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American Tooling

American Style Metal Forming Dies

Create NO MAR designs with our molded Urethane V-Dies & Steel Holders and molded pads with 1/2" x 5/8" tangs, designed specifically for American style press brake tooling. All RETAINERS are made of steel

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American Urethane Tooling

  • V-Dies are molded with a very hard grade Urethane with different v-openings for different gages for MAR-FREE bending of pre-polished, pre-painted & pre-finished metals.
  • These Pads are designed to be used in steel holders, with a special tang to mount directly on a AMERICAN Press Brake.
  • Available for 90 Degree & Acute angle bends.
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AMERICAN Quick Change 2V-Dies

  • 2V-Dies are molded in a very hard grade Urethane with different v-openings for different gauges for MAR-FREE bending of pre-polished, pre-painted & pre-finished metals.
  • These Pads are designed to be used with a special steel rail that will position the different V-opening to line up with the center line of the machine. Rail Part Number: PQCR2T
  • Available for 90 Degree & Acute angle bends.

 AMERICAN 4V-Dies

  • 4V-Dies are molded in a very hard grade Urethane with different v-openings for different gages of sheet metal for MAR-FREE bending of pre-polished, pre-painted & pre-finished metals.
  • These Pads are designed to be used in special steel holders, with a tang to mount directly on a AMERICAN Press Brake.
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AMERICAN Urethane Pads

  • Forming Pads for AMERICAN Style PRESS BRAKES are used in machined Steel Retainers.
  • Used for MAR-FREE bending of Pre-polished, pre-painted and coated sheet metal.
  • Pads are available in different deflections (hardnesses), color coded for bending different gauges of sheet metal.
  • Square shaped pads offer 4 working surfaces, and rectangular pads offer 2 working surfaces.
  • Some Pads have molded holes through the full length of Pads to reduce tonnage required, used for larger radius bending applications.

Urethane V-Pads

V-Pads are triangular shaped inserts designed for MAR-FREE bending and in applications where a very short leg is to be formed that is smaller than the v-opening of the die.

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    AMERICAN PODs For Radius V-Bends

    • PODs are square or Rectangular shaped pads, with a flat top, designed for bending sharp or Radiused V-Bends.
    • A molded hole through the full length of the pad provide for stress relief and require lower tonnage.
    • PODs are designed to fit in standard ASTM Steel C-channels, to function as holders or Retainers

    AMERICAN PUDs For Radius V-Bends

    • PUDs are square or Rectangular shaped Pads with a molded U-shaped top surface to enable 180 degrees U-Bends in one hit.
    • A molded hole through the full length of the pad provide for stress relief and require lower tonnage.
    • PUDs are designed to fit in standard ASTM Steel C-channels, to function as holders or Retainers
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      american podts for radius v-bends

      Molded Tang Pads - AMERICAN / PODTs for Radius V-Bends

      These Pads have a molded tang to fit  AMERICAN style Press Brakes.

      • Available in 48" lengths, with a flat top surface of 3" or 4" width
      • Designed for sharp or radius V-bends and for bump-forming any radius with a punch width of 50% of the pad width penetrating the pad
      • Punch length must be equal to or longer than the pad length so as to avoid the punch ends cutting

      PUDTs for Radius U-Bends

      These Pads have a molded U-shaped groove on top surface, for one hit U-forming of various outside radii.

      • These Pads have a molded tang to fit AMERICAN style Press Brakes.
      • Available in 48" lengths, with a flat top surface of 3" width.
      • Punch length must be equal to or longer than the pad length so as to avoid the punch ends cutting into the pad.
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      PBNTs for Bull-Nose Bending

      These Pads are designed for 2 hit-180 degree

      BULL NOSE BENDING.

      • During the first hit, a 100 degree arc is formed. Feeding the sheet metal in, and setting the back gauge so that there is a 10 degree overlap between the 2 bends, a perfect 180 degree bend is formed.
      • The molded back stop enables bending very close to the edge of the sheet metal.
      • The designated Radii in the pad are to be the outside radii on the part, allowing for spring back. The punch radius must be at least one metal thickness smaller than the pad radius

      Large Radius Bending - SMART PADS

      This Original design Radius Bending system has been a very successful tool used by Hundreds of Fabricating shops, for about 30 years.

      • Designed for bending up to 1/4" thick Stainless Steel .
      • Pads are molded in 48" lengths, and for longer bends, pads can be butted together end to end to make any length.
      • We have produced dies 65 ft. long to produce tapered light poles.
      • Wear pads are used to reduce damage from sharp sheet metal blanks cutting into the forming pad.
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