UNSPSC 23251502: Manual press brake

Press brakes bend sheet metal or plate by utilizing long dies and a mechanical press. The mechanical press is either the crank or eccentric type, with speeds that vary from a maximum at the center of the stroke to zero at the bottom of the stroke.

UNSPSC 23251502 Manual press brake is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The three most recent solicitations under this code—a Sourcewell cooperative procurement for law enforcement equipment, a Texas school district catalog bid for classroom supplies and materials, and a Wisconsin city contract for printing and mailing services—contain no reference to manual press brakes or metal fabrication equipment. The code shows little relevant recent activity and the mismatch between the code's nominal scope (metal fabrication tooling) and the actual work being solicited suggests either a tagging error in the source data or dormant procurement activity under this commodity line.

Without evidence of genuine manual press brake solicitations in the recent state and local contracting record, no geographic concentration, issuing-body pattern, or representative opportunity specific to the code's intended scope can be established from the source provided.