Initial Pinch Plate Bending Rolls

Standard safety features include two-handed operation requirements, front and rear emergency stop switches, safety mushroom switches, a reduced voltage control circuit, and a NEMA-12 rated control enclosure. These features are designed to meet OSHA and electrical code requirements and reduce operator risk near the nip point.

Yes. Piranha offers a tri-speed electrical retrofit package that upgrades earlier mechanical plate bending machines with manual drum controllers to modern forward-neutral-reverse joystick control, wound rotor motor drive, and updated safety systems, bringing legacy equipment up to current safety standards.

A Machine Performance Audit is a service offered by Piranha to assess the condition, performance, and safety compliance of existing bending roll equipment. It helps identify maintenance needs and productivity improvements, and customers who complete an MPA receive discounts on replacement parts and additional labor.

Plate bending rolls are widely used in trucking and trailer manufacturing, power and transformer production, structural steel fabrication, switchgear and electrical enclosure manufacturing, and general metal fabrication shops that require curved or cylindrical formed plate components.

Piranha Plate Rollers are designed for budget-minded, duty-cycle production work, while Bertsch Plate Rollers by Haeusler, including the EVO 4-Roll series, offer autonomous plate bending capability for shops needing more advanced, hands-off forming processes.

Yes. Piranha-Bertsch bending rolls are engineered to comply with OSHA safety codes as well as federal, state, and local electrical codes. This includes reduced voltage control circuits and emergency stop devices positioned around the nip point to protect operators.