When hydraulics give way to innovation
Two teams working as one for a story of success and sustainability
When innovation takes a new shape.
It all begins with a challenge: completely eliminating hydraulics from a press brake and replacing it with a full‑electric system capable of delivering greater speed, precision, rigidity, compactness, and sustainability. A request that changes the rules and places UMBRAGROUP at the center of creating a machine designed to redefine industry standards. From that moment on, design, development, and industrialization move forward together, guided by a co‑engineering approach that accompanies the system from the first concept to final validation.
Every test passed is a milestone; every trial is confirmation of an architecture that replaces fluids, piping, and complexity with clean energy, efficiency, and total control.
The result changes the prospective
The new electromechanical actuation system integrates high‑load ball screws, a low‑noise recirculation system, combined roller‑and‑ball bearings, a torque direct‑drive motor, a thermally optimized aluminum structure, a multi‑turn absolute encoder, and an electromagnetic brake entirely developed by UMBRAGROUP. The result is a compact, quiet, and powerful actuator capable of handling heavy‑duty work cycles with long‑term reliability. And above all, the complete elimination of hydraulics means reduced maintenance, no polluting fluids, lower energy consumption, and a drastically lower environmental impact, a transformation visible from the test bench all the way to the production line.
From supplier to Partner
This project represents an evolution for UMBRAGROUP: moving from providing motion technologies to designing complete electromechanical systems engineered and qualified for high‑performance applications. Close collaboration with the customer: from requirement definition to endurance testing, EMC verification, and acoustic validation in a semi‑anechoic chamber demonstrates that innovation thrives when two teams work as one.
The result is a new generation of full‑electric press brakes built on the same principles that guide the most ambitious programs in the industry: performance, reliability, and sustainability. And with it, UMBRAGROUP strengthens its role not only as a supplier, but as a strategic Partner for those shaping the future of industrial technology.