How To Make A Sheet Metal Box With Ip Rating
I used recycled sheet metal from computers and dvd players etc.
How to make a sheet metal box with ip rating. But any ways lets get started. The patterns for a cardboard box will look very similar to what you need to plan out for the sheet metal box. I like this project because it makes the students re. This is a tutorial video on how to make a sheet metal tool box.
Video tutorial includes cutting the sheetmetal template and bending the pieces on my 24 grizzly box pan b. They use a dual numbering system to define levels of sealing effectiveness of electrical enclosures against intrusion from foreign bodies tools dirt etc and moisture. This is a basic tool project. Use the corner notcher to cut out any right angles.
It shows the layout cutting forming and three different options for welding the box togethe. Ip ratings are defined by international standard iec 60529. I made a sheet metal box in class it is really simple mostly all you will need is a piece of metal the layout some shears a hammer a spot welder a sheet medal machine and a sand blaster or sand paper the struggles you will have mostly with this project is trying to make the folds line up to spot weld. Bud industries offers the electronics industry a wide range of nema box selections formed from sheet metal steel that meet exacting nema standards including nema 4 4x ip65 enclosures ip67 enclosures and ip66 enclosures water tight environmentally secure and sturdy these nema rated enclosures are ideal for a wide variety of applications ranging from industrial equipment to medical devices.
It is easier to cut off a 4 x 12 strip if you have a 12 x 12 sheet first then cut two 3 1 2 pieces from that strip. To make things easy for my students i designed our classroom box so it would be able to work on the size of a standard 8 5 x 11 piece of paper. The sides will be 3 x 3 but we add 1 2 tabs on three sides. A flat version of your box.
Sheet metal tool tray. 1 first you want to make an expanded template for your box out of cardboard paper etc. This is the last sheet metal project i assign in my level one manufacturing class. Ip ratings for electrical enclosures.
Creating a 22 gauge sheetmetal box from scratch. The box i have my students create in class ends up being 5 5 x 2 x 3 5. So mark out two 4 x 3 1 2 sections of sheet metal and cut it in the metal shear. We start the box by making its sides.