Purchasing experience at an Indian sheet metal processing plant: From hesitation to praise

In the Indian sheet metal processing market, "traditional hydraulic press brakes" seem to have always been the "default choice" for most factories - after all, they have been using the equipment for more than ten years, and everyone always feels that "only familiarity is reliable." But recently, Mr. Raj from Delhi, India, broke this "inertia" and tried the ZYCO pure electric bending machine for the first time. His feedback was just one sentence: "Excellent!"

Mr. Raj's factory specializes in processing home appliance housings and elevator panels. While not particularly large, it maintains uncompromising precision in sheet metal parts. Previously, the factory used two outdated hydraulic press brakes, and over the past two years, problems had become increasingly apparent. The hydraulic system was slow to respond during each material change, requiring several minutes just for the pressure to stabilize. When processing thin steel sheets, inaccurate pressure control occasionally resulted in slight edge deformation—a critical issue for the "zero-defect" elevator panel orders.

In early March, Mr. Raj first heard about “pure electric bending machine” when he was looking for new equipment. Initially, he was apprehensive: "A pure electric press brake? Will it have enough power? The stainless steel sheets we process can sometimes be up to 2mm thick. What if it won't bend? And since I've never used one before, will the operation be complicated and require a long learning curve?" With these questions in mind, he contacted ZYCO's international trade team and specifically requested a video of the equipment being tested under similar working conditions. The video showed the ZYCO pure electric press brake precisely positioning the lower die on a 2mm stainless steel plate, with an angular error within 0.5°. The entire process was free of the humming noise of a hydraulic press, and parameter adjustments were a simple click of the mouse. This put his mind at ease.

What attracted Mr. Raj even more was that the ZYCO team had prepared a detailed "adaptation plan" tailored to his factory's needs. Taking into account the "high-variety, low-volume" order model common in Indian factories, the pure electric press brake's "quick mold change" function can shorten the material change time from the original 15 minutes to 3 minutes; and the "servo motor precise positioning" feature just solves the "thin steel plate deformation" problem that had previously troubled him. Even the operating interface can be adjusted to Hindi according to the workers' usage habits. These details made him feel that "this company really considers us."

In August, after the equipment arrived at the factory and was installed and debugged, Mr. Raj's workers immediately began operating it. To their surprise, they became proficient in the equipment they thought they would need two or three days to learn. "The buttons on the screen are very clear. If I want to adjust the angle and speed, I just need a few clicks. It's much simpler than the original hydraulic press!" The actual processing results surprised Mr. Raj even more: when processing the same batch of elevator panels, the hydraulic press would occasionally deform 1-2 pieces, but now the pure electric bending machine can continuously produce 200 pieces, and each piece meets the precision requirements. Moreover, because the hydraulic oil does not need to be changed frequently, the cost of consumables can be saved every month.

Last week, when the ZYCO foreign trade team was visiting a customer, Mr. Raj said with a smile on the phone, "When I first chose the pure electric press brake, some people in the factory advised me not to take the risk. Now they are convinced - this machine is really easy to use and excellent! Next time I buy new equipment, I will definitely choose a ZYCO pure electric press brake!"

In fact, in the past six months, we have met many Indian customers like Mr. Raj who are “trying a pure electric press brake for the first time.” Their initial hesitation and subsequent acceptance stem from the significant advantages of pure electric press brakes in precision, efficiency, and cost. For Indian sheet metal fabricators striving for high quality and cost-effectiveness, this represents not only a machine upgrade but also an optimization of their production model. If you are also worried about "order accuracy not meeting standards" and "low material change efficiency", you may want to try a pure electric bending machine like Mr. Raj - maybe it will bring you unexpected surprises.

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