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BENDING AND FOLDING

Schröder folding technology .
The MAKU is ( the company told ISMR ), ‘ the first swivel folding machine worldwide with a two-axis back gauge for automatic conical bending ’. Job and repair shops , it added , can now produce sheet metal profiles which can be ‘ expertly connected ’ to each other .
“ Attica- or wall coverages , roof edge profiles and panels with a slope – these are just a few examples of bending sheet metal where edges are not parallel . So far , this has only been possible using manual intervention or by processing the material on long folding machines with the right equipment . The production of connectable profiles , with just a slightly conical edge , requires a degree of tact and skill . Manual reworking was often needed when two profiles could not be precisely connected to each other ,” explained the folding specialist . integrated into the robust , torsion-resistant machine body .”
Options include a two-axis back gauge , equipped with the more powerful graphic control ‘ POS 2000 Professional ’ and a range of tools . Another option is a folding beam moved to the back ( including cranked folding blades ), previously only available for long folding machines .
“ With the two-axis back gauge of the MAKU , job shops can now accept larger orders for long attica coverings and other sheet metal jobs . Where they earlier had difficulties with tapers of about 2mm , they are now able to achieve high precision levels ( tenths of a millimetre ) with the MAKU ,” concluded the company .
THALMANN Maschinenbau AG , established in 1948 , is a Swiss equipment manufacturer that has become a market specialist in metal folding technology . It has made significant investments , over the past few years , in new capacity and an innovation pipeline , it told
The MAKU Pro3D swivel folding machine .
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“ We are the first manufacturer to offer accuracy on bent parts ; increased dimensional conical bending on a swivel folding machine ,” freedom to bend smaller angles ; higher added Bernhard Feierabend at Hans Schröder levels of machine reliability ; safe operation Maschinenbau . “ The MAKU offers a working and automation of the sheet metal bending length of 2,020mm x 2.5mm , 2,520mm x process ’. 2.0mm and 3,220mm x 1.5mm and is a great The company has been putting significant introduction to automated thin sheet metal resources behind two new developments processing . The ‘ U ’ in its name stands for in long folding that aim to change the way ‘ universal ’. In this application range , it replaces that sheet metal processors operate their the MAKV with precision drives and an double folders . The prime benefit for sheeteasy-to-operate nanoTouch software control metal processors , it told ISMR , will be a
THALMANN folding technology .
Tapered bending on a THALMANN folder .
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