Bending

Fabricator achieves higher productivity and accuracy with servo-electric technology.

Switchgear lineups are engineered-to-order products with a lot of variation among jobs, including fabricated sheet metal parts. Enabling the new JST Power Equipment switchgear-manufacturing plant to excel at taking on low-volume production: an automated punch-shear combination machine.

FlexMet continues to change its manufacturing focus, now with a new bending tool. A new product focus and a desire to automate bending are just two of the reasons that FlexMet, Franklin, Tenn., operates a panel bending machine instead of relying on more press brakes for its bending needs.

The eco-efficient cell with panel bender, press brake and industrial robot. 

Most organizations today claim sustainability is one of their core values, yet it is not so common to find companies that are able to set better standards for environmental protection with their products. Schulthess Maschinen AG is one of these few game changers, thanks to its exceptionally energy-efficient washing machines and dryers.

SKA srl manufactures poultry systems for organic free-range farming with high levels of product customisation by taking advantage of innovative Prima Power technology.

Astra was founded just short of thirty years ago as the result of an innovative instinct which proved successful in just a few years: that stainless steel would become the technological material of the future. 

The construction phase of the new Biohort manufacturing site in Herzogsdorf (Upper Austria) lasted just over a year. With cutting-edge industry standards and optimised process cycles, the specialist for storage space solutions created new resources for further growth with new Plant 2, an addition to its Neufelden headquarters.

When Randy Williams opened his job shop, he was already a seasoned fabricator. “I grew up with metal fabrication,” explains Williams.  “My dad was an aerospace engineer who built trampolines part-time when I was 10 years old, and I helped build parts in the basement.  His business evolved into making ferris wheels and other portable amusement rides, but eventually the liability insurance became too challenging for the small company.” 

Since A & J Precision Sheetmetal Inc., San Jose, CA, first opened its doors in 1995, the company has earned a stellar reputation as a leading job shop producing high-quality precision parts in the demanding Silicon Valley.

After having chosen Prima Power as the supplier of the company's very first laser cutting machine, ATP decided to continue focusing on the quality and technology of the Italian manufacturer by also investing in a servo-electric bending machine

How many job shops could lose a customer that accounted for 98% of their business and recover in just a few years?  Elm Machining was faced with that scenario several years ago. 

After about thirty years, Giletta, a company that is part of the Bucher Municipal group, a landmark in the production and sale of snow removal machines and equipment, decided to bring the steelwork department back in-house by installing a new fiber laser cutting system and a servo-electric press brake both by Prima Power. 

The Minerva Group in Bologna, Italy is a company that truly embodies skills, technology, and entrepreneurial spirit.