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Bend tables for sheet metal materials.
A cutout or the edge of your flange to your bend.
A great tool available to solidworks sheet metal users is the sheet metal gauge table in this table users can configure a microsoft excel spreadsheet to represent the appropriate sheet metal wall thickness based on material and gauge values.
Typically a bend table file contains a bend table for each sheet thickness that is used.
The force must exceed the material s yield strength to achieve a plastic deformation.
If a specific bend angle or bend radius is not in the table the flat pattern analyzer interpolates between adjacent cells to determine a value.
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Since aluminum deforms differently than steel a separate bend table file should be created for each material type.
About bend tables for sheet metal materials a bend table specifies the bend allowance for a specified material thickness at specific radii and bend angles for the flat pattern analyzer.
Choose a bend radius that matches your minimum bend.
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A bend table file can contain multiple bend tables as long as the tables are for different materials or thicknesses.
Determine your minimum bend by measuring the distance from your closest feature i e.
Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations.
Also known as press braking flanging die bending folding and edging this method is used to deform a material to an angular shape.
We go beyond the general rules of sheet metal bending as our customers want tight bend radii for sheet metal parts.
Typically a bend table file contains a bend table for each sheet thickness that is used.
A bend table file can contain multiple bend tables as long as the tables are for different materials or thicknesses.
Typically a bend table file contains a bend table for each sheet thickness that is used.
Material and bend table improvements.
A single table lets you associate a bend allowance bend radius or k factor with any combination of thickness bend radius and material.
A bend table file can contain multiple bend tables as long as the tables are for different materials or thicknesses.
Since aluminum deforms differently than steel create a separate bend table file for each material type.
Users can also specify the available default bend radius based on available tooling.
You can also use individual gauge tables and bend tables.
To use the tables below.
See sheet metal gauge table and bend table overview.
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Sheet metal gauge bend tables store properties for a designated material.
It is possible to choose other bends if you require but additional lead time and tooling charges may apply.
