TPT May 2015

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Kersten manufactures with Schwarze-Robitec

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.

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

Schwarze-Robitec’s PB3-18-10 plate bending machine

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: sales@schwarze-robitec.com Website: www.schwarze-robitec.com Kersten Europe GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 7738 808111 Email: de@kersteneurope.com Website: www.kersteneurope.com

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