Primary Applications

• Architectural & Roofing Components:
  • Gutters and Fascias: Capable of bending deep gutters and architectural profiles using high specialised tools (e.g., goat’s foot tools).
  • Standing Seam Profiles: Strong drives enable precise folding of standing seam profiles, even on thicker materials.
  • Curved Profiles: Uses a “radius-step bending” function to create perfectly rounded sheets (e.g., for copper gutters on historical buildings) by pressing the sheet against the beam in fine, repeated steps.
• Industrial Enclosures & Boxes:
  • Deep Boxes: The machine features a clamping beam stroke of 500 mm, allowing for the production of boxes with depths up to 250 mm.
  • Z-Folds and Counter-Folds: The Up-and-Down folding beam allows for positive and negative bends in a single pass without the operator needing to flip the heavy sheet metal manually.
• Panels & Facades:
  • Production of large, material-saving panel systems and stable surfaces using thin sheets.
  • Suitable for creating complex geometries like “cover hoods” (Abdeckhaube) and composite steel-on-steel solutions.

Standard Configuration

Software control:

• POS 2000 Professional graphic control and swivelling arm.
• Radius function.
• Remote maintenance.

Clamping beam:

• Clamping beam stroke 540 mm.
• Clamping beam geometry 48° or optional 180°.
• Drive: 2 x 2,2 kW (65 mm/sec) axis with recirculated ball screws.
• Axis inclination of the clamping beam.
• Hydraulic tool clamping.

Folding beam:

• Drive: 2 × 3.0 kW (converter-controlled, 100°/sec).
• Pneumatic tool clamping device.
• Motorised folding beam adjustment 150 mm with servo drive and recirculated ball screws (converter controlled)
• Motorised folding centre adjustment +80/- 20 mm (converter controlled).
• Motorised central crowning device.

Bottom beam

• Bottom beam blade ca. 1 100 N/mm2 surface-hardened (nitrated), one-piece with finger grooves; minimum gauge 10 mm.

Back gauge system

• Sheet support table with motorised gauge up to 1600 mm (closed; 2 sectors with pneumatic lowering device, sheet support table with balls, recirculated ball srews, +/- 0,1 mm).

Others:

• Footswitch.
• Anchor plates, incl. dowels.
• LED status display.
• The standard machine comes without folding and clamping beam tools.

Special equipment

Clamping beam

• Rotating clamping beam (48°/180°) for two tool stations, including a hydraulic tool clamping device on both sides.
• Hemming function: Folding beam angle increased to 190°, three-stage clamping beam (Only in combination with the rotating clamping beam; only possible on 48° clamping beam side).

Technology package Up-and-Down (double bender)

• Up‘ n Down folding beam program-controlled: 2 servo drives for continuous commuting of the folding beam.
• Operation from the front and the rear of the machine
• When operating from the front, only up-bends are possible
• External programming
• Up and Down bottom beam blade, one-piece, ca. 1100 N/mm² (surface hardened); 30°, R 1/1,5/3 with finger grooves, minimal gauge 10 mm.
• U-gauge up to 1600 mm (2 sectors, balls in table)
• Horizontal light curtain for the aisle side
• 2nd foot switch on the rail for lateral movement
• Servo-controlled folding centre adjustment

Technology package 3-D (only with Up-and-Down)

• POS 3000 3D Graphic control: DXF-Import and more processor capacity.
• Suction plates in the back gauge table with 6 suction units, program-controlled, including positioning against the folding beam.
• 2 fixed square arms (left + right side).
• 2 pneumatic pop-up square arms assembled on the aisle side, program-controlled.

Table and back gauge

• Back gauge extension to J- or U-gauge. – Basis: motorised gauge up to 1600 mm, closed
• Two fixed square arms (left and right sides).
• Two pneumatic pop-up square arms, assembled on the aisle side, program-controlled.

Software control

• PC Version (external programming), 1st license
• POS 3000 3D Graphic control – DXF-Import and more processor capacity
• SCHRÖDER Unfold software (POS 3000 PC version necessary)

Safety and others

• Additional equipment for a 2-man operation control following accident prevention rules requirements.
• Operation from the rear – 2nd footswitch – access controlled via laser barrier – horizontal laser curtain for aisle side.
• Customised light barrier package in front, horizontal light curtain aisle side, and an RFID switch on the cabinet door.
• Foot switch on the rail for lateral movement.
• Voltage transformer 12 kVA
• Air conditioner
• Various bottom beam, folding beam, and clamping beam tools – refer to images

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 are easily changed by pressing the monitor.

The control software displays exactly what the machine is doing: The folding machine, work piece, and tool are displayed schematically and updated for every bending step. Anyone who programs preparation of the work 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: all of the necessary operator activities like turning, rotating, etc. are displayed for each bending step.

POS 3000 3D graphical control:

Interactive sheet design

POS 3000 3D graphical control is one of the most powerful controls on the market, and 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.

The intuitive finger-activated drawing feature can quickly design individual product profiles. The exact dimensions may be entered and changed in the dimensioning menu. To check and coordinate together with the customer, the drawing may be output on paper using a printer.

Using the program 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.