SCHROEDER POWERBEND INDUSTRIAL UD

Details

Primary Applications

Heavy-Duty Industrial Fabrication:
- Thick Plate Processing: Capable of folding up to 6 mm (1/4″) steel over 3.2 meters, or 5 mm over 4 meters.
- Large Panel Fabrication: Ideal for bending long, heavy sheets where the weight makes manual flipping prohibitive.
- Radius/Step Bending: Precision step-bending for thick architectural curves or rounded machine covers.
Complex Multi-Directional Parts:
- Z-Folds & Counter-Folds: The Up-and-Down (UD) folding beam creates positive and negative bends in a single pass. This eliminates the need to flip heavy sheets, drastically reducing cycle time and operator fatigue.
- Enclosures with Return Flanges: Can form complex geometries where the sheet must be bent “inside” the machine throat.
Deep & Tall Enclosures:
- Extra-Deep Boxes: Features a massive 850 mm clamping beam stroke (compared to ~500 mm on the Professional), allowing for the use of 300 mm tall tools. This enables the fabrication of very deep electrical cabinets, switchgear boxes, and machine housings.
Automated Series Production:
- “Hands-Free” Bending: When equipped with the suction gauge system, the machine grips the sheet from the back. Combined with the UD beam, it can automatically position and fold an entire complex profile without the operator touching the part after the initial loading.

Key Operational Capabilities

Up-and-Down Folding Beam: The defining feature that allows the beam to fold from below (0° to 90°+) and above, removing the need to flip the workpiece.
Suction Gauge Table: A pneumatic back gauge system that holds the sheet firmly, ensuring accuracy for heavy parts that might slip with traditional fingers.
Tool Positioning Display: An LED bar along the clamping beam visually indicates exactly where tools should be placed, speeding up setup for complex segmented tool arrangements.

Standard configuration:

Software control and options

Control screen with graphic POS 2000 Professional software on a swivelling arm.
PC Version (external programming).
Remote maintenance (connection via RJ45 network cable to be provided by customer).
Radius function.

Back gauge

Positioning gauge as U-shape: 20 – 1600 mm; Two sectors, pneumatically lowerable, sheet support table with balls, recirculated ball screws (+/- 0,1 mm).

Clamping beam

Clamping beam stroke: 850 mm
Clamping beam geometry: 180°
Clamping beam drive: 2x 3,0 kW (converter-controlled, trapezoidal spindle)
Hydraulic tool clamping
Axis inclination of the clamping beam
Tool positioning display alongside the clamping beam

Folding beam

Up’n Down folding beam, program-controlled – 2 servo drives for continuous commuting of the axis
Drive 2x 5,5 kW (converter-controlled, trapezoidal spindle)
Hydraulic tool clamping
Motorised folding beam adjustment 170 mm
Motorised folding centre adjustment +80/-15 mm
Central crowning device motorised

Bottom beam

Bottom beam blade, one-piece, 30° with finger grooves, minimal gauge 20 mm, ca. 1100 N/mm² surface-hardened (nitrated)

Safety and others

Light barrier package for operation from the front or rear of the machine.
2nd foot switch on a rail for lateral movement
Protection from the clamping beam/portal via a light barrier
Air conditioner
Footswitch
LED Status display
Anchor plates, incl. dowels
Standard machine without clamping beam and folding beam tools

Tools/Options

Special equipment:

Technology package 3D

POS 3000 3D-Graphic control, DXF-Import and more processor capacity
Suction plates in the back gauge table with six suction units, program-controlled, including positioning against the folding beam
Two fixed square arms (left and right sides)
Two pneumatic pop-up square arms, assembled on the aisle side

Software control

POS 3000 3D Graphic control, DXF-Import and more processor capacity
POS 3000 or POS 2000 Professional PC-Version
SCHRÖDER Unfold Software (POS 3000 PC version necessary)

Back gauge

Back gauge extension to J-gauge (1,600/3,200 other 1,600/4,000 mm) or U-gauge (1,600/3,200/4,000 mm) – refer to pictures
U-gauge 1,600 mm: double the number of ball rollers and corners of the sheet support plates welded and ground.
U-gauge or J-gauge (left or right): double the number of roller rollers, corners of the support plates welded and ground, support plate wider on the outside and with balls.
Two fixed square arms (left and right)
Two pneumatic pop-up square arms, assembled on the aisle side

Safety and others

Additional equipment for a 2-man operation control, required for accident prevention rules.
Voltage transformer 30 kVA
Various bottom beam, folding beam, and clamping beam tools – refer to images

Software

POS 2000 Professional

The standard for industrial folding machines

The proven POS 2000 Professional makes programming a folding machine fast and comfortable.

The desired program components can be selected from a comprehensive and expandable catalogue. The angle and side dimensions can be easily changed by pressing the monitor.

The control software displays exactly what the machine is doing: The folding machine, workpiece, and tool are shown schematically and updated for every bending step. Anyone who programs work preparation away from the machine can test the quality of their program using the bending simulation, which effectively avoids waste and delays during production.

The software not only controls the machine but also offers assistance to the user: for each bending step, all of the necessary operator activities, like turning, rotating, etc., are displayed.

POS 3000 3D graphic control

Interactive sheet design

POS 3000 3D graphical control is one of the most powerful controls on the market. Because both the hardware- and software come from a single provider, the PowerBend Professional and POS 3000 3D graphical control are a perfect match.

Working with POS 3000 is extremely comfortable:

Clearly laid-out product selection, including a search function and navigation in submenus, enables the operator to select work steps and connect them in the production plan menu to create sequences.

Individual product profiles can be designed very quickly via the intuitive finger-activated drawing feature. The exact dimensions may be entered and changed in the dimensioning menu. In order to check and coordinate together with the customer, the drawing may be output on paper using a printer.

Using the program that is created, the software generates the optimal sequence of bends, including automatic collision and threshold value monitoring. The folding angle and cut are corrected automatically using interpolation from the database.

Unfold software – Schröder Unfold

Uncomplicated and simple

In order to coordinate hardware and software perfectly, Hans Schröder Maschinenbau developed unfold software to calculate the blank size of the sheet and the program with effortless precision.

Technical Data

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Success Stories

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The motorized folding machine PowerBend Industrial UD is a professional solution for efficient and reliable continuous use in industrial production. Thanks to its extremely rigid construction, this machine is characterized by the highest precision and performance power.