Industries we build for
A shop owner does not wake up needing a press brake. They need a cabinet door that lines up, a grain bin panel that is flat, a channel letter that matches the other forty. The machine is the answer to the part — so these pages start from the part and work back to the specification.
Electrical enclosures & cabinets
Typical parts: Enclosure panels, doors, mounting plates, cable tray, junction boxes
Machines that fit: CNC press brakes · guillotine shears · turret punch · 3-in-1 combo
Panel flatness and consistent flange angles decide whether doors line up. Bend length drives bed size, not tonnage — and backgauge axes pay for themselves the first time you run a four-flange box.
Read the electrical enclosures & cabinets guideHVAC & ductwork
Typical parts: Duct sections, S- and drive cleats, fittings, transitions, plenum panels
Machines that fit: Guillotine shears · small-tonnage brakes · 2-in-1 and 3-in-1 combos
Thin galvanised stock, short bends and high repetition. Tonnage is never the constraint here — cycle speed, finger tooling access and shop-floor footprint are.
Read the hvac & ductwork guideAgricultural equipment
Typical parts: Grain bin panels, feeder components, trailer sides and beds, gates
Machines that fit: Mid- and high-tonnage hydraulic brakes · plate press brakes · plate rollers
Thick plate, long parts and a lot of them. Crowning compensation and honest tonnage margins matter more than CNC precision on 3/8 in plate.
Read the agricultural equipment guideSteel structure & construction
Typical parts: Base plates, gussets, clip angles, stiffeners, stair stringers
Machines that fit: Plate press brakes · hydraulic presses · plate rollers · heavy shears
The heavy end of the shop: 1/4 to 1 in plate at 2-3 m. A dedicated plate brake and a throat deep enough for long members beat a precision CNC you will never use.
Read the steel structure & construction guideSignage & advertising
Typical parts: Channel letter returns, sign frames, posts, monument panels, trim
Machines that fit: Small-tonnage brakes · 3-in-1 combos · English wheels · manual benders
Short bends in thin aluminium and steel, plus curved returns that only a wheel forms properly. Low tonnage, low cost, high consistency.
Read the signage & advertising guideFurniture & fixtures
Typical parts: Table legs, brackets, bed frames, shelving uprights, racking
Machines that fit: Small-tonnage brakes · 2-in-1 combos · servo CNC for high volume
Batch after batch of small parts. Setup time and repeatability decide the economics — the machine that changes over in minutes wins over the one that is 20 tons bigger.
Read the furniture & fixtures guideAutomotive parts & aftermarket
Typical parts: Brackets, chassis reinforcements, exhaust components, mounting tabs
Machines that fit: CNC press brakes · electro-hydraulic servo · robotic cells · tandem systems
Repeatability and high-strength steels. Springback compensation, backgauge axis count and angle correction separate the machines that hold tolerance from the ones that need rework.
Read the automotive parts & aftermarket guideKitchen & foodservice equipment
Typical parts: Stainless counters, equipment stands, prep tables, sinks, backsplashes
Machines that fit: Small-tonnage brakes · 3-in-1 combos · portable machines · shears
304 and 430 stainless, one-off sizes and a finish the customer will inspect with a fingernail. Springback allowance and scratch-free handling are the whole game.
Read the kitchen & foodservice equipment guideSolar panel mounting systems
Typical parts: Module rails, mid and end clamps, splices, torque tubes, brackets and feet
Machines that fit: Small-tonnage brakes · electric-hydraulic CNC · turret punch · plate brakes
Long-run thin-gauge work where angle consistency across a thousand bends beats headline precision. Bend length and cycle time decide the machine, not tonnage.
Read the solar panel mounting systems guideBattery & energy storage cabinets
Typical parts: Cabinet panels and doors, battery chambers, busbar dividers, base frames, thermal parts
Machines that fit: CNC press brakes · electro-hydraulic servo · plate brakes · guillotine shears
Enclosure work with a safety culture attached: sealing geometry and batch consistency decide whether the assembled cabinet passes an ingress test. Consistency over precision.
Read the battery & energy storage cabinets guideElevator & escalator interiors
Typical parts: Cab panels and doors, decorative trim, sills, thresholds, landing door components
Machines that fit: Electro-hydraulic servo brakes · electric-hydraulic CNC · plate brakes · shears
Stainless judged by a finish standard, not a tolerance standard. Finish protection and springback control on 304 decide the machine — everything else is secondary.
Read the elevator & escalator interiors guideGates, fences & railings
Typical parts: Pickets, spear points, scrolls, panel frames, rail caps, post base plates
Machines that fit: CNC press brakes · small-tonnage brakes · English wheels · roller benders
Ornamental work judged by eye across a yard: repeatability on small parts, bed length for the tallest panel, and polished tooling that keeps galvanising intact.
Read the gates, fences & railings guideTelecom towers & antennas
Typical parts: Connection plates and gussets, leg and bracing members, base plates, antenna mounts
Machines that fit: Plate press brakes · deep throat frames · CNC brakes · plate rollers · presses
The heavy end: thick plate over long members. Tonnage and bed length decide together, and crowning gets checked daily rather than annually.
Read the telecom towers & antennas guideMedical equipment & devices
Typical parts: Equipment stands and carts, table tops, enclosures, instrument housings, brackets
Machines that fit: Electric-hydraulic CNC · electro-hydraulic servo · CNC hydraulic brakes · shears
Stainless with a paperwork culture: finish protection, batch consistency and the documentation discipline regulated buyers expect from their suppliers.
Read the medical equipment & devices guideHow to use these pages
Each page covers the same ground: the parts the industry actually bends, the material and thickness ranges that decide tonnage, the specification mistakes we see most often, and the machine lines that fit. Where a page says a machine is the wrong tool for a job, that is deliberate — we would rather you bought the right machine somewhere else than the wrong one from us.
The pages end where every enquiry should end: at the numbers that decide the configuration. If you already know them, go straight to the tonnage calculator or the machine selector. If you do not, the tonnage guide shows how to derive them from material, thickness and bend length — and the buying guide covers what to do with them.
What these pages are not
They are not customer lists. We do not publish client names, and we do not claim reference installations we cannot document. What we can document is the machine: the specification, theCE certificate covering the tested models, the delivery and installation plan, and the tooling that ships with it. Everything else you have to judge from the engineering — which is why these pages are written to the engineering, not around it.
Frequently asked questions
Why organise machines by industry instead of by tonnage?
Because nobody buys a press brake — they buy the ability to make a part. Two shops that both need 100 tons can need completely different machines once one runs 16 ga stainless cabinets and the other runs 3/8 in grain bin panels. These pages translate the part back into the specification.
Do you build industry-specific machine variants?
No special "HVAC model" or "furniture model" — that is marketing, not engineering. What changes between industries is the configuration: tonnage, bed length, throat depth, backgauge axes, control level and tooling. We configure standard platforms to the part. Genuinely non-standard parts go through our custom engineering, which we do routinely.
My industry is not listed. Can you still quote?
Almost certainly yes. The eight industries above are simply the ones we are asked about most often. Send the part — material, thickness, longest bend, part depth and volume — and we will tell you which configuration fits, or that a different machine type entirely is the honest answer.
How do I move from an industry page to a quote?
Read the page, run the tonnage calculator with your heaviest part, then send us the numbers with a photo or drawing. If the industry page already points you at the right series, say so and we will quote that configuration with tooling included.
Tell us what your shop actually makes
Industry, part, material, thickness, longest bend — that is enough for us to come back with a configuration and a quote, or to tell you a different machine type is the honest answer.