The FAST BEND is the newest member of the Prima Finn-Power servo-electric bender family. While technically part of the bender product line, the Fast Bend fulfills many of the needs of today’s fabricators regarding the press brake operation.

The new bending machine can bend five different parts with different thicknesses and alloys in just five minutes. It provides a solution to the labour-intensive tool setup, programming, and part handling involved in forming metal in a traditional press brake. It reduces or eliminates non-value added costs associated with the traditional press brake operation. It also provides additional flexibility with the capability to form different angles, hems, multiple corner radii, “z” offsets, and closed tubular profiles with the standard set of tooling.

The Automatic Tool Change (ATC) option, automatic feed table, and automatic inversion of positive and negative bending blades allow for more bends per side in an automatic sequence without manual intervention. The operator is simply required to load, rotate, and unload the part. Part setups as low as 10 seconds can be achieved when using ATC in conjunction with the optional bar code reader and operator instruction display screen. The operator can initiate a part program by simply scanning the bar code on the part. The instruction screen will notify the operator when the tool setup is complete, and graphically display how the part blank is to be loaded. The result is quality, speed, and elimination of mistakes.

The Fast Bend excels in high-mix, low-volume production flow wher the emphasis is on zero setup and elimination of WIP. Additionally, with its servo-electric drive, the average energy consumption is reduced and environmental disposal of oil and filters associated with alternative hydraulic drives is eliminated, making Fast Bend a green technology.

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