FOCUS ON FOLDING
The new PowerBend Multi motorised folder . catch points when folding flashings and slitter light curtains provide positive finger detection during slitter operations ,” it explained .
SWI ’ s range includes Simplex and Duplex folders ; Marxman slitters ; integrated cutto-length lines ; uncoilers ; recoilers ; multistation uncoilers ; rollformers and complete customised process lines . Its customers include large roofing companies as well as hundreds of family-owned enterprises around the globe . SWI ’ s latest model Duplex folder incorporates dozens of advances in control and mechanical design .
Schechtl ( Edling , Germany ) began as a blacksmith shop , run by Josef Schechtl , in 1910 . 22 years later , it produced its first folding machine . Today , it manufactures shears and folders for sheet metalworking with various distributors throughout the world .
Its folder range includes the MAX ; MAX-F ; MAB ; MAZ ; MAE and MBM series . The Model MAX is a motor-driven folder with a capacity of max . 1.5mm ( 3100mm working length ).
“ The speed of the bending beam at 80 °/ second and the opening of the upper beam at 50mm / sec are impressive . The upper beam opens while the bending beam moves down so the part can be positioned for the next step simultaneously . The combination of the Schechtl CNC touch control , the motor-operated back gauge and the movable foot switch provides a bending system for one-man-operation even for sheets of up to 3100mm ,” it explained .
The Schröder Group will present its broad portfolio of sheet-metalworking machines at EuroBLECH in Hanover , Germany ( 25-28 October 2022 ). Highlights will include the fully automatic folding beam tool-changer on its EVO Center motorised sheet-metal folder and presentation of the PowerBend Multi . The EVO Center has been developed for industrial series production with high repeatability and offers several automation options .
A completely redesigned version of the PowerBend Professional folder will also be on display , with the option of a rotating clamping beam . This machine has an increased clamping beam stroke of 500mm and now offers more space for bulky workpieces
“ At EuroBLECH , we will be focusing on the flexibility of the machine to efficiently produce single pieces and small batches . Whereas rapid automatic changes of up to 400mm-high tools on the clamping beam were already possible via two asynchronously movable gripper units , there is now another special feature to showcase . The EVO Center will be equipped with an automatic tool changer for the folding beam . Recesses ( e . g . for loops that are not to be folded ) can now be set , as required , by the program control ,” the bending specialist
outlined .
It offers a wide portfolio of folding machines , including the MAKU ; MAK 4 Evolution UD ; Bending Centre ; the automated EVO-Centre ; the SPB Evolution UD ; PowerBend Industrial / Professional / Universal ; the MPB ( for thin sheetmetal processing ) and a variety of smaller models .
Sucorema is a Portuguese company dedicated to the manufacture of machines and systems for the sheet-metal industry , under its own brand Stefa . With more than two decades of experience in designing and producing its own machines , Sucorema specialises in long folding machines , rollformers and cut-to-length / slitting lines .
It will display its Stefa VH folder at EuroBLECH 2022 in Hanover , Germany , with the latest innovations . The EliteBender CNC control comes with new functions such as remote programming . A new hydraulic circuit has been developed , with proportional variation for greater efficiency .
Australian manufacturer , SWI Machinery , offers a range of folders .
“ Our Simplex folder is fast , simple and flexible enough to be used by the most inexperienced , as well as the most experienced , operators ,” it told ISMR . “ Barcode scanning and integration with the ShopLink & eBend app is available and the machine boasts a recessed fold apron geometry with 23 ” touch-screen controller . A sleek clamp and apron design eliminates
Simplex folding technology from SWI Machinery .
Sucorema-Stefa ’ s folder technology .
Tennsmith ( based in McMinnville , Tennessee , USA ) was founded by Ray Smith Sr . and was first known as the Smith Machine Tool Company . In 2011 , the company purchased Roper Whitney and its acquired companies ; Pexto and Connecticut . Today , Tennsmith ’ s sheet-metal tools and fabrication equipment include automatic folders ; hand brakes ; shears ; slip rolls ; cleat benders ; notchers ; rotary machines etc .
Its portfolio includes EvoBend Up / Down folders ( D300 , D600 and D800 ); long folders ( AutoMax AM2116 and AutoMax AM2114 by Roper Whitney ); straight folders ( SBS and Roper Whitney ’ s AutoBrake ) and multi-tooling systems ( MTS series and Roper Whitney ’ s Kombi series ). It also features hand brakes ( straight , box and pan , and universal ); coilprocessing equipment ( slit-to-width and cut-to-length machines ); foot / hand shears and roll-bending equipment and benders .
UK-based Warco offers a range of small bending machines and folders for sheet-metal applications , including box and pan folders ; a 3-in-1 universal sheet-metal machine and mini slip rolls for sheet metal . n