Elevate Your Metal Fabrication
Discover the Best in Metal Fabrication with KBC Tools & Machinery
Are you looking to equip your machine shop with top-notch metal fabrication tools and machinery? Look no further! KBC Tools & Machinery has everything you need to keep your fabrication in-house, saving you time, money, and ensuring the highest quality from Tennsmith, King Canada, and KBC.
Essential Equipment for Your Metal Fabrication Needs
Box and Pan Brakes: Let's start with the basics – a Box and Pan Brake, not to be confused with a "break"! This essential piece of equipment allows you to create precise bends in metal sheets. It's all about being bendable. KBC Tools carries a range of brakes to suit various capacities and needs.
In fact, one of our suppliers, VP Ted Fuller of King Canada, shared a delightful story. He mentioned that one of his box and pan units was used to specially create 36-inch long loaf pans for a client’s wife. These pans were used to bake a Greek version of muffalettas – yummy!
Combination Machines: Why settle for one function when you can have several? Our combination machines integrate multiple processes, such as cutting, bending, and rolling, into one efficient unit. These are perfect for shops with limited space but extensive needs.
Heavy-Duty Ironworkers by Edwards Mfg.
For those heavy-duty tasks, Edwards Mfg. Ironworkers are unmatched. These machines come with four workstations and 11 interchangeable attachments, plus 17 accessories. Available in 230/3PH or 575/3PH, they handle punching, shearing, and hold-down tasks with ease. The large punch can accommodate up to 1-1/16" and 1-1/4" dies, while the angle shear handles sizes up to 3x3x3/8" or 4x4x1/4".Notchers: For those precise corner cuts and intricate notches, a notcher is indispensable. It helps in creating clean, accurate cuts without the hassle.
Slip Rolls: Need to roll metal into perfect cylinders or curves? Slip rolls are your go-to machines. Ideal for creating consistent, smooth bends in metal sheets, slip rolls are a must-have for any serious metalworker.
Squaring Shears & Bench Top Shears: Straight, clean cuts are crucial in metalworking, and that's where our squaring shears and bench top shears come into play. They provide reliable and precise shearing options for various thicknesses and sizes of metal sheets.
Milwaukee Tools for Metal Workers: Among the metalworking offerings from Milwaukee are
Pneumatic Riveters & Bandfiles. These tools offer power and precision, making your riveting and filing tasks easier and more efficient.
Evolution Saws and Magnetic Drills
Clean, Cool Cuts with Evolution Saws: Evolution cut-off saws are renowned for their ability to deliver clean, cool cuts that require minimal reworking. This means you save time and achieve a superior finish on your projects right from the start.Magnetic Drills: For those tough drilling tasks, Evolution’s magnetic drills provide stability and power, ensuring precise and effortless drilling through thick metal.
Finishing Touches with Deburring and Chamfering Tools
Even with the best cutting tools, some edges and holes might need a bit of reworking. That’s where KBC’s full line of hand deburring tools, bench top chamfering and deburring machines, and chamfering tools come into play. These tools ensure your pieces have smooth, clean edges, enhancing both safety and aesthetics.Applications in Various Industries
Auto Body Shops: Auto body shops rely heavily on metal fabrication to create and repair cab corners and fenders, among a host of other components. The precision and versatility of our tools ensure these shops can perform top-quality repairs and customizations.Machine Shops: Machine shops often need to create guards for machinery and electrical and control enclosures. These enclosures sometimes need to be expanded or reduced in size after upgrades to meet UL, ULC, or CSA requirements. KBC’s equipment makes these modifications straightforward and precise.
Machine shops create fixtures to ensure repeatability in manufacturing and assembly. Many of these fixtures are hugely accurate and unique to the job at hand, they are created using a combination of welding and fabricating operations to get the job done. An example being current clients of KBC use special fixtures in the assembly of wings for aerospace.
Machine shops also use a variety of fabricating equipment, traditional machining, CNC machining, and welding to create and assemble finished products.
Stay bendable, stay efficient, and keep your fabrication in-house with KBC Tools & Machinery!