Bent Stainless Steel Sheet

Also known as press braking flanging die bending folding and edging this method is used to deform a material to an angular shape.

Bent stainless steel sheet.

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. 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. As you bend a stainless steel sheet the bend area cold hardens increasing the amount of pressure required to finish the bend. 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.

In the event that you are bending a thick piece of sheet metal you can apply heat from a blowtorch along the seam of your bend line to facilitate your bend. 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. Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations.

Due to work hardening bending should be done quickly. For most applications with stainless steel or aluminum you can get away with a zero radius bend on anything under 0 050 thick. 2 the stainless steel sheet has a strong rebound tendency compared with carbon steel when bending. This is done through the application of force on a workpiece.

If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Some over bending will be required to counteract spring back of the bend. 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.