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For Punching or Drilling We Have A Machine For You
Engineers at Bretford Manufacturing, familiar with the automatic panel bender’s capabilities, design parts and products specifi- cally for this equipment.
Huge Productivity Uptick
Running 20 hr./day during the busy summer season, the reliable P4 has streamlined panel-bending operations.
“We’ve found that the panel bender offers an advantage over the press brakes in certain operations,” Raddatz says. “Whereas the P4 averages 45 sec. to make a part via auto- mated setup and tool change without ever missing the back- guage, the same part would require two press brakes, and two different setups. The quantities are just off the charts as compared to using the press brakes for some of these operations. Once programmed, the P4 does the work correctly every time, so you just need someone for loading or unload- ing. Conversely, a press-brake operator would need to know how to flip the part, understand the bending sequence and a lot more. The payback sold us.”
Santaromana is quick to agree.
“The press brakes can do some things that the P4 can’t, but the P4 does not require setup and it performs automatic tool changes,” he says. “And, it can perform accurate radius bends automatically and much more quickly than on a press
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