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PPT can source products for all your sheetmetal requirements. Below are a list of some of the most reputable suppliers around the world with whom we are acquainted.

Universal Vakinor S.L. (Spain) have been making Hydraulic Machine Tools including Guillotines, Pressbrakes and Bending Rolls since 1971, with all their products fully conforming to the stringent CE safety and performance regulations and standards.

In their Press Brake range JORDI Do Not rely on the older manufacturing techniques of "Torsion Bar and Stop-nuts" but are "TRUE SYNCRON" machines with an Intelligent Hydraulic system, with the Top Beam being guided on High Precision-Heavy Duty recirculating ball-bearings, with beam positioning accuracy and repeatability being constantly checked by Linear Encoders of 0.01mm resolution mounted on each of the main rams, thus giving a fold accuracy of +/- ? of a degree.

Each JORDI machine is CAD designed with Finite Analysis being undertaken on their monoblock construction, to ensure that maximum machine strength is were it is needed.

The extra strength in the machine side frames also allows them to have gooseneck cutouts of 300~500mm, without any need for extra gusset plates to be welded into place on the side frames.

The JORDI Guillotines with cutting capacities of 4 ~ 25 mm in mild steel are all of a Mono-block welded and stabilised construction and come complete with the standard features of NC Control, 500 mm cutting throat, heavy duty lead screw backgauge with round way bearing support, table ball transfer balls, squaring arms with disappearing flip stops and quick blade gap adjustment.

UPT tooling features the construction of modular, light weight Precision Press Brake Tooling which is easy to change from one setup to another with out using extra staff or equipment thus reducing down time on the machine.

The tooling comes in three standard lengths 415mm, 835mm and 805mm sectionalized and can have safety grooves added to suit all know makes of folding machines.

UPT has a wide range of standard blades and vee blocks .

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EUROMAC: Better Ideas – Better Solutions

EUROMAC is a worldwide supplier of high-quality machines for sheet metal working, such as CNC punching, bending and notching machines utilizing the most recent technologies and constantly refined by their design engineers to meet demanding market requirements of flexibility.

Today, manufacturers of punched parts are all facing the same challenges: they need to produce more complex parts in lower lot sizes, with greater quality, in less time.
They need to process a variety of materials such as mild steel, stainless steel, aluminium, brass, and copper... in any given sequence.
And instead of merely punching, they also nibble, form, thread tap, engrave, mark, bead, bend, extrude or produce arcs, louvers, grids, countersinks, or create several holes in single hit.
So where can a manufacturer find that kind of flexibility?
Right here at EUROMAC.


Simple, intuitive controls.
Operating a EUROMAC is easy

EUROMAC produces three types of machines:
Punching
Bending
Notching

From the beginning, Hypertherm established itself as the innovator in plasma cutting technology. In fact, Hypertherm was the first plasma cutting Equipment Company to earn ISO 9001 registration in the USA.

The company's first product, the PAC400, was the result of research and development that succeeded in directing water radially at a plasma cutting arc, producing a higher energy density on the area being cut. Metals up to 150 mm thick could be severed with far superior cut quality than any other plasma system available at the time.

For over 30 years, Hypertherm has played a vital role in the metalworking industry and contributed pioneering advances to become the industry standard for cut quality and weldability.

Under the leadership of Hypertherm's founder, Richard W. Couch, Jr., the company has grown from two associates housed in a small garage to close to 500 associates in a 135,000-square-foot facility in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

Hypertherm has evolved into a thriving global entity that serves a continually expanding customer base in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The worldwide organisation includes subsidiaries in Germany, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Italy and The Netherlands; sales offices in Canada, France, Mexico, and Japan; and welding supply distributors and original equipment manufacturers in 60 countries.

Hypertherm plasma cutting systems are the most advanced in the world, and in head-to-head tests, Hypertherm systems consistently outperform all competitive brands.

They have been proven to decrease the cost of metal cutting in the full range of applications - from hand-held cutting and fabricating to mechanised production and computer-controlled automated manufacturing.

Hypertherm systems deliver fast cutting to promote a higher work rate and greater output. Both the manual and mechanised lines assure tolerances necessary to optimise weld quality, facilitate forming and enhance machinability. Every system has outstanding reliability to minimise downtime, and Hypertherm consumable parts are unsurpassed for longevity.

Trimming unnecessary operating costs helps you achieve a better bottom line. No Company has more plasma cutting experience or expertise. No other company focuses exclusively on plasma cutting. No other systems cut the cost of cutting metal better than Hypertherm.

PROARC are specialist manufacturers of Cutting and Welding equipment with their Master Series machines construction, characterised by the use of CAD designed heavy duty, wide load bearing gantry side pods, running on manganese content hardened "I" section crane rails, one side mounted on fabricated "H"-beams, the other side mounted on top of the heavy-duty fume duct, a well tried and accurate method, successfully used over many years by both Japanese and European manufacturers of precision cutting systems.

PPT are an accredited supplier and as such have undertaken to have our own in-house Service Engineer fully trained in all facets of the Proarc machines and Hypertherm control units, for full ongoing support to companies such as yours.

United Proarc Corporation is an accredited user of Hypertherm products with the combination of both the Motion system and the Hypertherm units meeting the very stringent CE Mark for Safety & Performance.

The Proarc "Athlete Series" high precision cutting machine is of a similar quality construction to the "Master Series". When coupled with a high precision plasma cutting system, it can achieve unequalled cutting quality at very high cutting speeds.

New and further development of the cutting and separating techniques allow sheet metal parts and thicker steel parts, to be manufactured with high precision which are frequently fitted to the finished product without additional machining.

However, these parts often have sharp edges, burrs or hard slag on the edges, which bear the risk of injury and may lead to paintwork problems. The technical solution for this is deburring by machine.

In the past this had to be done manually, but today this task is performed by modern wide belt grinding machines. Wide belt grinding machines can even produce a high quality decorative surface finish on sheet metal economically.

WEBER have developed a suitable technical solution to fit all applications and offers a comprehensive range of machines meeting all requirements whether they be from "Thin ~ Thick" Punched - Nibbled - Lasercut - Plasma or Oxy Fuel cut components.

Weber Sheetmetal Finishing

Their production range includes Band and Circular Sawing machines, Cut-off Saws with Abrasive Disc and High Speed Saws for Aluminium cutting in different versions: CNC, Automatic, Semi-automatic and Manual.

Founded in 1969 and located 50 km Northeast of Milan, Imet is a member of the Italian Association of Machine Tool Manufacturers (UCIMU).

This ensures quality of the highest standard, with all machines also being fully compliant with the stringent CE regulations for machine performance and safety.

Imets philosophy has always been to invest their energy and resources in designing products that satisfy their customers ever-changing and advanced requirements, and as a result Imet has grown steadily over the years to be amongst the top five Italian manufacturers of this type of Sawing machines.

Approximately 80% of their production is exported to over 50 countries world-wide, with their main markets being North America and Europe, especially Germany where they sell over 2000 Sawing machines per year.

Band Saws

Double Column Band Saws

Circular Saws

The new ALMI Pipe and Tube Notching equipment removes this problem whilst at the same time allowing you to achieve the highest demands on quality and productivity, where the quality of a welded tube construction depends largely upon the right preparation.

Just place a pipe in the rotable clamp, which is mounted on a compound rest/carriage, and grind a diameter and/or any shape of pipe accurately and efficiently to any desired angle between 30-90 degrees.

The ALMI Pipe and Tube Notchers grind square, rectangular, circular and all tube sections and are suitable for all material thicknesses and material types.

These machines are ideally suited for not only the light to heavy fabrication of tubular roof or canopy construction, but also shop and boat building (ladders and guard rails) tubular frames for the off-road, karting and racing world and Public works for the simple construction of handrails etc for both inside and outside use.

The Company ALMI Machinefrabriek BV Founded more than 50 years ago, are located in Vriezenveen in Holland. They are specialists in the design and manufacture of Universal Pipe Notchers and Grinders for tubular sections, with in excess of 80% of their products exported world-wide.

Almi Pipe Notchers

Zakron Industries Inc. are an SR and ED facility that manufacturers CNC Multi-axis gauging systems for Pressbrakes and Guillotine Shears

In order to compete in a Global market, they have developed a flexible motion control technology including an efficient patented linear guiding system.

Zakrons efforts over the past years has put them at the Industry forefront, and since 1984 Zakron is still the only manufacturer that produces all of its own electronic devices and control systems utilising high frequency switching techniques a PWM (Pulse Width Modulated) power technology. Only today are some competitors approaching the 25 kHz switching speeds Zakron has enjoyed for the past 10 years.

Nonetheless, Zakron is continually looking at making state of the art technology through their continuing R&D development program.

Zakron manufacturers more than 75 different varieties of Backgauges and Controls, all dependent upon the specified application and/or budget requirements.

Don't take chances when it comes to your iron-working tooling. PPT consistently ships standard in-stock items for the below brands the same day, or special non-stock shapes and sizes within 7-10 working days. Or send us drawings of your custom application. Count on PPT for all your tooling need.

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SHEETMETAL | FABRICATION | MACHINE TOOLS | FOLDING - PUNCHING