Force Required To Bend Sheet Metal Folding

The strength of the table is the force required to bend sheet metal up to 1 m in length.

Force required to bend sheet metal folding.

It is important to make sure that the sheet is properly pushed onto the wipe die. The tool can calculate the required bending force for bending aluminum stainless steel mild steel and weldox or strenx high strength steels. The die ratio may be entered to calculate the die opening which is typically 6 to 18 times the sheet thickness. Wipe bending or edge bending is another way to bend sheet metal edges.

A punch exerts force at the correct spot bending the sheet metal between. The total strength of bending of a sheet is directly proportional to the length of bending. As a result the wipe die also determines the bend s inner radius. Air bending is a simple method of creating a bend without the need for lower die geometry.

The slack between the wipe die and the punch plays an important role in getting a good result. Discover all our calculation tools in the calculators section of the top menu. Being able to read a bend force chart is crucial for any brake press operator and sheet metal engineer. Forming force f ys uts 2 a f stretch forming force lbs ys material yield strength psi uts ultimate tensile strength of the material psi a cross sectional area of the workpiece in2 forces needed to bend sheet metal.

This tool allows you to determine tonnage internal radius v die opening and minimum flange you just have to insert the characteristics of the sheet metal to be bent. The gauge inside radius die opening and minimum flange length are all interconnected through different equations and relationships the air bend force. The sheet metal is supported by two surfaces a certain distance apart.