Inanlar Prestige press brake, 135 t, 3.1 m bed, steady workhorse for UAE job shops.
Punches hit, metal moves, parts come out. Sounds basic, right. Hold on, let the coffee kick in. Inanlar has been bending steel since the 1960s, rolled out more than 16 000 press brakes, kept the family name on the front plate and, funny thing, the bolts on the back stay metric even when the machine sails to Jebel Ali.
Moderate, really. A frame that laughs at 135 tonnes sounds anything but modest. Anyway Inanlar splits the line in two skins: Prestige with a beefier control package, Moderate with the same iron muscle but a simpler CNC. You pick, the chassis stays identical, the price tag changes, done.
Two sentences before the numbers, fine. Here you go, then we keep talking.
| Spec | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Force | 1350 kN | Typical mid-range UAE shop favourite |
| Length | 3100 mm | Fits 3-meter sheets without overhang |
| Stroke | 265 mm | Enough for Z-bends and small boxes |
| Daylight | 530 mm | Taller tools welcome |
| Speed, approach | 200 mm-s | Not lightning, still safe for one-man crew |
| Speed, work | 10 mm-s | Consistent with EN12622 |
| Power | 11 kW | Simple air-oil cooler handles Dubai heat |
Numbers done, keep rolling.
Chunky mono-block steel, stress-relieved in a furnace the size of a city bus. Welders in Bursa brag the frame twist on a 135 t unit stays under 0,03 mm per meter. I have not measured, but the parts slide into the gauge square, so good enough. Hydraulic pack comes from Hoerbiger, valves sit on a manifold for short oil channels, less heat, less hiss.
Before you yawn, both controls speak Arabic, store files on USB, and yes, the ethernet jack is standard, no surprise upcharge.
Twin ball screws ride on linear guides, servo by Yaskawa. X travel 750 mm, R axis optional. Some shops in Sharjah skip R to save a few dirhams, regret six months later when step bends pop up. Been there, grabbed shims, cursed.
There is the classic manual wedge, you grab a wrench, sweat, finish. Or the Promecam quick clamp, hit a button, punch drops in ten seconds. For 3 m length you feel the difference on the third changeover of the day.
You asked for it, here it comes after two honest sentences. People usually care about what breaks first, so let me spell the critical zones.
Back to prose, my knuckles still remember the sharp edge on an older Inanlar foot pedal, happy to see the new rounded ABS shell.
Factories in Abu Dhabi chasing elevator cabins love the 3,1 m bed, because cabin side panels rarely exceed 3000 mm. Job shops in Ajman cutting sign brackets run the smaller 2,5 m sibling, same series.
Now the comparison part, not polite, but needed.
Inanlar lands in the middle, not cheap China, not posh Euro pricing, sweet spot for Gulf outfits squeezing both uptime and cash flow.
Highlighting scenarios where the machine simply fits.
Done, back to wandering text.
Prestige-Moderate runs from 40 t/1250 mm baby up to 400 t/6100 mm monster, same control families. If you scale up, cylinder count jumps to four, frame grows thicker, the rest feels familiar, good for operator muscle memory. Version revisions show up roughly every 5 years, current one is R4, rolled out in 2022 with updated safety PLC.
Oil change every 4000 hours, filter cost around 160 AED, peanuts. Calibrate linear scales yearly, two screws, no special jig. Turkey keeps parts stock for fifteen years, at least they wrote so in the service letter, call me in 2035 to verify.
Land the frame on epoxy grout, shim within 0,15 mm twist across the bed, skip that and the crowning table cannot save your angles. Provide 32 A three-phase breaker, wire size 10 mm² copper, consult DEWA if longer than 20 m. Aircon, no industrial chiller needed, an ordinary split unit blowing on the rear cabinet makes life easier.
I switched from an old RG, the Delem feels like a phone, swipe, done, less stress.
The backgauge fingers sit low, sometimes scratches paint on pre-coated sheet, we taped PVC, fixed.
In summer noon shift the cooler keeps oil under 45 °С, no alarms, good.
The steel skeleton stays stiff, the control friendly, the price realistic. That triad pulls buyers from Dubai free zones, Sharjah family workshops, even Ras Al Khaimah shipfitters. Bend once, measure, if the part is out more than 0,4 mm, you likely messed the tool offset, not the frame.
Nothing fancy, just a steady workhorse that forgives average handling and still drops parts on time. And in a region where downtime melts margins faster than the sun hits your neck, that steadiness sells.
