Bend Sheet Metal More Than 90 Degrees

Often the offset will be one workpiece thickness in order.

Bend sheet metal more than 90 degrees. We will start by calculating the bend allowance. 90 degrees bend angle. Also wiping die employed in edge bending must have a pressure pad. Rotary benders can also bend sharper corners than 90 degrees.

As an example if you want to bend 24 gauge sheet metal at a 90 angle the calculation would be. However angles greater than 90 degrees will require more complex equipment capable of some horizontal force delivery. For instance 0 062 in thick cold rolled steel will bottom once the punch nose is 0 074 to 0 078 in. Figure 2 illustrates the sheet that is bent with the bend angle of 90 degrees.

Actually there are special polymer tools available to avoid any kind of tool marking let alone scratches. In fact press brakes are more flexible and can bend certain parts that the folder just cannot do. Figure 1 however keep in mind that this design works best for bends that have an inside bend radius that is equal to or less than 1x metal thickness. Edge bending gives a good mechanical advantage when forming a bend.

For bend angles smaller than 90 they are usually defined as the length from the apex to the edge for bend angles larger than 90 they are usually measured from the tangent of the bend to the. Joggling also known as joggle bending is an offset bending process in which the two opposite bends are each less than 90 see following section for how bend angle is measured and are separated by a neutral web so that the offset in the usual case where the opposite bends are equal in angle is less than 5 workpiece thicknesses. However if folder radii do not work for you we can manufacture parts using our press brakes. Another way to bend edges is through rotary bending.

The bend attains 90 degrees at a point in the die space that s about 20 percent the material thickness as measured from the bottom of the v die. Geometry of tooling imposes a minimum bend dimension. Edge bending is another very common sheet metal process and is performed with a wiping die. It has a big advantage over wipe bending or v bending it does not scratch the material s surface.

From the bottom of the v die see figure 5. Bending a brittle metal beyond its limits could cause the metal to snap and break. After bending the sheet we need to do some measurements as shown in figure 2. 0 017453 x 90 x 0 020 0 33 x 0 024 0 0438558984 inch bend allowance keep in mind that some metals are more brittle than others.