Manufacturing

Press Brake Operation

Setting up and operating hydraulic and servo-electric press brakes to bend sheet metal to print. Covers tonnage calculation from material, thickness, and V-die opening, V-die selection and the 8T rule of thumb, springback compensation by over-bending, programming the brake offline so the first piece is in spec, and the two-hand-control and light-curtain safety that keeps fingers out of the point of operation.