Bending Sheet Metal With A Shop Press

During bending the sheet metal must bridge fully across the v die see figure 2.

Bending sheet metal with a shop press.

01 23 2007 11 12 am 12. Bends up to 90 angles. The term you are refering to is called braking metal or a metal brake. 5 16 x 6 length bending length.

2 metal sheet bends in a single descent of the press brake this last method is the most reliable since it is manufactured completely to the client s specifications and allows us to test the metal sheet of the client before finishing the tool and to be able to test its result. Attaches to most standard 12 or 20 ton hydraulic shop presses. Commonly used equipment include box and pan brakes brake presses and other specialized machine presses. Press brake bender attachment bending thickness may vary.

Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch. Actually the term is bending or forming metal in a press brake. 14 1 2 x 7 1 2 x 8 estimated. Reasonable tolerancing for press brake bending realistic tolerancing can have a profound effect on bending throughput.

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. 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. Theoretically it shouldn t be complicated. The eastwood press brake attachment is a precision engineered metal working tool designed to produce accurate variable length bends in angles up to 90 in mild steel and aluminum in widths up to 12 and thicknesses up to 3 8.

3 16 5mm 4 gauge. 12 max attach to most standard 12 or 20 ton hydraulic shop press dim l x w x h in. Brittle materials may require v dies in the 8x to 12x range. 3 16 x 12 length.

Weight 34 lbs see more product details. Typical products that are made like this are boxes such as electrical enclosures and rectangular ductwork. The v die is usually selected to be 5x to 8x the workpiece thickness.