Below is a list of Press Brakes manufacturers from Lansing, Michigan. Press brakes, which are also known as brake presses, are used to make bends or folds in sheet metal and plate metal by pressing them into dies by means of a cold working process. Press brakes can either be manual, which are only used on thin, formable metal, mechanical or hydraulic, which are by far the most widely used because they are able to handle tough industrial production jobs. A much less common type of press brake is a servo-electric, which runs based off a small electric motor.