Selling fabrication equipment?

KD Machinery buys used fabrication machinery outright. Tell us what you have and how to reach you, and we will get back to you. The make and model are enough to start.

How it works and what we buy: Sell your used fabrication machinery.

KD Machinery buys single machines, and whole shops and plants, outright. Auction-based plant liquidations and formal USPAP appraisals are handled by KD Auctions: see plant liquidation by auction and USPAP appraisals.

Buying a used folding machine

A folder and a press brake do the same job by different means, and the difference decides which one you want. A press brake drives a punch into a die under high tonnage. A folding machine clamps the sheet against a beam and swings it to form the bend.

Because nothing slides across a die, a folder leaves no die marks. That is why it is usually the right machine for pre-finished, painted or polished sheet, and for long, thin panels. Clamping also means one operator can handle a panel that would take two on a brake.

The specifications that matter are working length, maximum material thickness at that length, and how many axes the control drives. Thickness ratings are quoted in mild steel, so derate for stainless. Up-and-down folders bend in both directions without flipping the part, which is what makes them quick on production work.

On a used machine, look hardest at the control generation and the backgauge. Support and spares for older proprietary controls are the most common source of downtime, and a retrofit can cost a meaningful fraction of the machine.

KD Machinery stocks used folding machinery from RAS, Schechtl, Jorns, Thalmann, Cidan, Prima and HydraPower.

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