FOCUS ON BENDING
Bystronic Xpert 40 press brake .
Above : Baykal ’ s fully automated pole cutting and bending line to make steel parts and lighting poles for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar .
Below : Blech-Tec GmbH BT-500 .
Boschert ’ s Quick-Bend hybrid drive press brake .
grippers enable handling of larger blanks ( up to 550 x 300mm ). The tool selection has also been enlarged : dies with opening widths from 6 to 32mm are now available . The active angle measurement system has also been adapted to the process enhancement .
With more than 300 ATC ( automatic tool changer ) press brakes installed throughout Europe and more than 1000 worldwide , AMADA is now expanding its product range with its new mid-price HRB-ATC model . The HRB-ATC is equipped with an automatic tool changer for AMADA AFH-ATC tools with the same capacity as the high-end HG-ATC model . The new machine is supplied with an individually configured tool package with original AMADA tools .
AMADA offers press brake products such as HG Series , HG-1003ATC , HRB-ATC , HD- NT Series and EG Series . Product Designer software can unfold 3D sheet metal models and automatically apply unfolding data and feature recognition ready for manufacture .
Its EG series electric press brake incorporates AMADA ’ s patented dual servo technology which enables high-speed precision part manufacture with additional operatorfocused benefits . Its HFE 3i , HG ATC and HG ARs press brake series encompass most bending scenarios from a manually-based scenario to a fully automated , robot-supported production cell .
Amada ’ s compact HFE-5012M2 pressbrake ( 50 tonnes of bending force ) has been developed to offer fast and comfortable bending of small parts with medium
AMADA ’ s new EG- 6013AR bending cell .
complexity . The open height of the frame has been increased , enabling deeper box bending . AMADA ’ s FAST ( Finger with Active Security Technology ) stop fingers can be fitted onto most new AMADA bending machines . The manufacturer also offers VPSS 3i software , which can simulate all processing operations at once .
Turkish manufacturer Baykal ’ s APHS range of press brakes is highly versatile . It has pioneered development of a fully automatic pole cutting and bending machine and boasts one of Europe ’ s largest facilities for sheet metal working and fabricating machinery . Blech-Tec GmbH manufactures mini bending machines . The BT-500 is a folding machine and press brake in one . Combining both bending processes offers flexibility , as both processes have their geometric advantages . The BT-150 is designed as a table machine for even smaller parts .
Boschert GmbH has produced a dynamic hybrid-drive press brake , the Quick-Bend , with purported energy savings of up to 80 %. Quick and nearly silent , the Quick-Bend only uses electrical energy during the bending process . Based on its PROFI 28 CNC and PROFI 56 CNC press brake series , with bending lengths ranging from 1000 - 2200mm , the designers developed a press brake with an innovative electric-hydraulic hybrid drive , characterised by a combined E-motor and pump unit . The bending speed range is 8 -10mm / s and repeatability is +/ - 0.02mm .
Other Boschert models include the G-Bend , G-Master and G-HD hydraulic press brakes .
At Blechexpo 2021 in Stuttgart , Bystronic presented a range of automation solutions including ByTower Compact loading and unloading solutions as well as the ByTrans Extended . These material flow solutions offer greater flexibility .
Bystronic has enjoyed success with its Xpert 40-tonne , one-metre ‘ plug and play ’ press brake with rapid bending speeds . This small press brake has already won a German design award and is made for rapid , efficient parts production . A new Mobile Bending Robot is available for feeding the Xpert 40 , turning it into a compact , automated bending cell for producing 3D sheet metal components . The automation module is wheeled in front of the press brake and simply interfaced to it in a plug-and-play arrangement . Programming is carried out offline and ByVision Bending software allows data to be imported without interrupting the job in progress .
Bystronic ’ s Xpert 40 press brake also features new optical tool detection . Cameras recognize the data matrix codes on the tools and sound an alarm if any deviances are detected . This results , says Bystronic , in reduced set-up time and improved process quality because ‘ the right tool is always in the right position ’.
Bystronic ’ s Xpert Pro press brake has now been equipped with the LAMS 4.1 angle measurement system ’ s springback compensation for bending sheet metal . Corrections relating to the sheet metal that is being processed can be stored and transferred to other machines – even those that are not equipped with LAMS . This means that all other Bystronic press brakes in operation within a company also benefit from this function .
The Xpress press brake features the intuitive ByVision Bending user interface and ByMotion drive control . It is available in 50 , 80 , 100 and 160 models with respective press
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