For over 90 years Easysteel has been supplying the New Zealand marketplace with leading steel products, made highest possible standards and backed by exceptional levels of service. But when the company was put in a not-so-ideal situation of having to contract its press brake services out, something had to be done, and quickly. Enter a 500 ton DYE press brake, supplied by Dye. The 4.5 metres long unit provides the bang for your buck, with a huge array of features including the latest safety features and revolutionary anti deflection system (ADS). DYE's active ADS system utilises the controller to allow for bend correction and fold consistency automatically. The system guarantees much greater precision than the traditional passive systems of shimming with paper or the use of an intermediate beam with compensation by wedges; and is also very robust and instantaneous when compared to a mechanical crowning system. To reduce downtime at Easysteel’s facility in Onehunga, Auckland, Dye delivered the press brake in one piece rather than parts that needed assembly on site. Dye is believed to be the only press brake supplier in New Zealand with 30 tonne in-house lifting capacity using the Street brand of gantry cranes by Crane Hoist Lifting (www.cranehoistlifting.co.nz). With the press brake delivered preassembled to Easysteel, this enabled a mobile crane to place the Dye press brake directly from the truck onto the floor to minimise disruption in the workplace. “It definitely made life a lot easier, otherwise we would have had to work around the press brake being assembled on site for at least another one to two weeks,” says Easysteel’s Mike Babich. “We used to have an old DYE press brake here, but it needed updating. Not only did Dye provide a very competitive package but they had serviced our old machine for more than 30 years, their proven local support was also an important part of our decision process. We operated the business without a machine for some time by subcontracting the work out, which wasn’t ideal but got us through.” “Full training made the choice to go with DYE again easy, he says, while the ability to future proof production by working two machines in tandem at a future date was very attractive also. We could potentially fold up to nine metre lengths and that is something not many can offer. We are looking at some work in the future that may require longer pressing and there is a limited amount of capacity in the market at the moment so this Dye press brake gives us that future flexibility.” “We also have much greater capacity now than our older machine and now it’s about getting the maximum work out of it.” www.engineeringnews.co.nz 39
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