Brake Partner®

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BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO YOUR PRESS BRAKE
Brake Partner® from Wilson Tool International allows you to use your press brake and punch tooling together to remove the limitations of the punch press. Expand your manufacturing capabilities by creating larger and/or higher forms than can be made in a punch press by using the tonnage and shut height of your press brake with your punch tooling.
SEE BRAKE PARTNER® IN ACTION

Expand your manufacturing capabilities by creating higher forms and utilizing the tonnage of your press brake with your punch tooling.

Create Higher Forms with Punch Tooling

Brake Partner® from Wilson Tool International allows you to manufacture higher forms with punch tooling in your press brake.

Create a Lance & Form in Thick Material

Watch how Brake Partner® creates a lance and form (clip) in one stroke in the press brake.

WATCH HOW TO SET UP AND RUN BRAKE PARTNER®

While it’s becoming less common to have a lot of punch presses in shops these days, there are certain forms that they do best. Brake Partner® allows fabricators to use punch press tooling in the press brake to create those forms.

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FORMING LASER-CUT PIECE PARTS ON A PRESS BRAKE

Punching is the long-standing choice for adding forms to laser-cut parts, but combining punching tool components in press brake tooling can eliminate the need for that machine.

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AVAILABLE IN MANY DIFFERENT TOOLING STYLES
To request a Brake Partner® quote, select your tooling style shown below or Contact Us today! Our expertly trained Tooling Technicians are ready to partner with you to manufacture your ideal solution.
American
WT-Style
European
LVD-Style
Planer Machined
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THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Here is a simple, affordable and effective system that can expand the capabilities of your press brakes, help streamline operations and eliminate the need for outsourcing or purchasing new equipment. Brake Partner® from Wilson Tool International lets shops use new or existing punch press tooling to make forms in the press brake.
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EXPAND YOUR FORMING CAPACITY
In this article, Joe Broadbent goes into detail on how Brake Partner® expands manufacturers forming capacities. Brake Partner is a simple, affordable and effective system that can expand the capabilities of your press brakes, help streamline operations and eliminate the need for outsourcing or purchasing new equipment.
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INCREASE FLEXIBILITY
Steve Brown goes into detail on how Brake Partner® provides a means for manufacturers to remain flexible in an ever-changing production environment, with increased forming capabilities, cost savings and productivity gains.
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CUSTOM TOOLING LIMITED ONLY BY YOUR IMAGINATION
Press brake tooling technicians are available to work with you to design the tools you need for your application. From standard tooling profiles to less common configurations, to an innovation that’s yet to be imagined, their priority is to partner with you to manufacture your ideal solution.
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EXPLORE MORE SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR PRESS BRAKE APPLICATIONS

It’s important to have a tooling partner who understands the industry, and the challenges you face, when change is the only constant in manufacturing. Explore the many ideas and solutions Wilson Tool has to offer you.

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