Anoka, Minnesota: Mate Precision Tooling's Easy Bend™ tooling creates bend lines in metal for easy hand bending. Ideal for fabricated assemblies where conventional press brake forming techniques aren't practical, this tooling creates fabricated bend lines effectively, efficiently and with CNC punch press precision.

Easy Bend tooling features an upper tool with a linear V-line stencil engraved onto the face of the tool. The lower tool is a blank die. As the upper tool penetrates the sheet metal, a crisp bend line is created.

Bend line penetration is dependent on the ductility and thickness of the workpiece with quality bend lines of up to 12 inches (300 mm) possible in material thickness of 0.078 inch (2.00 mm) for mild steel and 0.059 inch (1.50 mm) for stainless steel.

Easy Bend™ Tooling Is Ideal For Use With Mate SnapLock™ And SheetMarker™ Tooling-Adds Value To Components And Assemblies While Improving Productivity.

Mate SnapLock™ tooling fabricates interlocking sheet metal components and assemblies, Mate SheetMarker™ tooling permanently marks sheet metal parts with assembly codes or other CNC programmable inscription. By combining these two tools with Easy Bend tools, it is now possible to complete or partially complete assemblies with bend lines, identification codes and self-locking features for final assembly at various locations and/or at a later time.

All three of these Mate application tooling solutions are designed to give fabricators more options for improving their quality and efficiency while adding value to sheet metal components.

Effective for a wide range of materials and thicknesses, these high performance Mate tools can be manufactured to suit most tool styles, machine brands and machine station sizes for maximum user flexibility.

For complete information on Mate's special application tooling lines, call in USA and Canada, 1-800-328-4492. Outside USA and Canada, call 1-763-421-0230.

Or write to MATE PRECISION TOOLING , 1295 Lund Boulevard, Anoka, Minnesota 55303. USA and Canada, Fax 1-800-541-0285. Outside USA and Canada,

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