Bending Sheet Metal With A Shop Press

Bending is a manufacturing process that produces a v shape u shape or channel shape along a straight axis in ductile materials most commonly sheet metal.

Bending sheet metal with a shop press.

Attaches to most standard 12 or 20 ton hydraulic shop presses. Bends up to 90 angles. The hydraulic rams makes these presses easy to operate. The hydraulic rams makes these presses easy to operate.

5 16 x 6 length bending length. Theoretically it shouldn t be complicated. The deformation of these compressions and stretches is greatest on the surface of the material. Press brake bender attachment bending thickness may vary.

The woodward fab electric hydraulic press has a sheet metal capacity of 10 tons. Reasonable tolerancing for press brake bending realistic tolerancing can have a profound effect on bending throughput. Typical products that are made like this are boxes such as electrical enclosures and rectangular ductwork. 3 16 x 12 length.

These are h frame presses and are designed as hand operated pumps. Brittle materials may require v dies in the 8x to 12x range. Bending principle of sheet metal. Sheet metal and plate bending looks simple enough but the truth is that it s often the most complicated process on many metal fabrication shop floors.

Commonly used equipment include box and pan brakes brake presses and other specialized machine presses. In the fab shop the v die width in the press brake limits the size of the flange that can be bent. 3 16 5mm 4 gauge. 14 1 2 x 7 1 2 x 8 estimated.

Actually the term is bending or forming metal in a press brake. The v die is usually selected to be 5x to 8x the workpiece thickness. To define the bend region and reduce the force required to bend a part out of sheet metal down to something you can handle without a brake press slots can be cut at the bending line to selectively. Weight 34 lbs see more product details.

12 max attach to most standard 12 or 20 ton hydraulic shop press dim l x w x h in. During bending the sheet metal must bridge fully across the v die see figure 2. The term you are refering to is called braking metal or a metal brake.