The VIP Gauge Advantage

Benefits

• Using a 4-foot up-acting press brake with 8 VIP Gauge fingers, these parts are produced complete in one handling. Fewer handlings mean better time and motion efficiencies.
• Parts can be inspected and the next operation can begin immediately without waiting for all 1000 parts to run through a partial-bend sequence.
• Precision adjustments can be made quickly with the micrometer wheel. No need for metal or masking tape shims.
• A custom nest can be screwed to each finger for gauging from difficult edges such as needed for steps 6 and 7 in the example. This can't be done on 6 or 8 axis machines because the fingers are shared for all bends.
• A good operator can bend most multiple bend parts faster using VIP Gauges on a 2 axis machine than on an expensive 6 or 8 axis machine because s/he won't have to wait for the fingers to position after each bend.
• You can gain the advantages of an expensive 6 or 8 axis brake for the price of tooling, rather than the price of new equipment. Continue to use your existing 2 axis machines that are already paid for. Avoid the cost of retraining operators to use a new, more complicated controller.