Bending Sheet Steel With A Small Radius

If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius.

Bending sheet steel with a small radius.

24 gauge 0 025 0 635 mm 0 265 6 73mm. It should be noted that the bend angle is also halved from 30 to 15. There are a two major factors that affect how tight you can make the internal radius of a bend in a piece of sheet metal. The thickness of the metal.

As you can see below the difference between 3 and 6 bends is rather significant. Minimum bend bend radius. To ascertain your k factor inside radius and material thickness expressed as a decimal you should use an bend allowance chart. Choosing the right bend step is important because while more bends means a smoother radius it also means a more time consuming and technically difficult procedure.

Generally speaking the thicker a piece of sheet metal is the wider the internal bend radius will have to be. The bend step is the number of bends which will be used to form the radius. For most applications with stainless steel or aluminum you can get away with a zero radius bend on anything under 0 050 thick. As an example if you want to bend 24 gauge sheet metal at a 90 angle the calculation would be.

22 gauge 0 031 0 787mm 0 265 6 73mm. The more bends the smoother the roll. 24 gauge 0 025 0 635 mm 0 2 5 08mm. The hardness of the metal.

You can use this to put a perfectly clean 90 degree inside bend in steel bar or sheet of any width use a cutting disc to slot down through the plate at the.