Custom Metal Bending & Fabrication
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Accubeam is a contract manufacturer and leading provider of laser marking, engraving, and cutting services located in Sarasota, FL. We maintain a range of equipment including YAG, Fiber, UV, and CO2 lasers, and our TRUMPF TruBend 2100 CNC press brake system to manufacture metal, plastic, wood, paper, and textile components that meet our customers requirements. Learn more about our metal bending capabilities, our manufacturing process, the benefits of metal bending operations, and real-world applications of components fabricated through metal bending.
What Is Custom Metal Bending?
Metal bending is a fabrication process used to shape sheet metal material by forming angles, curves, channels, and other shapes or profiles. Specialised equipment, such as a press brake, is used to create bends and shapes with great precision and repeatability. A piece of sheet metal is fed between an upper tool and lower die. The tooling moves downward, pressing on the sheet metal and forcing it into the desired shape. The lower die acts as a stop to keep the tooling from moving too far.
Press brakes can be operated manually or controlled with a CNC system. Traditional manual press brakes are adjusted by hand for each shape, and are often best-suited to small-scale production or highly intricate pieces.
CNC-controlled metal bending equipment uses a computerized system to adjust tooling and produce components with high accuracy and little variation from part to part. They facilitate higher-volume production and components that include multiple bends.
Materials Used
Accubeam works with a range of sheet metal materials that are used in different applications, including:
Stainless Steel
Spring Steel
Total Steel
Aluminum Steel
Titanium
Brass
Copper
Our Manufacturing Process
Accubeam has decades of experience and state-of-the-art equipment to produce custom parts that meet your requirements. By keeping all operations in-house, from efficient laser cutting to bending, to CNC machining and finishing, we keep turnaround times short for small and large projects.
After cutting sheet material to size and shape, it is formed with a press brake, including our TrueBend 2100 system, creating the angles, shapes, and features within tolerance. Our manufacturing process is highly repeatable and fast for any custom component.
The Benefits of Custom Metal Bending
Instead of making existing parts and components work with your design, a custom metal bending project is made to fit your unique application. The result is better fit and function in the finished product. There are many benefits to custom metal bending, including:
- Cost-effective components. Using a press brake makes the bending process precise and repeatable so there are few errors, little reworking, and minimal waste. Precision press brake tooling helps ensure parts fit perfectly with your system or assembly.
- Extreme versatility. Metal bending is used to produce pieces with multiple bends, acute and obtuse angles, curves, and a variety of profiles for many different applications. It is also compatible with many types and thicknesses of metal.
- Precision. Press brake tooling and a computer-controlled TrueBend 2100 system are guided by pre-programmed work instructions to make identical features every cycle.
- Efficiency. Every step of the manufacturing process is completed in our facility, which eliminates time spent coordinating multiple vendors and transferring parts between them.
- Cost savings. Our streamlined process and one-stop manufacturing model helps to keep costs low. CNC cutting, forming, and machining use material efficiently, and reduce waste.
- Production flexibility and scalability. With our ability to handle prototypes, short runs, and high-volume production, our team can tackle any size job. We can also scale production to accommodate your changing needs.
- Durability. The metal bending and fabrication process often adds mechanical strength to workpieces, which contributes to the performance and resilience of the finished product also.
Aerospace
Automotive
Chemical
Construction
Defense
Electronics
Industrial
Marine
Medical
Promotional Goods
Transportation
Our Work
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Laser Cut Custom Cabinetry Panels
Laser Cut Custom Cabinetry Panels
Laser Cut Custom Cabinetry Panels
Laser Cut Custom Cabinetry Panels
Laser Cut Custom Cabinetry Panels
Laser Cut Custom Cabinetry Panels
Laser Cut Custom Cabinetry Panels
Laser Cut Custom Cabinetry Panels
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Key Capabilities
Circumferential Laser Engraving
Also commonly known as radii engraving, circumference engraving or graduated banding is used on a curved surface like a tube or ball shaped part. Accubeam has developed specialized equipment and programs to Laser Mark or Engrave almost any part’s surface.
Deep Laser Engraving
Commonly used for parts that experience harsh environmental conditions, such as high heat and friction or chemical exposure. Accubeam’s deep laser engraving requires specific high power lasers that can remove large amounts of material quickly, without gouging or destroying the surface. Accubeam also has the tooling and inspection equipment to perform depth measurements where tolerances are critical path.
Machine Readable Codes
Machine readable codes come in a wide variety of types. Bar Codes have been a standard for many years but recently the 2D Data Matrix has taken hold. 2D Data Matrix is the format used for US DOD IUID marks, UDI for medial parts and the commonly seen QR Codes on products and brochures. Marking the code on a part is only the first step. Accubeam scans all codes to grade the mark and verify readability and provides all documentation to the customer.
Vendor Manager Inventory
Accubeam has the capability to inventory our customer’s material and parts, pull, process, pack and ship to the end customer using our customers packing lists if necessary. This key attribute reduces freight, handling and inventory costs for our customer and reduces the overall delivery time.
AS9100D & ISO9001:2015
Accubeam Laser is ISO9001:2015 and AS9100D certified by NSF-ISR. We are dedicated to your success and strive to be a partner with you in that endeavor.
The Accubeam Facility
Accubeam has the facilities and tooling experience to process full production quantities in addition to short run jobs.
Accubeam has deployed a diverse line of YAG, CO2 and Fiber Lasers that provides us the ability to Laser Mark, Laser Engrave and Laser Cut almost any material type. Explanation of the differences between Laser Engraving and Laser Marking.
Top 5 Reasons to Use Accubeam
- Produces precise, detailed & uniform marks on any material type.
- The most efficient and economical method to mark, engrave and cut parts.
- Computer program controlled, it will not vary in color, location and size from part to part.
- It's permanent, the design is cut into the material.
- Accubeam was recognized in the Plastics Decorating magazine.
