


Processes introduction:



Bending

Bending is a common technique to process sheet metal. It is usually done by
hand on a box and pan brake, or industrially on a brake press or machine
brake. Typical products that are made like this are boxes such as electrical
enclosures, rectangular ductwork, and some firearm parts such as the
receiver of the AKM AK-47 variant.
Press Brake
Usually Bending has to overcome both tensile stresses as well as compressive
stresses. When Bending is done, the residual stresses make it re bend or
spring back to its original position, so we have to overbend the sheet metal
keeping in mind the residual stresses.
Stamping parts