METAL BENDING

By: Group 8(bagwis)

Deang, Jovel C
Panganiban, James Charles
Palma John Mar
 OBJECTIVES
• each student is expected to
METAL BEND after this
report

• for those students who

can’t metal bend after this
report… MAYBE BSAeE
ISN’T REALLY FOR YOU 
AWIIIIIIIIIIT!!!
 METAL BENDING
LAYOUT FORMING
• Placing lines on • Sheet metal forming
processes are those in
a metal to which force is applied
distinguish the to a piece of sheet
metal to modify its
location of cuts geometry rather than
and bends remove any material.
 TERMINOLOGIES
• Sheet metal grain • Bend tangent line
• Bend radius • Set back
• Neutral axis • Flats
• Mold line • Bend allowance
• Mold point
METAL BENDING
 SHEET METAL GRAIN
• natural grain of the material is formed as the
sheet is rolled from molten ingot. Bend lines
should be made to lie at a 90˚ angle to the
grain of the metal if possible.
 Bend radius
• the arc is formed when sheet metal is bent.
This arc is called the bend radius. The bend
radius is measured from a radius center to the
inside surface of the metal. The minimum
bend radius depends on the temper,
thickness, and type of material.
Bend radius
 Neutral axis
• an imaginary line that has the same length
after bending as it had before bending.
• For calculation purposes, it is often assumed
that the neutral axis is located at the center of
the material
 Mold line
• an extension of the flat side of a part beyond
the radius.
 Mold point
• he point of intersection of the mold lines. The
mold point would be the outside corner of the
part if there were no radius.
 Bend tangent line
• the location at which the metal starts to bend
and the line at which the metal stops curving.
All the space between the band tangent lines
is the bend allowance.
 Set back
• the distance the jaws of a brake must be
setback from the mold line to form a bend.
 Flats
• hat portion of a part that is not included in the
bend. It is equal to the base measurement
(MLD) minus the setback.
 Bend allowance
• refers to the curved section of metal within
the bend (the portion of metal that is curved
in bending). The bend allowance may be
considered as being the length of the curved
portion of the neutral line.
(insert K chart)
 BENDING EQUIPMENTS
• PRESS BREAK
• CORNICE BREAK
• BAR FOLDING MACHINE
• BOX BREAK
• SLIP ROLL FORMER
PRESS BREAK
A press brake is
a machine pressing
tool for bending sheet
and plate material. It
forms predetermined
bends by clamping the
work piece between a
matching punch and
die.
CORNICE
BREAK
•Designed to bend
large piece of metal

•Adjustable for
different metal
thickness

•Commonly used in
aircraft repairs
BOX BREAK
In a box brake (also
known as a finger
brake), the clamping bar
includes several
removable blocks, which
may be removed and
rearranged to permit
bending of restricted
areas of a piece of sheet
metal or of already
partially formed pieces.
SLIP ROLL
FORMER
Roll forming, roll
bending or plate
rolling is a continuous
bending operation in
which a long strip of
metal is passed
through consecutive
sets of rolls until the
desired cross-section
profile is obtained.