Bending 3 16 Steel Plate

Again the minimum inside bend radius is even larger when bending with the grain.

Bending 3 16 steel plate.

In a previous bending basics article you mention a material s tensile reduction percentage used for calculating the minimum inside bend radius of various metals. Therefore the bend allowance added to the flange lengths is equal to the total flat. The bend allowance and bend deduction are two measures that relate the bent length of a piece of sheet metal to the flat length. As with tread plate tooling setups that clamp perforated material before bending can overcome a lot of problems.

Question about making a die to bend 3 16 ar500 plate. 40724 hilden i didn t look too closely when i picked it up could my welding have warped it that much. We also do plate rolling up to 1 0 thick and 10 feet in width. I have a piece of 9 wide 3 16 ar500 steel.

Dan i read a few of your bending brake posts and it sounds like your design just might do the trick for up to 3 16 as long as the strip is not too wide. The bend allowance describes the length of the neutral axis between the bend lines or in other words the arc length of the bend. Our shop has the ability to do plate bending up to 10 feet in width and 3 8 plate bending up to 18 feet in width using our 500 ton press brake. In steel between 0 5 and 0 8 in.

Thick grade 350 and 400 may have a minimum bend radius of 2 5 times the material thickness when transverse bending while longitudinal bending may require a minimum bend radius that s 3 75 times the material thickness. This is 3 16 thick plate that has been formed into a custom channel by being bent in two places to 90 degrees. You described a rough rule to find a steel s minimum bend radius. All the insight is helpful thank you.

3 16 steel plate hot rolled. For this project a 12 hydraulic press will be used. I will be doing a total of 2000 bends.