Busbar Bending Machine

A Copper Busbar Bending Machine for Bars up to 20 mm Thick

The hydraulic power pack works between 200 and 230 bar depending on the model — enough to form copper busbar up to 20 mm thick without marking the surface or over-stressing the material. The standard mobile mold gives a forming radius of 12 or 14 mm, which is what most low-voltage panels ask for, and the length stopper is set either by hand or automatically depending on the version you choose. Capacity runs from 120 × 12 mm on the HBC-BE120 up to 200 × 20 mm on the HBC-BE200, so there is a frame size for almost every bar a panel shop is likely to run.

Manual (EH) or Automatic (ES): Two Ways to Run the Same Machine

Every model in this range comes in two control versions, and the choice has more effect on your daily work than the frame size does. The manual busbar bending machine (EH) uses a handy length stopper — the simplest setup, the lowest cost, and the sensible choice when no two jobs look the same. The auto busbar bending machine (ES) adds a programmable stopper that stores and repeats angle positions, so the five-hundredth bar comes out exactly like the first one. Both versions are Industry 4.0 ready out of the box, which means you can connect the HBC-BE160 or any other model to your production system from day one if you work with traceability.

Built for Electrical Panel and Switchgear Builders

If you build electrical panels, LV switchgear, distribution boards or motor control centres, bending is the step where accuracy becomes visible. A bar that is two degrees off will still bolt down, but it puts stress on the joint and it shows in the final assembly. A dedicated busbar bender takes that risk out of the process: the same mold, the same stopper position and the same hydraulic pressure on every piece. For panel builders who already have cutting and punching covered — in-house or through a subcontractor — this is the machine that completes the line without the cost and the floor space of a 3-in-1 busbar processing machine.

Who Else Keeps a Busbar Bender Running Every Day

Panel building is the largest market for this range, but it is far from the only one. Anywhere copper or aluminium conductors carry serious current, someone has to bend them properly:

• Switchgear and MCC manufacturers — repeat production of identical bars, batch after batch.
• Transformer and substation builders — heavy sections, long bars, tight connection points.
• Busway and busduct producers — high volumes where a programmable stopper pays for itself quickly.
• Solar, storage and EV charging integrators — DC busbar work with short lead times.
• Data centre and industrial contractors — on-site modifications and replacement bars.
• Maintenance and repair workshops — one-off bars that have to match an existing installation exactly.

Every Bend Your Panel Needs, from One Forming Head

One forming head and five bend types cover the full range a panel builder actually needs, without changing machines for every shape. This is what makes the HBC-BE a true copper busbar angle bending machine rather than a single-angle press:

• Normal bend — the standard flat-face angle used on almost every panel connection.
• Edge bend — bending the bar on its narrow side, the hardest bend to get right by hand.
• V bend — sharp angular forming where the routing has to change direction quickly.
• Z bend (step bend) — two opposite bends that offset the bar onto a different plane.
• Twist bend — rotating the bar around its own axis to meet a connection at 90°.

Five optional molds are available for each machine, and special molds can be produced to a customer's drawing when a project needs a shape outside the standard set.

Busbar Bending Price: How to Get a Real Number

There is no single busbar bending price for this range, and any figure published without context would be misleading. The final cost depends on the frame size, on whether you choose the manual (EH) or the automatic (ES) control version, on the mold set your work actually requires, on your local voltage and frequency, and on shipping, installation and operator training. Two workshops buying the same model can end up with very different configurations.

So instead of a price list, we give you a real number for your own workshop. Use the Any Question? button below, tell us the bar sizes you run and how often you repeat the same job, and one of our engineers takes it from there — the right model, the right mold set, a firm price and the current lead time. It takes less than a minute to ask, and you are under no obligation to buy.