If you are bending or shaping metal, press brake tooling plays a very important role. Press brake tools are used in conjunction with a press brake for bending sheet metal into specific shapes using the matching punch and die and applying significant force. Here is a closer look at the fundamentals o

If you are bending or shaping metal, press brake tooling plays a very important role. Press brake tools are used in conjunction with a press brake for bending sheet metal into specific shapes using the matching punch and die and applying significant force. Here is a closer look at the fundamentals o

When operating press brakes, you may see operators using a single set of tools, while on others you see people set up multiple sets of tools across the machine. Tooling both enables and limits production. If you make something out of the ordinary, there is a good chance that special tooling is neede

No matter whether it’s a manual, hydraulic, or CNC brake, a press brake always relies on top tools and bottom tools – punches and dies. Usually made of steel themselves, they are what actually touches the metal to be bent and they force the material to conform to the bend desired by utilizing a tool