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Bus/Financial - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / Sheet metalwork | | French term or phrase: Plieuse à tablier | Hi all,
I'm proofing an inspection report in a piece of machinery (above), used to bend sheet metal.
It's an OEMB, type H 200-40, although I can't see any references to this online.
Other info:
Puissance: 180 bar
Energie motrice: Electricité
"Cette machine permet de plier et de couper des toles de:
longeur de pliage: 4020mm
épaisseur de pliage: acier A40, 2mm
This is what it looks like, although not the one from the original file: http://www.machine-outil.com/gfx/produits/petit/4527-plieuse...
Not being particular well acquainted to these type of machines, does anyone know what they are called in English? I've seen several possible options including:
Sheet metal brake machine,
Sheet metal bending machine
Metal bending brake machine
Can anyone confirm if any of these are correct/most appropriate?
Thanks
David |
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| | English translation:press-brake | Explanation:
bending machine
Some useful suggestions on Linguee (see url supplied) |
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 claude-andrew
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| Grading comment Thanks Claude-andrew, having done a little more research, this was the most appropriate given the context.
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4 hrs confidence: flatbed sheet metal folder and guillotine
Explanation:
www.crosthwaiteandgardiner.com/workshops/fabrication-workshop
"... we have a 6' x 12' cast iron flat bed. We have an English Wheel for rolling new body panels and box and pan sheet metal folders and sheet metal guillotine"
www.wedgeneering.co.uk/workshop_and_equipment.htm
"Bench-mounted sheet steel guillotine ..... As it's an ex-school machine (the bed has a casting date of December 1977) it has of course done no real work, ..."
I believe that a press brake is for metal forming and bending, rather than folding and cutting.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2012-01-23 13:30:32 GMT)
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"Bending is a metal forming process in which a force is applied to a piece of sheet metal, causing it to bend at an angle and form the desired shape. ...
... Bending is typically performed on a machine called a press brake, which can be manually or automatically operated. For this reason, the bending process is sometimes referred to as press brake forming."
http://www.custompartnet.com/wu/sheet-metal-forming
Having just checked the picture you gave (which I should, of course, have done in the first place), I note the apparent absence of a flatbed.
"FOLDERS
Folders are machines used for the forming of sheet metal. Sometimes referred to as a “pan brake” or “finger brake”, folders can be manually controlled or computer controlled. Although all of the forming that these machines perform can be performed in a press brake, a folder makes the process much simpler for specific applications like panels, pans, trim molding etc. The typical application for a folder is limited to 10 gage ( 0.135” ) material or thinner and with folds (or bends) in only one direction much like one might envision a pan. Unlike a press brake, the folder supports all the material on the table of the machine and only the “flange” or material being bent is showing from the forming fingers. Typically flanges are less than 1.5” in height.
The folder clamps or pinches material between an upper or lower ram which often includes tooling called “fingers” to reach inside of parts with up-bent side flanges. Once clamped, a lower “beam” swings upward folding the material across the length of the machine or tooling. This process provides for the most accuracy in forming as any blank shape inaccuracy is formed into the first flange folded. The material is precisely gaged from a back gage located within or upon the support table. Although limited to thin gage applications this process usually turns a press brake operation from a two person operation to a one person operation and will greatly increases the accuracy and speed of the part being formed."
http://www.kdcapital.com/Fabrication.html
I suppose that the spelling of "guage" as "gage" is a US spelling?
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