The Netherlands: Kersten Europe Acquires Two ‘State of the Art’ Bending Machines

There is an increasing demand for larger, heavier and thicker bended plates and profiles. Kersten Europe aims to respond as effectively as possible to demands from the market. For this reason, Kersten Europe recently invested in two brand new machines in order to be able to bend even larger and thicker plates.

Lately, the machine park of Kersten Europe’s Dutch production plant in Wanssum is expanded with the 2400T Power Press and the R15S. Two powerful bending machines to bend the largest and thickest plates and profiles.

 2400T Power Press

For the bending of cylinders and cones up to 150mm thick and 3,300 mm wide.

Particularly from the Offshore and Renewable Energy sectors, demand has grown for more capacity for bending thick-walled steel plate. The purchase of the 2400T Power Press allows Kersten Europe to bend cylinders and cones with a thickness of 150mm, a width of 3,300 mm and a precision of 1/100mm.

The 2400T Power Press is an imposing machine with enormous power, without losing precision and speed. With a force of 2,400 tonnes, the stamp of the machine presses on the steel plate. With a certain smoothness and ease, a large, thick steel plate is bent into a thick-walled cone or cylinder.

Various parts of this machine were developed especially for Kersten Europe. This applies to the hydraulic unit, the components, the cylinders and the required bending and hoisting tools.

 R15S

Europe’s most powerful profile bending machine.

In order to meet the demand for increasingly large bent profiles, Kersten Europe has invested in the R15S. The arrival of the R15S is a welcome addition to the extensive machine park of Kersten Europe. Even before the installation of the machine, various orders had already been taken for it. Including for the bending of HEA800 over the X-axis, tube Ø508x40mm and even tube Ø610 x 20mm.

This is the largest, and most powerful profile bending machine of Europe with a maximum capacity of profile bending of 800 mm over the strong axis.

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Offshore WIND staff, May 15, 2012; Image: kersteneurope