Sheet Metal Forming Tool Design

The sheet is placed between the two and held in place by the backstop.

Sheet metal forming tool design.

The bend angle is determined by the depth that the punch forces the sheet into the die. In the case of unsure design the assembly interference test can be directly performed with the tool according to the principle of the above figure. These bags are commonly used for initially shaping sheet metal also known as roughing before it s finished on a solid surface such as a forming block dolly or anvil. Figure 1 28 shows the cross sectional shapes of several common bending knives which are described in the sheet metal mold manual and there are corresponding tool entities in the intralink library.

Fluid pressure forces metal such as aluminum brass alloy steel and stainless steel directly over the die through a diaphragm. Hand held sheet metal edge shapers with a single tool create both sharp creases and soft curves along the edges of sheet metal. Hydroforming is one of the most cost effective methods of sheet metal forming primarily used in the automotive industry. The press brake contains an upper tool called the punch and lower tool called the die between which the sheet metal is placed.

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