Case studies: delivered machines and what they taught us
A delivery is the most honest document a factory has: the machine, the configuration, the commissioning scope and the things that had to be solved on site. These pages are that record, with customer names withheld and no invented numbers.
The cases
- 100-ton, 2.5 m press brake for an overseas fabricator — a mid-range CNC brake delivered against a tight shop footprint, and the specification decisions that made it fit.
- 110-ton, 4 m electric-hydraulic brake with matching shear — the commissioning record: what was checked on site, in what order, and what the customer signed off against.
- 400-ton, 6 m plate press brake — the heavy end: deflection, rigging and what a large machine demands of the receiving building.
How to read these
Each case follows the same structure: the requirement as the customer stated it, the configuration as built, the delivery and commissioning scope, and the engineering notes — the decisions where the honest answer was “it depends” and what settled it. Machine specifications come from the actual build records.
What these pages are not
They are not testimonials, and they do not contain performance percentages. If a claim on this site cannot be traced to a document, it does not appear — the same rule that governs our inspection records and our projects page. If you need references for a purchase decision, ask us and we will tell you honestly which customers we are free to put you in touch with.
Frequently asked questions
Why are there no customer names or quantified results?
Because most customers prefer anonymity, and because we will not dress up a delivery as a quantified success story with invented percentages. What we can document is the machine, the configuration, the commissioning process and the certificate — the parts a buyer can verify.
Are these real deliveries?
Yes. Each case study corresponds to a real order and a real commissioning record, with the machine serial and configuration as built. What we withhold is customer identity and anything they asked us not to publish.
What can I learn from a case study?
Mostly the decision trail: why that configuration, what was specified, what the commissioning covered, and what the order taught us about specifying for that kind of work. That trail is more useful than a number.
Can I speak to a reference customer?
Sometimes. Ask us directly and we will tell you honestly which customers are willing to talk and about what.
Do you publish failed projects?
When there is a lesson worth publishing, yes — the troubleshooting entries in our guides come from real fault patterns across real machines. The point of documentation is learning, not marketing.
Ask about a delivery like yours
Tell us the part, the material and the floor space. We will tell you which configuration a similar order received, and why.