I am looking for a plastic sheet bending machine similar to the one operating in this video at 0:43
Can anyone know where I can get something similar?
Thanks.
Can anyone know where I can get something similar?
Thanks.
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Line bending machine
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MacGyverS2000
Electrical
Looks like an automatic press brake... seems like a search of Alibaba would turn up 100+ Chinese manufacturers willing to ship.
Dan - Owner
Dan - Owner
MikeHalloran
Mechanical
Can you snag a few stills out of that video, so we don't all have to do it? The portion of interest flashes by rather quickly, and keeps getting obliterated by dropouts in my Uverse (not recommended) connection.
It's clearly a programmed folder. What's not apparent is whether it also has a line heater, or whether/how the fold per se is relieved or not, and how/when the fold is fed into and out of the folder.
The name of the company _suggests_ that they're relieving the fold, folding cold, and retaining the folded geometry by means of some kind of snap fit features that are milled in the flat.
... but none of that is obvious.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
It's clearly a programmed folder. What's not apparent is whether it also has a line heater, or whether/how the fold per se is relieved or not, and how/when the fold is fed into and out of the folder.
The name of the company _suggests_ that they're relieving the fold, folding cold, and retaining the folded geometry by means of some kind of snap fit features that are milled in the flat.
... but none of that is obvious.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
MacGyverS2000
Electrical
Mike,
I saw no heating elements in that machine (though admittedly, they could be easily buried), and it looks like the fold lines are where the router made relief cuts.
Dan - Owner
I saw no heating elements in that machine (though admittedly, they could be easily buried), and it looks like the fold lines are where the router made relief cuts.
Dan - Owner
Compositepro
Chemical
The heaters are not shown but the plastic would have to be heated to bend like that.
The place to get equipment like shown in the video if from the company that made the video.
The place to get equipment like shown in the video if from the company that made the video.
MacGyverS2000
Electrical
I would think that depends upon the plastic, CP, no? With a thin cross-section, plenty of plastics will do a one-time bend.
Dan - Owner
Dan - Owner
Compositepro
Chemical
The video narration says "heating, bending, and cooling".
MacGyverS2000
Electrical
Hmmm... guess I should have turned the sound on and not skipped to the part of the video that showed the machine...
Dan - Owner
Dan - Owner
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