Beading Machine
Carell's beading machines are the sheet metal fabricator's workhorse — purpose-built to form, bead, flange, and cut sheet metal with repeatable precision across a complete range of manual and motorized configurations. The lineup spans everything from compact bench-top manual beaders to heavy-duty motorized units with variable speed drives, giving fabrication shops the flexibility to match the right machine to the job at hand. Every machine in the line ships standard with 7 pairs of beading rolls, 1 pair of cutting rolls, a sliding stop, and a complete service tool and instruction manual.
The beading machine family serves a broad cross-section of metalworking industries. HVAC and mechanical contractors rely on them to add structural ribs and flanges to ductwork — converting flat sheets into dimensionally stable, pressure-resistant sections without welded reinforcement. Automotive restoration shops, custom fabricators, tank builders, and sheet metal shops use them for edging, flanging, seaming, and forming operations that demand clean geometry and consistent results run after run. Whether the production environment calls for hand-fed manual control or fully motorized variable-speed throughput, Carell has a beading machine built for it.
Technical Details
Manual, Motorized, and Everything In Between
The beading machine lineup is organized across three drive configurations — manual, motorized, and motorized with disk cutters or sliding guides — so buyers aren't forced to over-specify or under-buy. Manual beaders in the Series 278, 279, and 280 families offer hand-cranked simplicity and zero footprint for electrical service, with shaft centerlines ranging from 1.37" to 2.55" and throat depths up to 10.23" across models like the Lyra, Rigi, Giles, Cives, Rival, Rectus, and Rialta. These are the go-to choice for job shops, custom fabricators, and low-volume production environments where flexibility matters more than cycle time.
Motorized models introduce variable-speed drives running 20–100 RPM for smooth, controlled feed through heavier gauges or longer runs. The Series 181 Jolly and Java, Series 281 Zeda, and the full Series 300 family (Robur, Erice, Nadir) step up to shaft centerlines between 1.88" and 3.94" and handle material as heavy as 12 gauge. At the top of the range, the Series 300BIS machines — Roburbis, Ericebis, and Nadirbis — incorporate disk cutters with a 47" outside diameter maximum, combining beading and cutting capability in a single motorized platform. The Series 303 Invar adds sliding guides and an adjustable shaft centerline range of 16.49"–8.38" with a 19.68" throat depth for oversized or complex workpieces, while the Series 400 vertical-shaft beaders (Syrius and Saturn) address applications where a horizontal spindle axis isn't practical.
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