A new brand of panel benders born from the strategic collaboration between Salvagnini, a global leader in sheet metal fabrication, and Lanhao Intelligent Technology, a company specialised in proprietary control systems and panel bending machines.

Salvagnini, a global leader in sheet metal fabrication systems headquartered in Italy, and Lanhao Intelligent Technology, a Chinese company specialised in proprietary control systems and panel bending machines, are pleased to announce a cooperation agreement aimed at broadening access to cost-effective and efficient panel bending solutions.

Under this agreement – entered by the parties as independent entities – Salvagnini will exclusively distribute out of China a new range of panel benders, developed by Lanhao specifically for Salvagnini and marketed under the new brand. These machines will initially be launched across Asia, Middle East and South America.

The new Metevo MX-1417 panel bender, which is a strategic collaboration between Salvagnini and Lanhao Intelligent Technology

The distribution of the panel benders marks a strategic step forward in delivering differentiated automation technologies to a broader customer base — driven by Salvagnini’s extensive global presence, decades of application expertise and a robust and professional service network covering most major markets worldwide.

The new Metevo panel benders only require 4 standard multi-purpose bending tools to process the entire range of thickness and materials. The range initially consists of three machines – the MX-1417, which has a bending length of 1 400mm and bending height of 170mm, the MX-2017, which has a bending length of 2 000mm and bending height of 170mm and the MX-2517 which has a bending length of 2 500mm and bending height of 170mm.

On all three machines there are minimum thicknesses of 0,4mm for mild steel, stainless steel and aluminium and maximum thickness for mild steel 2mm, for stainless steel 1.5mm and for aluminium 3mm.

Each MX is equipped with a manually adjustable blank holder, which can be set according to the size of the panel to be bent and a manipulator, a clamp and rotator, which are responsible for automatically handling the sheet during bending. The sheet is centered then automatically manipulated, clamped, and rotated.

The sheet is centered only once using mechanical stops at the beginning of the cycle. The machines can either be manually loaded/unloaded or come with automatic options.

For further details visit www.met-evo.com or email info@met-evo.com