BESS cabinets, battery enclosures and charger housings in 1.5–2.0 mm — flat enough to seal, fast enough to keep up with a product range that changes every quarter.
Energy storage and EV charging enclosures sit at the heavy end of the thin-sheet window. Cabinet bodies, doors and internal partitions are typically 1.5 to 2.0 mm cold-rolled or galvanised steel, because the enclosure carries weight, resists impact and has to seal to an IP rating. That thickness makes the frame choice non-negotiable: a cast-iron frame panel bender is rated to 2.0 mm cold-rolled at full bend length, a welded frame only to 1.5 mm.
The other defining feature is change. Product generations in this sector turn over faster than in any traditional cabinet industry, and enclosure designs are revised while the first batch is still shipping. That rules out anything tool-dependent. A Prensa de punção de torre CNC produces cable entries, ventilation patterns, fan cut-outs, busbar clearances and mounting arrays without dedicated dies; a dobrador de painéis forms the four-sided panels from a program; both switch to a revised drawing in minutes rather than through a tooling order.
STON CNC (Qingdao Ston Mechanical Technology Co., Ltd.) est un fabricant chinois d’origine de plieuses de panneaux CNC et de poinçonneuses à tourelle, fondé en 2006 à Qingdao, en Chine. Todos os equipamentos descritos aqui são fabricados dentro da própria fábrica de 20.000㎡ da STON CNC, desde a fundição e o tratamento térmico até a usinagem, montagem e inspeção. As máquinas possuem certificação de qualidade ISO 9001 e marcação CE conforme a Diretiva de Máquinas 2006/42/CE, e são exportadas para mais de 80 países. Ver certificações e patentes →
Battery and charger enclosures concentrate their sheet metal in a small number of large, thick-gauge panels that must stay flat enough for a gasket to seal against.
A door that bows by two millimetres will not seal, whatever gasket you specify, and the ingress test fails at the corners first. Closed-loop servo bending with rapid compensation adjustment holds angle across the full length, and straightness of roughly 0.2 mm/m keeps the sealing face straight enough for compression to be even along the whole channel.
Cell formats, converter footprints and connector positions move between product generations. Any process that requires a dedicated die per hole pattern becomes a schedule risk. Turret punching and program-driven bending absorb a revised drawing in an afternoon; the constraint becomes engineering time, not tooling lead time.
A cast-iron frame panel bender reaches 2.0 mm cold-rolled at full bend length; a welded frame stops at 1.5 mm. Enclosure specifications regularly drift to 2.5 or 3 mm for structural bases and outdoor cabinets. Those parts belong on a press brake, and we confirm which of your parts fall on each side before quoting.
This sector rewards flexibility over raw throughput. Most customers are better served by a cell that absorbs design changes than by a line optimised for a product that may be superseded.
The thickness row is where most enquiries in this sector fall over. Outdoor and structural enclosure parts drift above the panel bender window more often than customers expect.
| Parâmetro | Panel bender — cast frame | Panel bender — welded frame | Notas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold-rolled / galvanised | ≤2.0 mm | ≤1.5 mm | Above 2.0 mm goes to a press brake |
| Stainless steel | ≤1.2 mm | ≤1.0 mm | For outdoor and coastal enclosures |
| Aluminium | ≤2.5 mm | ≤2.5 mm | Alloy dependent |
| Dimensão máxima de conformação | 1000 × 1000 up to 2800 × 1500 mm | Por modelo | |
| Bending height | 5 mm minimum / 170, 300 or 400 mm maximum | Por configuração | |
| Dimensão interna mínima dos quatro lados | aprox. 140 × 190 mm | Busbar shrouds may fall below this | |
| Precisão angular | aprox. ±0,5°/m | Decides gasket compression evenness | |
| Straightness | approx. 0.2 mm/m | Decides whether the door seals | |
| Punching accuracy | ±0.1 mm on turret punch press | Repeatability approx. ±0.01–0.02 mm | |
| Serviços públicos | Trifásico, 380 V, ar a 0,6 MPa | Configurado para a tensão de destino | |
Four-sided cabinet bodies, doors and partitions in 1.5–2.0 mm, with dense cut-out patterns that change between product generations. The combination of thick-gauge forming and tooling-free punching is exactly what this sector needs.
Deep-drawn battery module shells, extruded heat sink profiles, roll-formed frame sections, and any structural part above 2.0 mm cold-rolled at full bend length. Different processes and in most cases different suppliers.
Structural bases in 2.5–3 mm, lifting lugs, heavy mounting brackets and thick reinforcement plates. Every enclosure factory we work with keeps a press brake for precisely these.
Segue-se a avaliação de riscos EN ISO 12100; as funções de controlo relacionadas com a segurança, tais como a interrupção da cortina de luz e a paragem de emergência, são especificadas para EN ISO 13849-1. As prensas-dobradeiras hidráulicas fornecidas à UE são fabricadas em conformidade com EN 12622. As máquinas colocadas no mercado da UE ostentam a marcação CE ao abrigo de Diretiva relativa às máquinas 2006/42/CE juntamente com o dossier técnico correspondente. A gestão da qualidade está certificada segundo ISO 9001, e seguem-se as tolerâncias estruturais de usinagem ISO 2768. For the finished enclosure, IEC 60529 defines the IP code your cabinet is tested against and IEC 61439-1 applies to low-voltage assemblies. Neither is a machine standard — but the flatness and angle consistency needed to pass an ingress test are established at the bending stage, not at final assembly.
Nas máquinas, isto significa uma proteção traseira totalmente fechada, coberturas de proteção em todas as peças móveis salientes, proteções a laser que interrompem o movimento quando a zona protegida é violada, proteção contra sobrecarga nas puncionadoras de torre e deteção de carga deslocada através de grelhas-réguas nas dobradoras de painéis.
Enclosure ranges usually need the first two. The third supplies parts you will keep buying in.
| Máquina de dobrar painéis CNC | dobradeira CNC | Roll forming | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part geometry | Flat panels folded on all four sides | Any bend line, any thickness in capacity | Constant cross-section profiles |
| Typical enclosure parts | Cabinet bodies, doors, partitions, trays | Structural bases, lugs, heavy brackets | Frame members, mounting rails |
| Thickness for this sector | ≤2.0 mm cold-rolled | 2.0 mm and above | Set by the roll set |
| Sealing-face straightness | approx. 0.2 mm/m | Crowning and operator dependent | Excellent, but fixed section |
| Response to a design revision | Program change, minutes | Tool change and gauge reset | New roll set, weeks |
| Operadores | 1 ou 0 com carregamento automático | 1–2 | 1 per line |
| A STON fornece isso? | Sim | Sim | No — different process |
Battery module trays are worth checking early. A folded tray suits a panel bender; a drawn shell does not, and no amount of tooling will change that. We separate the two at drawing review.
As figuras abaixo descrevem a direção e o mecanismo da alteração. Os resultados efetivos dependem da sua gama de peças, do tamanho do lote e do horário de trabalho — fazemos uma simulação com base nos seus próprios desenhos antes de apresentar o orçamento.
| Artigo | Apenas prensas de dobra | Turret punch plus panel bender cell |
|---|---|---|
| Operators on a 2 mm cabinet panel | 2, lifting and turning | 1, or unattended with loading |
| Door sealing-face straightness | Crowning and operator dependent | approx. 0.2 mm/m |
| IP test failures at corners | Common when angle drifts between panels | Reduced by closed-loop angle control |
| Response to a design revision | Re-tooling and re-proving | Program change, same day |
| Cut-outs per panel | Laser plus manual secondary operations | One clamping on the turret punch |
| Changeover between models | Troca de ferramentas e reajuste dos calibres | Program recall plus compensation adjustment |
| Parts above 2.0 mm | Handled | Stay on the press brake |
Lógica de retorno do investimento que utilizamos com os clientes: (mão-de-obra poupada anualmente + redução do retrabalho e do desperdício + produção comercializável adicional) ÷ custo do equipamento instalado. Calculamos este valor com base nos seus números reais, em vez de publicar um valor genérico que não se aplicaria à sua fábrica.

Cast-iron frame models rated to 2.0 mm cold-rolled at full bend length. Full-electric servo closed-loop control, rapid compensation adjustment, grating-ruler offset-load detection, custom knives for gasket channel profiles.
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Cable entries, ventilation patterns, fan cut-outs, busbar clearances and mounting arrays in one clamping, without dedicated dies. ±0.1 mm accuracy, turret speed to 40 rpm, over-tonnage protection.
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Repeating hole patterns and one-off contours on the same panel in a single clamping. Roughly 40% less floor space than separate machines, and no secondary alignment between the array and the cut-out.
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For structural bases, lifting lugs and reinforcement plates above the panel bender window. 63 t to 320 t, DELEM or ESA control, mechanical compensation, laser protection device.
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Exchange-table fiber laser for prototypes, first articles and revised drawings that arrive faster than tooling can be ordered. Burr-free edges on coated and galvanised sheet.
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Native interface on every panel bender, compatible with most robotic arm and gantry brands. On 2 mm panels the weight alone justifies removing the manual lift.
Ver sistema de treliças →Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Qingdao, one hour from major export ports and the airport. Casting, heat treatment, machining, welding, assembly and inspection all happen inside our own 20,000㎡ factory. That is why a configuration change for a battery enclosure line does not become a six-month subcontracting problem.




Energy storage projects run to grid connection dates and charger rollouts run to site handover. A stopped cell delays an installation schedule, not just a production plan.
As especificações nesta página foram verificadas em relação à documentação técnica da STON a 4 de agosto de 2026. Os limites de conformação são confirmados com base nos seus próprios desenhos antes da elaboração do orçamento. Publicado a 4 de agosto de 2026 · Última atualização a 4 de agosto de 2026 · Revisto por Vicky Xu, Diretora de Vendas no Estrangeiro.
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