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Commercial kitchen fabrication

Make stainless-steel panels, cabinets and covers with the required shape and finish. Compare cutting and forming around visible surfaces, corners and assembly access.

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Application illustration · representative workpieces

Start with the parts you make

Show which faces remain visible and how each part meets the next component. Finish and geometry belong in the same evaluation.

Illustration of a brushed stainless-steel kitchen cabinet body with an open hinged door and shelf.

Cabinet bodies and doors

Identify return flanges, hinges, edge details and access for tooling around the finished enclosure.

Illustration of a stainless-steel worktop with an upturned rear edge and a folded front apron.

Work-surface edges

Define the required profile and corner appearance, the material finish and the way formed sections are joined.

Illustration of a formed stainless-steel equipment cover with a rectangular opening and fixing flange.

Equipment covers

Review openings, fastening points and the direction of the visible surface finish across adjoining parts.

Illustration of a stainless-steel tray with joined corners and a separate folded-edge shelf.

Trays and shelves

Check depth, corner clearance, edge folds and the loading and removal of the finished part.

Connect the part to the process

Protecting visible faces

Specify finish, protective film and contact-sensitive surfaces. Include handling and stacking as well as the forming operation.

Consistent corner appearance

The drawing should identify the required radius, edge shape and joined corner. Different appearance requirements can call for different process choices.

Mixing panel and bracket work

Large formed panels and small fittings may need different tooling and handling. Group the workload before comparing machine families.

Choose the equipment for each task

Cut the blank and openings, choose a forming process that accommodates the panel and finish, then assess welding, finishing and assembly. Consider V grooving only where the part design calls for it.

ULF single-table fiber laser cutting machine

Cut stainless blanks and features

Match the laser setup to the material, finish and edge quality needed before forming or joining. Include small openings and visible edges in the sample.

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Bend varied profiles

Compare press brakes by the required tooling access, bend sequence, support and contact with visible faces.

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PB-M press-arm panel bender representative configuration

Form suitable doors and panels

Evaluate panel benders for the actual panel sizes, folds, corners and surface requirements. Check the finished part, not only the flat blank.

Compare panel benders

V grooving is a design-dependent option for selected appearance requirements. Its geometry and subsequent forming must be agreed; it is not a required process for every stainless-steel component.

Define the finish your parts require

Compare CNC press brakes and panel benders for your stainless parts. Use representative samples to check surfaces, corners and critical dimensions.

Questions before choosing equipment

Does all commercial kitchen equipment need V grooving?

No. Consider it only where the design and required bend appearance call for that process. Review the groove geometry, subsequent forming and finished-part requirements together.

How can visible surfaces be assessed?

State the finish, visible faces and protective film, then evaluate tool contact, handling, stacking and the resulting corners using the intended material.

Can one forming method cover the entire product?

A kitchen assembly may contain large panels, small fittings and difficult returns. Review each part family; more than one forming method may be appropriate.

What should a representative sample include?

Choose a visible door or panel, a demanding corner and a tray or bracket. Include the drawing, material and finish, batch pattern and assembly requirements.

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