Press Brake Forming: A Comprehensive Guide

Press Brake Forming: A Comprehensive Guide

In its most basic form, press braking has been a metal fabrication process for almost 150 years. Used to manipulate sheet metal into a desired shape, press brake forming was first initiated in 1882, with a wooden and cast iron machine known as the cornice brake. Of...
The Latest in Press Brake Technology

The Latest in Press Brake Technology

An essential component in the bending and forming of sheet metals, Press Braking is one of the vast range of services we offer here at DB Sheetmetals in Haverhill, Suffolk. Designed to deliver supreme accuracy and produce high-quality products each time, our Amada HFE...
Introducing the HFE 3i Series Press Brake

Introducing the HFE 3i Series Press Brake

DB Sheetmetals are pleased to announce the HFE 3i Series press brake. This new model is the next step in metal bending technology, providing a 3000mm bed. The machine we are acquiring on site is an impressive 130ton. This provides all the more reason to go with DB...
What is a Press Brake?

What is a Press Brake?

Press brakes are in integral part of any comprehensive metal fabrication service, allowing us to bend items up to 3000mm in length whilst utilising the Amanda HFE 1003. With the earliest models being invented in the early 1920s, both manual and electric press brakes...
About Our Fastener Installation Press

About Our Fastener Installation Press

What is Fastener Installation? Fastener installation is a process of sheet metal fabrication that involves pressing a threaded insert, also known as a threaded bush, into an object to add a threaded hole. Without this additional depth and stability, working with sheet...