Urethane Press Brake Dies – Precision Results with Extended Tool Life
Polyurethane press brake tooling offers a number of unique advantages over conventional steel dies. In short, our high-performance urethane pads last longer and perform more consistent bends, especially in the case of large-radius bending operations.
Beyond the extended tool life and more consistent press brake performance, our urethane dies also protect the workpiece surface from marring, marking, and other cosmetic defects. With standard steel tooling, secondary surface finishing operations are often required to achieve the premium aesthetic quality that our polyurethane dies naturally deliver.
Polyurethane Products is one of the industry’s leading manufacturers of high-performance press brake tooling built from premium polyurethane materials. Our urethane dies are manufactured in the USA and built to the most exacting standards.
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The Advantages of Urethane Press Brake Tooling vs. Steel Tooling Dies:
Precise Bending Operations with Consistency and Repeatability of Results
With our high performance urethane dies, the sheet metal is better supported throughout the bending operation. Consistency, minimized required hits, and repeatability are especially enhanced for large-radius bending jobs.
Cosmetic Benefits – No Surface Marking
Because urethane materials are softer than the metal workpieces they contact, the surface is protected from marking and other cosmetic flaws. For acute bends, our urethane tooling eliminates the markings that typically result from hemming dies. Compared to standard steel tooling, our premium urethane options give you better aesthetic results right out of the press brake. This will often eliminate the need for secondary surface finishing operations, simplifying your project while reducing time and costs.
Polyurethane Dies for Large-Radius Press Brake Bending:
- Performs consistently smooth radii produced without bend lines or kinking of the sheet metal.
- Form virtually any radius using the same bottom die by simply changing the steel punch with the correct radius tooling.
- The high-strength yet forgiving urethane material achieves entirely clean mar-free bends, allowing you to use pre-finished or pre-painted sheet metal.
- Simplify and reduce set-up times, especially in bump forming large radius bends – allowing 8 inches of surface area to be covered with each hit.
Polyurethane Products Press Brake Tooling – Made in the USA
Polyurethane Products offers a complete range of quality-built urethane press brake tooling:
- American Press Brake Tooling – Create no mar bends 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 heavy-duty steel.
- SMART PAD® Metal Forming Pads – The patented SMART PAD® tooling system are Urethane pads for bending and forming, designed to create large radius bends in any gauge thickness and type of sheet metal ( up to 3/8” thick stainless steel).
- Press Brake V-Dies – Our urethane Brake V-dies are the most economical, easy to use method of making mar-free bends in pre-polished stainless steel, aluminum and pre-finished surfaces (painted, vinyl coated), in high-volume production runs.
Polyurethane Press Brake Tooling for Better Performance and Extended Service Life
Polyurethane Products is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of high-performance urethane tooling for today’s state-of-the-art press brake systems as well as legacy equipment. Our precision-built tooling is used throughout the industry to achieve better equipment efficiency, reliability, and performance.
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