working out before buying either.
Questions we are asked
Can you supply a complete sheet metal line?
Yes — cutting, bending, rolling and joining, specified against each other and against your floor space so the stations balance rather than queue.
Do you supply press brake tooling?
Yes, punches and dies are stocked as part of the tooling range, so a change of radius does not mean a change of supplier.
Tell us the part you need to make
An engineer reads every request. Usually the same working day.
Related
- Fiber laser machines Open-table and enclosed cutters, plus laser welding — the fastest route from a sheet to a finished edge.
- Duct & HVAC machines TDF lines and duct fabrication — the equipment that decides whether an HVAC contract is profitable.
- Welding & cutting MIG, TIG and plasma — the joint is where the part either holds or fails, and the machine decides which.