For some metal forming applications, press braking, as opposed to roll forming, is still a better solution. While the choice always depends on the shop, the products, and other factors, here are some situations where a press brake operation may be the right choice for you.
Press Brake and Product Quality
From a part quality perspective, sometimes a press brake is still a better solution than roll forming. Depending on the application, something you tend to see with press brake is that the parts will get very crisp radii. They are high quality even from just a visual standpoint because on a press brake, you're coming down with a top punch and a die, and you can set those radii. In roll forming, you won't be setting the radii per se.
While you may try to get male and female rolls together to get the best part, it's not the same as the machine coming down with a correct punch in a die and actually nailing that corner.
So some of that is you have to have that realization, does it really have to be that good? And I don't want to sound like roll forming you're just going to get a terrible part, that's not the case. But compared to press brake parts, you will see there's some kind of a difference.
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