How to retrofit a press brake
I am a mechanical engineering student and for my senior capstone project some fellow students and I are trying to retrofit a press brake. We are on a tight budget and we are trying to do an update. The main scope of this project is to put some kind of input so that the backstop will go back and forward, that is it. Any kind of help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Help with retrofitting a press brake
The press brake which is currently in our shop is a Piranha 1157 and I believe that it is a 65 ton brake. Currently there is not a back stop on the machine. So, unfortunately there really is nothing for us to reuse. At the moment we just want a one axis with the back stop going forward and backward with some kind of input. I will get some pics of the brake asap so that you will be able to see exactly what kind of press brake we have and what we have to work with.