Bending & Forming

Bending flat sheet and plate to an angle is press brake work. Size the brake to the heaviest, longest part you run, then pick the drive: hydraulic for heavy and varied work, servo-electric when high volume and the energy bill matter.

Curving and straightening bar, tube, and structural sections is bender work. Profile benders roll the section to a radius through three driven rollers, while horizontal ram benders push and straighten heavy structural profiles, including rail and shipbuilding sections.

Forming a box or enclosure in volume is a job for a panel bender, which folds flanges on all four sides with minimal handling. Rolling flat plate or sheet into a cylinder or cone is roll bending, done on a three or four roll machine set to the radius you need.