How To Clip Corners On Stainless Steel Sheets For Bending

Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations.

How to clip corners on stainless steel sheets for bending. Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. This is done through the application of force on a workpiece. Before putting the sheet metal into a vise first mark your bend lines with a pencil and then cut the sheet so that at least of extra room is left over. 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.

Now that you know your bend allowance take your protractor and draw a clear line with your marker across the point at which you will bend your sheet metal. Finally make sure the sheet is filed down smoothly because otherwise you may get cracks in the metal. Place a second bend mark on the edge of the stainless steel sheet parallel to the edge you just marked. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius.

For most applications with stainless steel or aluminum you can get away with a zero radius bend on anything under 0 050 thick. Measure and mark the bend location along one edge of the stainless steel sheet with the tape measure and awl. Mark your bend lines. The force must exceed the material s yield strength to achieve a plastic deformation.

It just won t really. 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.