Bent Stainless Steel Sheet

For most applications with stainless steel or aluminum you can get away with a zero radius bend on anything under 0 050 thick.

Bent stainless steel sheet. Due to work hardening bending should be done quickly. Keep in mind that many kinds of fabricated metal have extremely high melting points and applying your torch injudiciously could cause damage or do harm to your sheet metal or equipment. As you bend a stainless steel sheet the bend area cold hardens increasing the amount of pressure required to finish the bend. We cut bend weld metal sheet for you.

If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations. Bar and flat bending of stainless steel round bar flat bar sheet and plate can be bent using a press brake bending machine or ring rolling. 3 the percentage of elongation of stainless steel plate is lower than the carbon steel the bending angle of the workpiece r is larger than that of carbon steel or there is the possibility of cracks.

2 the stainless steel sheet has a strong rebound tendency compared with carbon steel when bending. It is most economical to use a single bend radius throughout the design but if necessary you can utilize multiple radii. This makes bending stainless steel with common hand tools difficult and a sheet metal brake is often required although one technique to bend stainless steel using hand tools works well on shorter length bends. This is done through the application of force on a workpiece.

Some over bending will be required to counteract spring back of the bend. Bending 24 gauge stainless steel sheeting can be done with a 2 4 that has a well defined edge but for 20 gauge and thicker sheets you ll have to use a handbrake to be sure of getting a good looking edge. In other words if you re bending 1 8 sheet use a tool with a 1 8 radius to form the inside of the bend.