jasoncaren
Plastic
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2019
Starting up my fabrication business and would like to hear opinions on press brakes and hydraulic ironworkers before I make a decision and purchase. Thanks.
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ok, I bit, didn't see anything dramatic in search. the website is glorious time machine of the post fuzzy gif on white background era.Why BettenBender is the bestest !
And ! "American Made" too !
Made right in a cornfield in I-O-W-A !
Search the archives to see how they treat a customer that just paid over $25k in full.....
I have a Peddinghaus peddiworker 1100 hydraulic ironworker. It has a angle shear, notcher, 8" plate shear, bar cutter, and punch. It is a awesome machine and I'm very happy with it. Customer service was a different story though, I emailed the North American location 4 times, I think in Chicago, for a user/setup manual and all I got was a parts book. Finally got pissed with them and emailed the Europe branch and got a pdf manual in a day. Its important when setting up knife clearances, punch settings, notcher clearance. I would recommend either Peddinghaus, Geka, or similar vertical machine. The notcher was a game changer for me, Lots less cutting wheels when making square frames for things.
I also have a Pearson 175 ton hydraulic press brake. Its a decent machine and uses depth stops instead of precision servo hydraulics like some newer ones. Its no Amada but I don't need .005 precision when making weldments. Mine came local so search local cause shipping a 26,000 lb press brake would have been a killer for me. I live In Iowa and have been by Betenbender and they make a decent machine but its a small operation so I can see where service could be a issue for a production machine. You need to figure out what and how big you need to get a idea of what you need to support it too. Not sure what kind of shop you have, how big it is, or if you have a crane to support it. I wish I had a bridge crane for moving sheets around my press brake but get by with my small forklift for now. I would not get a mechanical press brake at all, too dangerous in my opinion. I would prefer a older Wysong or Pacific hydraulic in the 200 ton range. Press brake tooling is a killer so try to get one with quite a few punches and dies.
We bought a Tommy Industrial 55 Ton hydraulic ironworker and 5' press brake two years ago. No complaints, great price. Highly recommend.
Even better, he just deleted his third personality's (WeldFab) post, presumably to make the coincidences a little more believable. Too bad Ries already quoted it for posterity.
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