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Important Tips to ensure Best Results

Metal folding is an extremely important process in manufacturing industry. This process involves pressing and shaping of sheet metal on a bend press. Majorly used for making containers, cases, brackets and sections, this method allows product customization to suit your specific requirements. Sheet metal folding requires years of experience and a close attention to every detail to manufacture flawless products. To ensure best results, the parts must be of uniform thickness and consist of planes, cylinders or cones. By making a change in the part’s geometry, metal folding techniques creates a desired geometric form.
Metal folding will involve both compression and tension within the material. In order to understand the basics of metal folding one needs to have a fair idea of the punch die geometrics, setups and fixtures. The volume of the material remains same whereas the shape changes due to the metal folding process. Metal folding is also known to impart strength and stiffness to the sheet metal and definitely improves the appearance of the work piece by eliminating edges. The basic process of metal folding involves the work piece to be placed in between the punch and the V-shaped die.

Depending on the required bend, a work piece may need several metal folding processes. In case of metal folding, there are clamping beams which holds the longer side of the sheet metal. Based on the bend allowance, the sheet metal is fabricated. The resulting bend angle is greatly influenced by the tool geometry, material properties and angle of the beam. Tubes and pipes are satisfactorily bent using Rotary bending machines.

A hydraulic press can also be used during metal folding where the press will force the tube into roller dies. Sheet Metal Fabricator is committed to provide highly professional metal folding services at the best prices. The metal folding services is ideal for different fabrication applications.