Machine Tools

Various dies could be used on press brake, so it is possible to get exact designed shape wanted. There are a number of press brake forming dies available to use, and they are: hemming, tube and pipe-forming, acute angle, beading, curling, channel-forming, rotary bending, offset, v-dies, multiple-bend, radius dies, U-bend, gooseneck, 90 degree, four-way die blocks, corrugating, box forming, seaming, and rocker-type.

What is a press brake? It’s a kind of metal sheet processing machine tool that bends plate or sheet material, normally, this kind machine tools are called forming machinery. This type of forming can happen in all different sizes and shapes. Each machine applies force differently, with some using servo electric force, some using pneumatic force, some using mechanical force, and some using hydraulic force. Depending on the type of force used, this will also change the impact or speed of the force applied to the metal, thus creating the perfect shape or angle with sheet metal bending. Computer numerical control has now become essential to the process too, and because of this, the mechanical press has become the most common type of press used. It’s also the most accurate and the most powerful. Used with the back gauge, the mechanical press positions the material properly so that the metal is bent at just the right angle and place.