The Hugh Smith Vertical Plate Bending machine is for bending cylinders from large to small diameters used in the production of pressure vessels, boilers, nuclear plant and legs/piles for oil platforms and modules.
- Sizes from 300 – 5000 Tonnes or more for plate widths upto 4.5 metres and thicknesses to 200 mm cold.
- Built to require minimum crane attendance and occupy minimum floor space. Crane attendance is not required once the plate is entered into the machine.
- Complete cylinders can be formed in a floor to floor time of 20 mins or less, depending on diameter.
- Plate edge pre-setting is easily carried out using the direct acting hydraulic force of the machine.
- Adjustable bending centres provide the most suitable conditions for bending all sizes and thicknesses of plates.
- Re-rounding and correction of weld seam can easily be carried out.
- Machine can be used to form cones, for plate straightening and with the nosebar attached to the roller, it can be used for heavy duty flanging work including closed boxes.
Qualter Hall’s Hugh Smith Machines division supplies the most robust, reliable and innovative machines in the world, built for the most challenging applications. Our Hugh Smith Machines division possesses over 125 years of manufacturing experience of serving clients worldwide. Delivering high quality metal profiling, bending and forming machines to many sectors of industry, in particular, shipbuilding, pressure vessel and fabrication.