Hydraulic Ironworker Machines

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Shops that search for an ironworker for sale or a small ironworker machine can compare all seven Q35Y models on one page before choosing punching force and throat depth.

Which hydraulic ironworker machine you buy is a punch-tonnage and hole-size problem first, then a section-shear and throat problem. This page is the Q35Y range: seven models, Q35Y-12 to Q35Y-50, 35-250 t. Start with punch pressure, maximum punch diameter and punching depth. Then check plate cut, angle, flat and round section shear, throat depth, and which stations the job uses.

Read the table as a min-max across seven models, not as one frame that hits every maximum at once.

A hydraulic ironworker is for mixed punching plus straight shearing, notching or section cutting, checked station by station. Dedicated stamping and forming belong on a power press.

Cutting angle is 7-8° and slider travel is 35-100 mm. Those are rake and stroke limits, not station capacity.

Screen punching force with the formula on the metal punching machine types page:

Required cutting force (kN) ≈ cut perimeter (mm) × material thickness (mm) × material shear strength (N/mm²) ÷ 1,000

Metric ton-force = kN ÷ 9.80665. That page’s worked example assumes 300 N/mm²; use it as a screen only, then add stripping, wear, dynamic load and an engineering margin.

Stainless needs different clearance and higher punching force, so the direction is up.

12 mm flat bar, Ø26 hole.

Punching depth 12-40 mm puts 12 mm on the floor; punch diameter 25-45 mm puts Ø26 just above 25 mm. The ironworker tooling page: do not punch thicker than the punch diameter unless approved. 12 mm is below 26 mm, so that rule holds.

Perimeter = π × 26 = 81.68 mm, so F = 81.68 × 12 × 300 ÷ 1,000 = 294.05 kN, and 294.05 ÷ 9.80665 ≈ 29.99 t. The Q35Y hydraulic ironworker floor is 35 t, so the screen sits inside the low end. Do not specify the 250 t end for this hole.

If the tooling supplier specifies 20% total clearance, as in that page’s mild-steel worked example, total clearance = 12 × 20% = 2.4 mm and die opening = 26 + 2.4 = 28.4 mm. Order the nearest approved die.

100 × 100 × 10 mm angle, section shear.

A 10 mm leg is below the 12 mm plate-cut floor, but that row is plate. Angle, flat and round use the section shear station.

If the small model’s angle station is below 100 × 100 × 10 mm, move up inside the seven models. If the top model still misses it, stop.

40 mm plate punching, or 600 mm throat.

Punching depth tops out at 40 mm. The min-hole rule wants punch diameter ≥ 40 mm unless approved; published punch diameter only reaches 45 mm, so the window is Ø40-45 mm at the top of the range.

For Ø40 × 40 mm at 300 N/mm², perimeter = π × 40 = 125.66 mm, so F = 125.66 × 40 × 300 ÷ 1,000 = 1,507.96 kN, and 1,507.96 ÷ 9.80665 ≈ 153.8 t. That is far above 35 t and inside 250 t before allowances.

Throat is 115-600 mm. You’ll need the top of that range for a 600 mm reach. More than 600 mm is outside this series.

If the hole already sits inside the 115 mm floor, why specify the 600 mm end?

The Q35Y series is the only ironworker listed here. It fits a mixed shop that punches, shears and notches plate, bar and sections. Use the low end for Ø25-26 mm holes at about 12 mm depth; use the high end near 40 mm depth, Ø45 mm, 600 mm throat or 50 mm plate cut.

Do not pick it when the hole is smaller than 25 mm, the plate to punch is thicker than 40 mm, throat must exceed 600 mm, or the plate to shear is thicker than 50 mm. Do not pick it for dedicated stamping and forming. Do not treat 250 t as the rating of the notch or the section shear.

It’s a multi-station frame with 35-100 mm slider travel and a 7-8° cutting angle. If the process needs more stroke or a different rake, this envelope is wrong.

Send six items so BEIGEMA can match a Q35Y model to the stations you will run.

Largest hole diameter and the thickness at that hole, plus grade. That sets punch Ø, punching depth, the force screen, and punch-and-die clearance.

Largest section to shear: angle, flat, round, with both legs and thickness. The published row is plate 12-50 mm only.

Pieces per shift, and whether more than one station must work in the same cycle.

Throat depth the part actually needs, in millimetres.

Whether you need a notch station, a bend station, or punch and section shear only. The model name does not define every workstation option.

Tooling standard: holder interface, punch-die series, and which clearance chart you will follow.

Station architecture sits on the metal punching machine types page.

Low end. Ø26 × 12 mm sits on the 25-45 / 12-40 mm punch window, and 29.99 t at 300 N/mm² sits under 35 t. Confirm throat and section shear; do not jump to Q35Y-50.

High end, and only if the hole is Ø40-45 mm. Ø40 × 40 mm at 300 N/mm² screens at 153.8 t, inside 250 t before allowances. More than 600 mm throat, or punching depth above 40 mm, is outside this range.

No. Tonnage is one station: check each station, throat, tooling, simultaneous-use rules and guarding. Plate cut 12-50 mm is not the angle or round-bar rating.

Only when the tooling supplier approves the grade, thickness and clearance. Stainless often needs different clearance and higher force. Confirm total versus per-side clearance before you size the die.

When the work is dedicated high-volume stamping, or a sheet of many hole sizes that wants a turret. This category already sends dedicated stamping to power presses. Keep this punching and shearing machine for mixed punch, plate cut, notch and section shear.

Power press selection comes down to tonnage, stroke and die height.

Which hydraulic ironworker you need is a punch-tonnage and hole-size problem first, then a section-shear and throat problem. The Q35Y range spans seven models from Q35Y-12 to Q35Y-50 with punching force from 35 to 250 tons, cutting plate up to 50 mm thick and punching holes up to 45 mm in diameter. Start with punch pressure and maximum punch diameter, then check plate cut, angle and flat-section shear before picking a station layout.

An off-center hole usually traces to die alignment or punch-to-die clearance rather than the frame's rated tonnage. Q35Y ironworkers cut at a 7-8 degree cutting angle with 35-100 mm slider travel, so check tooling setup and punch centering against those limits before assuming a Q35Y-20 or larger model is underpowered for plate near the 45 mm hole-diameter ceiling; re-seat the die and confirm clearance first.

Yes. The Q35Y range covers seven models, Q35Y-12 to Q35Y-50, combining punching, shearing and notching in one frame, with punching force from 35 to 250 tons, plate cutting up to 50 mm thick and hole punching up to 45 mm in diameter.