How To Coil Sheet Metal

Home tools coil calculator.

How to coil sheet metal. These blanks are generated from coiled stock using either cut to length shearing lines or blanking presses. This involves employing extremely sharp rotary blades to create rolls known as coils of sheet metal stock. Coil blanking medium to large size sheet metal parts are produced from stacked blanks fed into a stamping press. Use the coil calculator to estimate the amount of metal on a coil.

In order to produce metal sheet manufacturers use a process of metal cutting known as slitting. Metal formers and coil processors have the following tools available to them. Master coils are produced at the mill and slit coils are converted from the master coils in narrower widths through the slitting process. Select your gauge and fill in the measurements to determine the square footage the lineal footage and weight.

Select from steel aluminum or copper. The most common problem in coil processing is coil set and a flattener is the tool to remove it. Coils sheet metal rolled from slab or ingot that has been wound into coiled roll. Coils are considered the most efficient way to store and transport sheet metal.

Straight lines are cut lengthwise into the large coil to create strips of metal of the desired width. To remove positive coil set bend the material over a roll to induce compression on the top surface and tension in the bottom surface.