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Industry News
May 2015 15
Kersten manufactures
with Schwarze-Robitec
KERSTEN Europe now implements
orders such as cones and cylinders for
offshore projects, architectural structures
and machine constructions, using the
PB3-18-10 plate bending machine
from Schwarze-Robitec. The PB3-18-
10 provides the toll manufacturer with
a high level of torque, a cone bending
device and hardened rollers for bending
stainless steel plates.
With an initial performance of 3,000
x 28/31mm and a round bending
performance of 3,000 x 45mm, the
PB3-18-10 is a solution for bending
particularly thick plates as used, for
example, in the offshore sector. This
is enabled through the roller diameter
of 460mm and the integrated lever arm
system. The latter takes care of an
available contouring force of up to 255
tons.
“The force and the boost of the plate
bending machine have convinced us,”
said Hans Besseling, managing director
at Kersten Europe. The company
is headquartered in Wanssum,
Netherlands, and has three further
bases in Dubai, Poland and Germany.
After the delivery to the Polish subsidiary
Kleszczów in October 2014, Schwarze-
Robitec completed the acceptance tests
and trained the Kersten employees.
Commissioning took place in November.
In addition to the plate bending
machine, Kersten Europe uses the
Schwarze-Robitec SB3-140 section
bending machine. Schwarze-Robitec
brought both machine series to the
market at the beginning of 2014.
As a bending specialist for tubes,
Schwarze-Robitec has been working
internationally since the 1950s. “We
have successfully transferred our
know-how, together with the sector
experience of our development
partner SweBend, to the area of plate
and section bending,” commented
managing director Bert Zorn.
In addition to tube bending machines
and bending tools, the Schwarze-
Robitec product range includes tube
perforating machines, measuring
stations, and solutions in the area of
special machinery construction.
Schwarze-Robitec GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 221 89008 9920
Email:
Website:
Kersten Europe GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 7738 808111
Email:
Website:
Schwarze-Robitec’s PB3-18-10 plate
bending machine