The Roper Whitney AB1014 Autobrake provides accuracy and repeatability when forming up to 10ft long 14 gauge or lighter materials. This sheet metal brake is a high speed solution to make multiple bends. The backgauge provides accurate part location through the use of servo drives and are expandable with optional backgauge extensions. The rigid design includes crowning adjustments to ensure accurate bending regardless of raw material stresses. Various options of tooling are provided to help customize to your specific needs, and can be provided in tool steel or hardened.
This machine incorporates a rotating Kombi beam making this machine even more versatile, this unique tooling assembly adds to the machine’s straight and box folding capabilities to produce more complex shapes in less time.
Standard Features
- 30° Clamping Beam
- 4” Kombi Box Tooling
- Manual Crowning Adjustments
- 61” Backgauge
- Spring Steel Backgauge Fingers
- 15” Touchscreen Monitor with Synergy Control
- Konnect Software Package (Included While Under Warranty)
Specifications and Capacities
Weight |
9132 lbs |
Dimensions |
159 × 89 × 68 in |
Bending capacity (Mild Steel) |
14 ga/ 2,0 mm |
Bending capacity (Stainless) |
16 ga/ 1,5 mm |
Bending length |
122 in/ 3100 mm |
Bending bars |
0.787 in/ 20 mm, 0.394/ 10 mm, 0.275 in/ 7 mm |
Back gauge depth (standard) |
61 in/ 1550 mm |
Clamping beam opening height |
7.3 in/ 185 mm |
Clamping beam straight bar tooling |
30 degrees |
Folding beam adjustment |
2 in/ 50 mm |
Crowning of the folding beam |
5-point 0” – 0.030” adjustment |
Working height |
34 in/ 864 mm |
Back gauge servo motor |
3/4 hp |
Clamping beam motor |
2 hp/ 1.5 kw |
Bending beam motor |
2 hp/ 1.5 kw |