{"id":4598,"date":"2026-02-27T13:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devwww.farweststeel.com\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:13:53","slug":"new-press-brakes-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devwww.farweststeel.com\/?p=4598","title":{"rendered":"FARWEST STEEL | BLOG: Press Brake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introducing Farwest Steel\u2019s New Long-Forming Press Brakes: Bigger, Stronger, Smarter Manufacturing Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This investment in capacity, capability, and customer value opens the door to larger, more complex projects across the construction, transportation, infrastructure, energy, and equipment manufacturing industries, many of which previously had to send large, long-form jobs hundreds or even thousands of miles away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your job needs long, thick, consistently precise bends, delivered faster and with fewer seams, these machines were built for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why This Product Launch Matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For decades, structural fabricators and manufacturers across the West Coast have had to send large long-forming jobs outside the region to find the right combination of tonnage, tooling, and throughput. According to our Director of Sales and Operations, Stewart McCondochie, customers often had to go outside the Western United States for similar capacities. That distance added cost, complicated logistics, and extended lead times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farwest\u2019s new press brakes change that equation entirely. By bringing the West Coast\u2019s most comprehensive long-forming capacity under the Farwest Steel roof, we\u2019ve combined world-class tonnage and tooling with process engineering that adds real value: shorter timelines, fewer handoffs, and cleaner, stronger finished parts for industries like infrastructure, transportation, and automotive manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Explore our Forming Capabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn how our new press brakes support marine platforms, grid and infrastructure upgrades, heavy fabrication, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Farwest is excited to have the opportunity to provide you a quote to serve your metal needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact us today<\/strong><\/a> to partner with Farwest Steel so you can reduce welds, shorten schedules, and simplify logistics on your next project, all with one vertically-integrated provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a Press Brake Does<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A press brake is a precision machine that takes \ufb02at material and applies accurate bends to create a formed product. As Dave Hendricks, Farwest\u2019s Director of Sales and Operations for the Steel Division, explains it, a press brake applies controlled tonnage with the ram across the linear feet of the material to achieve a specified geometry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In practice, this means we can form longer, thicker, and wider components as single pieces, dramatically reducing weld seams and the downstream time, cost, and risk those seams create. That\u2019s a game-changer for structural fabricators and manufacturers that rely on long, continuous components for strength and fit-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Capabilities at a Glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We designed this installation around what our customers have been asking for: longer lengths, larger leg sizes, higher tonnage, and smarter material flow. Here\u2019s what stands out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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