Box and Pan Folders

Sheetmetal Folders - Manual or Powered

JPS Machinery Ltd can supply manual or powered sheetmetal folding equipment for many requirements, Box & Pan Folders manually operated, or a Hydraulic Powered Box & Pan Folders, limiting factors are that max material thickness with a manual Box & Pan Folder is 2.5mm ( Carbon Steel) x 3050 mm bend length , this increases with the Hydraulic Powered Version of the Box & Pan folder to 5.0 mm( Carbon Steel) x 3050 mm, then we move onto the larger differently constructed Powered folders, generally to be found producing Cladding products for steel structures, here we can offer Max material thickness of 3 mm with bend lengths of up to 12,000 mm, commonly controlled with a NC Controller, plus a trimming cutter.

A box and pan folder uses removable fingers to clamp the sheet so you can bend complex shapes such as boxes, trays and panels with internal flanges.

A box and pan folder uses segmented fingers for forming boxes and trays; a front beam folder has a moving clamping beam at the front for fast, repeatable bends on longer parts.

Yes. We supply manual folders for light work and powered or hydraulic models—optionally with NC/CNC control—for higher throughput and repeatability.

Typical guide: manual box and pan folders up to around 2.5 mm (carbon steel) at 3050 mm; powered box and pan folders up to around 5.0 mm at 3050 mm; long beam powered folders up to about 12,000 mm at ~3.0 mm.

Standard segmented fingers are supplied, with optional finger sets and radiused tooling for specific profiles. Tell us your material and flange sizes for a recommendation.

Yes. UK-wide installation, commissioning and operator training are carried out by our in-house engineering team.

Use the form on this page or contact 0113 236 3366 / enquiries@jps-machinery.co.uk. Site surveys and demonstrations can be arranged where suitable.