please follow http://www.vandf.co.uk/trumpf7036.html for more information on CNC bending on our Trumpf 7036 press brake. This new machine is one of the fastest press brakes in the world. With off line CNC programming this machine is equally well suited to small batch or volume sheet metal fabrication. This video shows a small emergency lighting gear tray being folded from 0.7mm Zintec.
If a production run was very long for instance many thousands of parts each with many bends then automation via press tools or robotics bending cells may be worth considering. When you have smaller batches of work such as these or when each new part to be CNC bent within a day is different in material type, size, complexity and batch size then a human operator is always more flexible. Also, the sheet metal part design can change from batch to batch needing the flexiblilty that people bring.
rayfrith1 7 months ago