LVD Strippit Single 30

The LVD Strippit Single 30 is a 30-ton CNC single-head punch press from LVD Strippit, representing a fundamentally different machine architecture from LVD's turret punch presses. Where the PFC and V-series use a rotating turret to hold and index multiple tools, the Single 30 uses a single punch station that is manually tooled for one punch-and-die set at a time. This single-station design makes the machine simpler, lower-cost, and more focused on high-volume production of repetitive single-punch operations — blanking, perforating standard patterns, or piercing a single hole geometry across thousands of parts — rather than the complex multi-tool part programs that favor a turret punch.

The Single 30's core operating principle is simplicity and speed on repetitive work. With one punch-and-die loaded, the machine can punch at rates exceeding those of turret punches on the same single-tool operation, since there is no indexing time penalty and no turret rotation overhead. The 1,250 x 2,500 mm working area and CNC-controlled X/Y axes position the sheet precisely under the single punch station. For production runs of simple perforated panels, electrical knockouts in a standard pattern, or high-volume bracket blanking in one punch size, the Single 30 is faster and more economical than a turret press.

The Single 30 finds its niche in specific production environments: perforating shops producing ventilation grilles and acoustic panels in large quantities, manufacturers with standardized hole patterns that repeat across product families, and fabricators needing a dedicated punch press for one class of operation alongside a turret punch handling complex parts. The machine's simplicity also means lower maintenance costs and a smaller footprint than equivalent turret punch presses — it requires less floor space and has fewer mechanical systems to maintain.

LVD Strippit programs the Single 30 via CADMAN-P, the same software environment used across the PFC and V-series. For the Single 30's typical use cases, programming is straightforward — define the sheet, define the hole pattern, assign the single punch tool, and generate the program. CADMAN-P handles nesting and sequence optimization for maximum throughput. Operators can also program simple repetitive patterns directly at the machine control without involving offline software.

New Single 30 machines are priced significantly lower than LVD's turret punch presses, typically in the $100,000 to $180,000 range, reflecting the simpler mechanical architecture. This makes the Single 30 an attractive option as a dedicated production machine or as a complement to a turret punch — the turret handles complex work while the Single 30 runs the repetitive single-tool programs that would otherwise consume turret punch capacity on high-volume orders.