Bent Stainless Steel Sheet

Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations.

Bent stainless steel sheet.

As you bend a stainless steel sheet the bend area cold hardens increasing the amount of pressure required to finish the bend. Some over bending will be required to counteract spring back of the bend. This is done through the application of force on a workpiece. In the event that you are bending a thick piece of sheet metal you can apply heat from a blowtorch along the seam of your bend line to facilitate your bend.

This makes bending stainless steel with common hand tools difficult and a sheet metal brake is often required although one technique to bend stainless steel using hand tools works well on shorter length bends. We cut bend weld metal sheet for you. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Due to work hardening bending should be done quickly.

Also known as press braking flanging die bending folding and edging this method is used to deform a material to an angular shape. It is most economical to use a single bend radius throughout the design but if necessary you can utilize multiple radii. 3 the percentage of elongation of stainless steel plate is lower than the carbon steel the bending angle of the workpiece r is larger than that of carbon steel or there is the possibility of cracks. Bend radii minimum bend sizes.

Bar and flat bending of stainless steel round bar flat bar sheet and plate can be bent using a press brake bending machine or ring rolling. In other words if you re bending 1 8 sheet use a tool with a 1 8 radius to form the inside of the bend. Keep in mind that many kinds of fabricated metal have extremely high melting points and applying your torch injudiciously could cause damage or do harm to your sheet metal or equipment.