Compound Bends Sheet Metal

Most frequently expensive sheet metal bending tools called brakes are used to bend sheet metal but you can also complete this task without one.

Compound bends sheet metal.

Learn how to bend sheet metal so you. Five simple trigonometry formulas are used. Compound bending can be used in a number of different construction projects such as arched roofs domes and canopies. You can create compound bends in sheet metal parts using the swept flange tool.

To create a swept flange you need an open profile sketch as the profile and a sketch or a series of existing sheet metal edges as the path. Sheet metal parts with a minimum of 0 9mm to 20mm in thickness can be manufactured. The swept flange propertymanager creates compound bends in sheet metal parts. When designing parts for laser cutting one should not make holes smaller than the thickness of the material.

You need a profile and path to create the flange. Swept flanges for conical and cylindrical bodies. Buy the versa bend metal brake here. The cylindrical conical bodies section of the swept flange propertymanager lets you select a linear sketch entity that propagates to the flat pattern as a fixed entity.

A compound angle is an angle made by two angles. Bending sheet metal by hand is a manageable task if the piece of sheet metal is small and thin enough to handle. Compound angles can be calculated when you know all the sides of two right triangles that form the compound angle. Sheet metal and plate metal can be bent into a compound curve that matches the needs of any project.

A 1 degree tolerance on all bend angles. Additionally this type of bending can be performed on a range of steel shapes such as angles tubes beams and more. Call us with your specific requirements.